In a world of 100,000 (more or less) job boards, there’s one for practically every occupation, industry, and personal interest. The few big players — … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Why You Must Make It Easy For Candidates to Apply
Pretty much everyone who wants to work and everyone you would want to hire is now employed — especially the best of the best, the candidates you … Read more
4 Incredibly Common Hiring Mistakes — and How to Prevent Them
Hiring right is one of the most important decisions a company can make. Hire the right person and you increase productivity and retention. Hire the wrong … Read more
Hiring is Getting Harder: Time-to-Fill Average at Highest Level in 15 Years
The national time-to-fill average rose in February to the highest level in 15 years. Sponsored by the career sites publisher Dice Holdings, the Dice-DFH … Read more
Coding and Cupcakes? Here’s Why We Need More Women in Tech
Last month at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, Google’s Eric Schmidt posed the question: There’s something about the tech culture, the way we approach it, … Read more
How to Get Better Information From Hiring Managers
I asked the question — open-ended, curious, and fearless — setting the stage for an answer with little information. It was the wrong question to begin with … Read more
Fixing the Hiring Process: Getting More Women Involved Would Help
The New York Times had an article regarding hiring practices and succession practices at Google, and God knows if Google is doing it, it must be important … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 7 Common Mistakes With Referral Rewards Programs
Research repeatedly proves that employee-referred candidates are three times more likely to be a good match for the job. This is because your employees … Read more
Here’s Why We Need to Pay Higher Referral Fees For Diverse Candidates
I know a ton of HR Pros right now who have been charged by their organizations to go out and “diversify” their workforce. By “diversify,” I’m not talking … Read more
The Many Ways We Seem to Discount Employees
No, I didn’t make another mistake and mean to title this “Employee Discount,” but you were totally in your right to think I would make a mistake! Yes, we … Read more