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The dreaded interview...dun dun DUN...The most ubiquitous part of the hiring process for both candidates AND employer.? Dr. Steven Jarrett and Dr. Jaclyn Menendez, both experienced interview trainers (and interviewees!), chat about interviewing from both a candidate and an employer perspective. Steven takes the candidate position and Jaclyn channels her inner employer to cover the following topics (and more!): From a Candidate’s perspective: • Good first impression tips and tricks • How to prepare • Questions to ask (and ones to avoid asking) during your interview From an Employer’s perspective: • How to keep your biases in check • Why it’s important to have a consistent interview process • Tips for closing an interview • Questions NOT to ask a candidate We’ll play a fun game where Jaclyn answers an interview question that Steven poses. And for snack time, they also take a side in a long-fraught chocolate war from my home town: which sponge candy reigns supreme??

Turnover is complicated. Unicorns are mystical. Listen as we chat with our turnover experts, Dr. Ted Kinney, VP of Research and Development, and Dr. Alli Besl, Senior Research Consultant about what causes employee turnover, its effects, and how to reduce it. And we all learn something new about unicorn horns. Our snacks of the day during this episode? Bacon jerky and, of course, cherry turnovers. In this episode, we'll discuss: • The different types of turnover • The common causes of turnover • The effects and costs of turnover • Strategies to reduce turnover • Horns vs. antlers, unicorn vs. pegasus, and what the heck is a narwhal (nothing to do with turnover, but…we can’t be all business all the time)

There are many successful CEOs that will say, "I don't care what skills they have, give me someone who fits my culture and is willing to learn and I'll teach them what they need to know." Today we'll be talking with Steven Jarrett, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, and Rose Keith, Project Consultant, about how the current labor market and skills gap are affecting employers and job seekers. In this podcast, we'll discuss: • The skills gap in manufacturing and skilled trades and what's causing it • Is the skills gap specific to younger generations, or is it being felt across generations? • How new technology is affecting the skills gap? • What other industries are experiencing a skills gap? • And, most importantly, how do you bridge the skills gap? Warning: If you don't want to listen to our food talk, skip to around the nine-minute mark!