This two-part in-depth article covers the how-to steps that corporate recruiters can use to speed up their hiring process. Speed of hire is an important … Read more
Nebraska Decides to ‘Ban the Box” – But Only For Public Employers
Last week, Gov. Dave Heineman signed off on a ban the box provision for the State of Nebraska. The “box” in question is the somewhat controversial … Read more
Credit Reports in the Hiring Process: How to Bring Clarity to the Confusion
Employers use credit reports to assess a candidate’s stability and their propensity to be dishonest or commit fraud. But this implies that the … Read more
Is Your Hiring Process Too Friendly?
We all agree that nothing ruins a workplace culture like a jerk co-worker or a rude manager. But how do you uncover those characteristics in your … Read more
The Top 12 Reasons Why Slow Hiring Severely Damages Recruiting and Business Results
A candidate from a well-known benchmark firm dropped out of our search for a General Manager position because the hiring manager took a week to respond to … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: It’s Smart to Anticipate the Needs of New Hires
Put yourself in the role of a new hire. You are going to start a new job in a week or two and, while the anticipation builds, you wonder about all kinds of … Read more
If Google Doesn’t Care About Hiring Top Graduates, Should You?
By all other accounts, you probably aim to hire the best people for your organization. This includes targeting those who went to elite universities, were … Read more
What Does Talent Want? A Strong Brand and a Great Place to Work
A look at LinkedIn’s recently released Talent Trends 2014 report provides some interesting data about what’s on the minds of today’s professional … Read more
As IT Pay Rises and Students Pursue the ‘Big Names,’ Mid-Size Firms Work Harder to Hire
This year, U.S. colleges will graduate somewhere around 124,000 information technology majors. Most of them (61 percent) will head straight into the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why Is It a Problem to Hire the Over Qualified?
It’s a commonly held belief that it’s a mistake to hire the over-qualified. The reason most folks give me is it’s because they think over-qualified … Read more