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You need to probe to develope a picture of how the company works and how the prospective job fits in. Here are four (4) "looking for red flags" questions to ask: 1. "i've read the company's mission statement, can you tell me how your department contributes to it? ----"deer in headlights" Do you want to work for a firm that doesn't know how to execute its mission?
2. Can you provide some examples of how you initiate benchmaking and continuous improvements in your area.? Red flag a response indicating that change comes from the top down. Productivity becomes limited, too, because employees do their jobs within strictly defined parameters. Do you want a job where the "how" leaves no room to explore doing things differently?
3. What types of training are provided to develop talent? Red flag an answer training is minimal It's often accompanied by a training budgets have been cut" --------Do you want to work for a company trying to shrink its way to success by not providing the tools needed to improve productivity? If the company doesn't offer developement opp what are your chanse-----4.How do project teams work? Red flag -answers that show inter-departmental and cross-discipline collaberation are minimal When project is not shared---------------

Job seekers may not want to ask these red-flag questions because tough questions may disqualify them. They need to remember -untenable situation-----------