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Polly Chan
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Finding the Best Fit Candidate: Is Motivational Fit Actually Important?
There are two types of leadership beliefs - type X and type Y. A type X leader holds a belief that all individuals are inherently not...
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Polly Chan
Sep 17, 20203 min read
Finding the Best Fit Candidate - Should Personality Fit be Evaluated by Science or Intuition
One of the key reasons why we believe recruiting is almost impossible to be 100% automated is the element of candidate’s personality fit...
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Polly Chan
Sep 9, 20202 min read
Finding the Best Fit Candidate: The Deeper Meaning of Technical Fit
What is the first thing people do or ask when needing to do a hire? Bingo! We start with a job description (JD). I’m sure most of us as...
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Polly Chan
Aug 19, 20203 min read
Finding Your Best Fit Job: The Often Underestimated Cultural Fit
One month into your new role, you know your skills, personality, and motivation all fit perfectly, but something’s off - you feel like...
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Polly Chan
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Finding Your Best Fit Job: The True Meaning of a Personality Fit
When thinking about personality fit in a career context, you might just associate it with how well the individual gets along with the...
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Polly Chan
Aug 5, 20202 min read
Finding Your Best Fit Job: Identifying Motivational Fit
Think back on your career journey - what do you think got you to where you are today? In my 20 years of recruiting experience, both...
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Polly Chan
Jul 29, 20202 min read
Finding Your Best Fit: Any Job vs Best Fit Job
Do you know how much of our life is spent in your job? Research shows that the average person will spend around 90,000 hours (~40 years)...
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Polly Chan
Jul 21, 20202 min read
Overcoming a Layoff: Getting Back in the Game
5 days after Jenny’s layoff, we had our followup call. “Thank you for the initial call. I felt better now and would like to kick-start my...
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Polly Chan
Jul 15, 20202 min read
Overcoming a Layoff: Communicating with Your Loved Ones
“I don’t want to go home, what am I going to tell my family?” 1.5 hours into my chat with Jenny, after we talked through the shock, the...
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Polly Chan
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Overcoming a Layoff: Getting Over the Emotional Impact
“Why dread over emotions? What's done is done. I’d rather get productive and start job searching,” says Jenny, my coaching client who...
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Polly Chan
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Overcoming a Layoff: Head Start your Transition
“I got laid off, what should I do?” Jenny, my coaching client called me one day crying. She just got the news from her manager that due...
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