hiring Archives - Bob Wendover, Common Sense Enterprises

Are You Hiring the Best People or the Right People?

Bob Wendover / January 27, 2026

I’ll call him Ralph. Of all the applicants I interviewed for the position, he had most experience and the best […]

Over the past several months, on-line business sites have published numerous studies indicating that employers have grown wary of hiring

Bob Wendover / August 17, 2023

I spent 20 minutes looking for a thumb drive other day and finally gave up. I discovered it in a

Bob Wendover / August 10, 2023

A lot has been written recently about the difficulty employers are having recruiting and hiring new employees. We knew this

For the past 30 years, I have taught employers that taking time to observe behavior is so much more effective

Bob Wendover / February 20, 2023

I moderated a panel discussion entitled Winning the War for Talent recently and all the interest centered on retention. These

Bob Wendover / September 7, 2022

Psychologist, Adam Grant, posted an interesting thought on Linked In recently. He said, “Before taking a job offer, it’s worth

Bob Wendover / February 8, 2022

Just after I graduated with my master’s degree, I had the good fortune to get an interview with Hewlett Packard.

Bob Wendover / September 15, 2021

I have been hiring people, writing about hiring people and teaching people how to hire people for more than 30

My daughter works for a university. This summer, she hired a student intern named Bo. Bo is a rising senior