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Employee Theft

Interview and Interrogation Training: Why Victims Don’t Report

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

Here’s one unfortunate reason: “If I work in a building with 500 people, surely somebody else will say something. It doesn’t have to be me.”

Employee Theft

Interview and Interrogation Training: The Legality of Interviewing

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

If you’re unfamiliar with any of these laws, or how your company or organization handles them, now would be a great time to visit that with your legal team or your human resources team to make sure everybody’s on the same page.

Employee Theft

Interview and Interrogation Training: The HR Investigation and Collaboration

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

We need to be collaborating with those business partners who are tasked with some of the most difficult investigations: those dealing with harassment, violence, or hostility in the workplace.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Telling a Personal Story

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

This week’s International Association of Interviewers interview and interrogation training tip from the archives, provided by Wicklander-Zulawski, has Chris Norris, CFI, director of WZ Europe and International Training, talking about the use of personal stories when conducting interviews.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Rationalizing Without Minimizing

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

Often, you’ll talk to a subject who has something that they’re resistant to share. One of the number-one reasons they don’t want to tell the truth is that it might cause further embarrassment. Telling the truth could also increase other fears that subject might have.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Eyes Don’t Mean Lies

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

This week’s International Association of Interviewers interview and interrogation training tip from the archives, provided by Wicklander-Zulawski, has Chris Norris, CFI, director of WZ Europe and International Training, talking about eye movement.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Developing Rapport

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

Many times, when I conduct training courses, I ask attendees about what makes a good interviewer. A variety of topics, traits, and characteristics often arise, but one response consistently comes forward: the ability to build rapport.

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Employee Investigations: Does It Pass the Smell Test?

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

When it comes employee investigations, sometimes the “smell test” will not let you rest. You know, those situations when you listen to a story or a business practice, and something just plain stinks.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Proper Dress for an Interview

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

In this week’s International Association of Interviewers interview and interrogation training tip from the archives, provided by Wicklander-Zulawski, Wayne Hoover, CFI, discusses the way that you should dress for your interview with a dishonest associate.

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Interview and Interrogation Training: Best Timing for the Interview

By Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates

This week’s International Association of Interviewers video tip from the archives, provided by Wicklander-Zulawski, has Chris Norris, CFI, director of WZ Europe and International Training, looking at the best timing for an employee interview.