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Articles by David Manaster

from the The Fordyce Letter archives

The Specification Trap

by David Manaster August 1st, 2003
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During his legendary career, the late Robert Half, in a Boardroom Reports article warned companies about setting rigid and arbitrary job qualifications.We’ve all looked at some ridiculous job specs generated by companies and we have written extensively about how to overcome the problems.Bob’s advice to companies is as useful to us in getting employers realistic [...]

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