Ulrich Jordan

16 years with Citibank – at the time the largest financial institution globally – later Targobank

9 years as Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Management Board in Germany with 8.000 employees – including 2 years of managing a business unit
5 years as Senior Human Resources Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa for 23 countries and more than 20.000 employees
2 years as Vice President of Leadership Development for the European and U.S. retail bank businesses

13 years with 3M – one of the leading innovative technology companies - in Leadership Development and Human Resources Management roles in Germany and Corporate Headquarters in St.Paul, Minnesota

7 years with Bayer AG in Marketing and Training roles – including a Bachelor of Arts

Certified Master Coach, Behavioral Coaching Institute, New York

Lecturer at the Ruhr Universität Bochum and Quadriga Hochschule Berlin

Author of "Erfolgreiche Einstellungs-Interviews", "Successful Hiring Interviews", Springer Gabler Verlag.

Hiring interviews: not always conducted well

Consultant Ulrich Jordan says that many HR managers are not very well trained and not very effective in conducting hiring interviews. In this interview he explains what that means for the candidates.
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"The higher you go the more acting you will see"

The hiring managers are often ill prepared to select candidates, says Ulrich Jordan. A candidate's tie then may decide whether he will get hired. And in the end a clone will get selected.
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