Sean Fahey, CEO of VidCruiter, offers tips on how to conduct successful video interviews, including how to prepare technology and your environment for a live video interview. Combine behavioral and situational questions, consider using pre-recorded interviews to avoid Zoom fatigue and make sure to follow up with candidates, Fahey advises.
Leaders will be more successful when they can express their emotions in a controlled manner and learn to manage their emotional triggers, writes Marlene Chism, who offers examples of both techniques. "What makes emotional integrity distinct from emotional awareness and emotional intelligence is intentional transparency," Chism writes.
Instead of meeting clients for lunch, invite them to take a walk, suggests Marjorie Radlo-Zandi, board member and consultant at Launchpad Venture Group. She points to research from Stanford University that shows walking increases creativity and can lead to new insights.
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Events such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic can cause emotional stress for employees, writes Allison Shapira, founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking. "Many organizations are matching their employees' donations to certain relief organizations, which both supports their employees and supports relief efforts," Shapira writes.
Washington state lawmakers are close to passing a bill that would require companies with at least 15 employees to reveal pay and benefits to job applicants. Internal candidates for transfers and promotions would also receive that information under the bill, which is headed back to the Senate for approval after an amended version was passed in the House.
The Peace Corps will send volunteers back into the field overseas after evacuating 7,000 volunteers from 62 countries in 2020 due to pandemic-related concerns. "[W]e have weathered the waves and variants of the COVID-19 situation at each post and reengineered Peace Corps systems, policies and procedures to align with today's reality," said CEO Carol Spahn.
A huge invasive spider that invaded Georgia from East Asia could soon take over most of the US East Coast. Researchers say the palm-sized Joro spider, which swarmed North Georgia by the millions last September, is believed to have arrived as a stowaway on a shipping container and has thrived because it has a special resilience to the cold.
