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After making it through a lengthy interview where you are discussing all of your experience, skills and education the recruiter or hiring manager asks you a (seemingly) benign question, "so, tell me about your hobbies". If this question bothers you, then you're not alone. A LinkedIn News editor was hit with quite a lot of strong responses to an article written on this topic and we too have thoughts! "Ever been stumped by a question about your hobbies during a job interview? When hiring managers raise the question, what are they looking for in an answer? In the latest edition of Get Hired Canada, recruiters and hiring managers weigh in on whether they ask candidates how they spend their free time, and what kind of answers make a candidate stand out." In this episode we are going to discuss the often difficult process of finding the right hire - but does it have to be so difficult?  Could we solve this issue by:   focusing on what the role actually needs to be executed on successfullymatching education, skillset and experience to the technical function of a rolestop hiring for personality and hire for technical capability Some interesting questions to consider as we discuss this topic! We'd love to hear your thoughts on this too - what did we miss, what don't we know? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you hear, don’t forget to comment, subscribe and leave a review. If you LOVE what you hear, don’t forget to share it! PR and Media Requests here: [email protected] You can learn more about us here: https://www.bareslate.ca/  Watch us on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/BareSlate Discover stuff we love here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/bareslate Note: this post may contain affiliate links and if you click and make a purchase we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the show!

As per the article written on theladders.com, "Three senior employees at Netflix were fired by the company after criticizing their co-workers over Slack, according to the company’s CEO, after a report claimed that the workers were let go for bad-mouthing their bosses. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that the streaming giant fired three senior marketing executives for comments aimed at leadership in what the workers thought was a private channel, citing sources. However, Netflix is singing a different tune. Ted Sarandos, the company’s co-CEO, denied that the office gossip was directed at management, but at other workers at Netflix, which went against company ethics. “What happened here was unfortunately not simply venting on Slack or a single conversation,” Sarandos said in a LinkedIn comment on July 17. “These were critical, personal comments made over several months about their peers (not their management as suggested by The Hollywood Reporter) – including during meetings when those peers were talking or presenting. “This is entirely inconsistent with those values, which is why their manager fired them. It’s also worth noting that we don’t proactively monitor Slack or email. The Slack channel was open so anyone could access the conversations even though the employees concerned thought it was private.” You can read the full article here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you hear, don’t forget to comment, subscribe and leave a review. If you LOVE what you hear, don’t forget to share it! PR and Media Requests here: [email protected] You can learn more about us here: https://www.bareslate.ca/  Watch us on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/BareSlate Discover stuff we love here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/bareslate Note: this post may contain affiliate links and if you click and make a purchase we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the show!

Today's Real Leaders Real Life stories come from individuals dealing with some interesting situations in the workplace and we are here to talk about them! One story was posted anonymously on reddit.com where an individual decided that they were going to try and get fired (instead of putting in their notice) and for a month they came in to work late, wore their club clothes to work, and even came in to work drunk/hungover. The other story involves a little bit of a bait and switch with a marketing job, where part of the job included ending the day in a circle with all of the other sales people and if you didn't make your sales quota you had to dance like a chicken in the middle of that circle. What would you do!? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers are featured in the show! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you like what you hear, don’t forget to comment, subscribe and leave a review. If you LOVE what you hear, don’t forget to share it! PR and Media Requests here: [email protected] You can learn more about us here: https://www.bareslate.ca/  Watch us on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/BareSlate Discover stuff we love here: https://www.amazon.ca/shop/bareslate Note: this post may contain affiliate links and if you click and make a purchase we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the show!