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3 Tips For Hiring Managers On How To Recruit Veterans

YoungUpstarts

It’s great that so many businesses are saying they want to hire veterans. You have to do some legwork to meet them halfway, but for some hiring managers they might not know where to start, especially if they don’t have a military background. Here are three tips for hiring managers looking to recruit veterans: 1.

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

Thorndike first demonstrated the Halo Effect in the military by showing the high correlation among soldiers’ ratings for physique, intelligence, leadership, and character. The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses. Reduce the noise.

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The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents.

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Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. This will arm you with the tools needed to get them (or their leadership) to agree on the right problem that needs to be solved first.

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Why It’s OK to Show Your Anger

Both Sides of the Table

Can you accept a person for president that you simply would never hire at your company for being such an obvious liar? In attacking a Muslim Gold Star family whose son had been killed in Iraq and honored for his service, Trump insinuated that only the husband spoke because he wasn’t letting his life speak.