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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business

But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. While interviewing a candidate, we might ask her where she went to school or to share her experiences. They even went so far as redact the names of schools and prior employers during the interview process.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

The first step in the process is to solicit feedback from all the people in your organization who interviewed the candidate, according to Claman. If, for instance, you want to assess the candidate’s leadership skills, talk to former subordinates; for questions about the candidate’s strategic orientation, talk to former bosses.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

In some ways, managing managers is similar to managing anyone else — you need to align their goals with yours, provide feedback, and help them advance their careers, says Sydney Finkelstein, professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.