Hiring bias is like a crack in the bottom of your business’s boat. If you continue on without ever fixing it, you will ultimately sink. Whether you know … Read more
Coping With a Lack of Relevant Candidates: Here’s What Can Be Done
The skill gap, or talent shortage (whatever you want to call it), is no longer this impending matter, because we now seem to be right in the middle of a … Read more
Survey Finds That Tech Hiring Is Getting Tougher in 2014
A new survey found that tech hiring isn’t getting any easier, and in fact, may get even harder this year. Dice.com surveyed hiring managers and recruiting … Read more
CareerBuilder’s 2014 Hiring Forecast: Expecting More Headcount – Maybe
Influenced by the budget uncertainty in Washington, HR professionals and hiring managers in CareerBuilder’s Annual Job Forecast said they expected to … Read more
CareerBuilder Jobs Forecast: Cautious Hiring Ahead
Influenced by the budget uncertainty in Washington, HR professionals and hiring managers in CareerBuilder’s annual survey of hiring intentions said … Read more
A Good CAAR Won’t Take You To the Courthouse
Hi Jeff I appreciate all of the useful information provided in The Fordyce Letter every week. There is always something beneficial to our business in every … Read more
The Actively Passive Candidate: Why Social is the Only Way to Hire in 2014
Social media profiles have become a necessity when searching for talent, and on the flip side, when looking for a job, as more and more companies are … Read more
Why That Proposed Ban on Employment Credit Checks Will Fail
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA., has introduced a bill that will effectively bar employers from conducting credit checks on potential job candidates as part … Read more
Bill Banning Credit Checks on Job Applicants Reintroduced in Senate
By Eric B. Meyer Second verse, same as the first. Back in March, I reported here that a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the … Read more
Here’s How to Close to the ‘No’
Dear Barb: I heard you speak in Mexico and I remember you teaching us how to close people to the “NO” on money and I’ve forgotten how to do it. When I was … Read more