Author Archives: Ryder Cullison

About Ryder Cullison

Ryder has more than 10 years of experience working with retained search clients as a search professional. As a pioneer of Interview4 he has great knowledge of video interviewing. He writes about all things hiring and looks forward to engaging with his audience on topics of leadership, recruiting, candidate screening, and employee satisfaction. Follow him on Twitter: @hireintelligent and @cullison1

Technology Doesn’t Discriminate, People Do!

I have spoken to numerous HR professionals at conferences about the benefits of video interviewing.  Most all get it, but as a few consider the implications of seeing a candidate on video before the face-to-face interview, a shadow of worry … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Choose a Spouse Like You Hire!

According to census numbers for as late as 2009, the divorce rate in the U.S. hovers close to or exceeds 50% for all 50 states.  Basically when you enter into a relationship with another person you have a heads vs. … Continue reading

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Alleged Talent Shortage Caused by Corporate Selfishness?

Flipping through the recent copy of Human Resource Executive magazine I stumbled upon the results of a recent survey with the headline, “Aggravating the Skills Gap.”  An organization recently surveyed 494 employed adults and found that only 35% had received … Continue reading

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Want to Discover a Black Hole? Just Apply to an Online Job Posting.

Do you know what a black hole is?  Basically a black hole is a spot in space that is so dense it creates a gravitational pull so powerful that not even light can escape.  In other words, once you get … Continue reading

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Hiring Woes? 5 Reasons Why Video Interviewing is your 2013 Silver Bullet

With a casual pull of the trigger a simple silver bullet could vanquish the mythical werewolf when all other weapons failed.  With a few keystrokes and the click of your mouse, video interviewing in the same fashion can solve many … Continue reading

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Hiring Managers: 6 Symptoms of Poor Interviewing Syndrome

Bad hires cost your company a truck load of money!  According to a recent Careerbuilder study, 41% of surveyed companies indicated that bad hires cost their organization more than $25K while an additional 24% claimed bad hires cost them more … Continue reading

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Talent Shortage? I Think Not!

According to recent surveys by Manpower group nearly 49% of U.S. organizations are struggling to find employees for their mission critical positions even though the unemployment rate continues to hover near 8%.  The three most cited reasons are lack of … Continue reading

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Top 5 Hiring Regrets: What are Yours?

I read recently an interesting article called “The Top 5 Career Regrets” which ranked, according to responses gathered from several dozen people, the 5 most regrettable wrong turns these people made in the road called “Career”.  The article interested me … Continue reading

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“Achieving” has an Evil Twin Brother!

Who likes soap operas, science fiction and superheroes?  That’s right, this guy!  Perhaps one of the most ludicrous and unintentionally funny aspects of any of these genres is the evil twin story line.  Not just that the hero unexpectedly has … Continue reading

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Establishing Trust: The True Beauty of Video Interviewing!

If you are in sales I am sure you have heard the mantra that people buy from people they like.  Successful selling is not always a matter of superior features and benefits but is rather the result of building a … Continue reading

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