By John E. Thompson Should an employer keep records of the time worked by employees who qualify for a federal Fair Labor Standards Act minimum-wage and/or … Read more
What Do You Do When Job Candidates Ask About the Background Check?
Most job candidates will have many questions for an employer throughout the hiring process — including questions about the employment background check. Do … Read more
6 Ways Your Organization Can Support a “Culture of Health”
Most organizations are striving to help their employees improve their health and well-being. While intuitively, this makes sense – healthier … Read more
Survey: Hiring Managers Doing More Candidate Trolling on Social Media
By Eric B. Meyer I read different surveys about social media and hiring and the numbers vary greatly. For every survey that indicates that employers are … Read more
A Good Look Into Referrals and Why You Must Treat Candidates Right
There is a robust conversation in the talent arena about the “candidate experience,” led largely by Gerry Crispin and Elaine Orler, founders of the Talent … Read more
David Letterman’s Retirement Signals the Great Boomer Workforce Exodus
When asked by The New York Times to describe his impending retirement, David Letterman called it “a good solid punch to the head.” After taping 6,000 … Read more
8 Signs That You’re Probably Stuck in a Talent Time Warp
Just because the economy has rebounded from the Great Recession doesn’t mean that your talent mentality has also rebounded. Here are eight (8) signs you … Read more
Here’s Why Your Company Should Offer Paid Maternity Leave
As technology continues to improve, the world seems to be getting smaller. More and more businesses are becoming international, whether it’s about … Read more
1 Submission 1 Hire … I Dare You
Let me tell you a story. This is one of those stories I have been saving away in the vault for some time, knowing that while I worked as the head of talent … Read more
Managers and Executives? They Just Need to Stop and Talk to Each Other
I work as a business advisor to executives, and in doing so also I often also have one-on-one conversations with their direct reports. I can’t count how … Read more