Sometimes people tell me I’m just too negative for constantly referring to the post recession economic recovery as “mediocre.” I know; … Read more
June Job Growth Better Than Expected, But Unemployment Still at 7.6%
The U.S. economy created 195,000 new jobs last month, well above economists estimates and breaking the summer hiring slowdown that has bedeviled the … Read more
3 Good Reasons You Should Re-Hire Someone You Fired
There is an unwritten HR law that needs to be addressed. This law states: “If you fire an employee, at no time in the history of mankind should you hire … Read more
Personality Tests? They Rarely Predict an Employee’s Job Performance
Using a Personality Test? It seems counter intuitive. Some people claim personality has everything to do with job performance. Others know every piece of … Read more
Is Your Background Screener Doing the Job? Here’s How to Tell
Choosing and monitoring your background screening vendor is as important — and maybe more so even — than the interview you conduct with … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: One Way to Make Better Decisions
Hiring the right person is all about making the best choice and there is a new book out called Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work. When … Read more
Develop a Hiring Manager Scorecard … to Make Them More Accountable (Part 2 of 2)
If you’re going to measure and perhaps reward individual hiring managers for excellence, you will need to work with a sample of them to determine which … Read more
Weekly Wrap: More Employers Finding Negative Candidate Info Online
A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, I was a young editor at a large daily metropolitan newspaper working as a “systems … Read more
Onboarding: Helping New Workers Know They’ll Become Something Big
Remember those first-day of school jitters? You were nervous with anticipation and, as a result, probably slept very little wondering where your classes … Read more
Survey: Social Networks Are Becoming Priority in Finding Skilled Workers
America’s recruiting leaders say their top priority this year is finding and hiring highly skilled workers, and the places they’re turning to find them … Read more