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Hiring and people ops
JDs, interviews, assessment, onboarding, performance. Replace gut feel with criteria.
48 entries here · one process per category, checkpoints written per job
- Rewriting a job descriptionThe JD reads like a wishlist and the wrong people apply.
- CV screening with kill criteriaToo many CVs and my standard drifts day to day.
- Behavioural interview guideThe interview felt great and the hire could not do the job.
- Phone screen in fifteen minutesThirty minutes on the phone and the meeting was pointless.
- Designing a skills testThe test is copied from the internet and unrelated to the job.
- Interview scorecardEveryone writes 'seemed fine'.
- Comparing finalistsThree finalists, each strong in a different way.
- Salary conversationMoney talk freezes and we either overpay or lose them.
- Offer call and expectationsThey join and leave because reality differed from the pitch.
- Rejection letterThey invested a lot and a rejection risks hurt or argument.
- Channel and budget mixBudget is spread thin and results are unclear.
- Employer brand copyThe careers page sounds like every other company.
- Referral programmeReferral bonuses paid out for people who do not fit.
- Campus and internship programmeCampus hires leave two months in.
- Headhunter briefHeadhunters keep sending near-misses.
- Reference checksThree reference calls, all said 'they were fine'.
- Probation goalsThe argument about performance starts at the end of probation.
- Hiring funnel analysisThree months without a hire and no idea where it jams.
- Competency modelA fifty-page competency model nobody opens.
- Interviewer trainingInterviewers apply wildly different standards and biases.
- Assessing remote candidatesRemote interviews hide real ability and collaboration.
- Emergency backfillA key person leaves next week and nobody covers the work.
- Hiring retrospectiveTen hires, six exits, no one analysed why.
- Uncovering the real reasonExit interviews all say 'personal growth' and it is not true.
- Performance conversationSomeone is underperforming and I keep putting off the talk.
- Role change discussionSomeone must move roles and I cannot predict the reaction.
- Termination meeting prepA termination is coming and procedure errors are costly.
- Complaint investigationA manager is reported and both sides tell a different story.
- Overtime disputeThe employee says hours went unpaid; the manager says none were asked for.
- Leave entitlementsLeave questions get a different answer each time.
- Social insurance questionsQuestions about base, rates, and gaps in contribution.
- Employee handbook revisionThe handbook is years old and out of step.
- Onboarding checklistDay one with no desk, no laptop, nobody assigned.
- Offboarding checklistThey left and nobody knows where the files or accounts are.
- Non-compete handlingThey are joining a competitor and there is a non-compete.
- Merit increase designA limited budget guarantees someone is unhappy.
- Team morale diagnosisThe mood is off and nobody can name why.
- Mediating a conflictTwo colleagues refuse to cooperate and work stalls.
- Employee wellbeingSomeone is visibly struggling and I hesitate to ask.
- Hybrid work policyRemote and office mix with no rules.
- Building a training systemLots of training, and staff say it is useless.
- Talent reviewThe nine-box is filled and nobody uses it.
- Org change communicationAnnounce a reorg and panic spreads.
- Redundancy communicationA group is being made redundant and the sequence matters.
- Confidentiality dutiesStaff ask what they may and may not share.
- Engagement surveyEngagement scores are high and attrition is too.
- HR metrics dashboardLeadership wants people metrics and I am unsure which.
- Policy publication and acknowledgementThe policy changed, staff claim ignorance, and proof is missing.
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