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Geoff Smart is the #1 thought leader on the #1 topic in business. He is the Chairman & Founder of ghSMART, a leadership consulting firm, and his purpose is to help leaders amplify their positive impact on the world.

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June 6, 2016 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

20 Questions about Interviewing, with the World Experts on Hiring

10 Questions about Interviewing

Learn how to ace the interview and get hired to your dream job.

  1. How “close to the vest” should I keep my cards during an interview?
    Not close at all. Losers hide the truth. Winners share information.
  2. How much should I “butter up” my future boss?
    A 2 on a 10-point scale. A 0 or 1 makes you look selfish and uninterested. A 3 or more makes you look like a weak suck-up.
  3. [Continue »]

Filed Under: Career Success, Hiring

May 27, 2016 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

10 Non-obvious Interviewing Tips by the World Experts in Hiring

10 Non-Obvious Interviewing Tips

If you hope to get hired to your dream job, you need to ace the interview. The problem is, there is a lot of bad advice out there about how to interview. We see the results of it every day. I usually sit on the other side of the table. One of the things that my colleagues and I do is to help CEOs solve their #1 problem. Their #1 problem typically includes making a few key hiring decisions in any given year. [Continue »]

Filed Under: Career Success, Hiring

May 20, 2016 By geoffsmart Leave a Comment

Do You Want to Be in Our Next Book on Managing Your Career Better?

Randy Street and I (coauthors of Who and Power Score), are crazy passionate about helping leaders manage their careers better.

Gallup says only 13% of people love their jobs. We believe that the main reason people don’t love their jobs is that they are in the wrong one.
So if you want to be happy in your life, and happy in your career, we would like to offer to help you get hired to your dream job. In fact, that’s the working subtitle of our new book project: Who Me? Getting Hired to Your Dream Job.[Continue »]

Filed Under: Career Success, Hiring

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