By Eric B. Meyer Late last year, in this post, I highlighted the six issues that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission prioritized in its … Read more
The New Hiring Mantra: Finding Candidates With Great Cultural “Fit”
On average, people spend nine (9) hours of their day at work. Projecting this over an entire lifetime, we face a very big, somewhat scary number. When you … Read more
The Quick Guide to Being a Great Hiring Manager
Let’s face it — most of the hiring at the average company isn’t lead by HR. Sure, HR has an important hand in the pot, but ultimately it’s the hiring … Read more
Best Companies to Work For Are Mostly Pretty Bad With Job Candidates
If God hadn’t promised Noah to never again flood the Earth again, most of America’s best companies to work for would be moving to higher ground about now. … Read more
Hiring Generation U: Problems With the Recent Crop of College Grads
My recent post on Generation U (underemployed and unemployed) generated an enormous amount of activity on ERE. This is a topic of some interest to … Read more
Mystery Job Shopper Survey: Not Much Improvement From America’s Best Companies
If God hadn’t promised Noah to never again flood the planet and start all over, most of America’s best companies to work for would be moving to … Read more
Shrinking College Enrollment Makes HR’s Job That Much Harder
Colleges and universities will have fewer students this fall as enrollments are falling across the board. The reasons? It’s a number of factors – a decline … Read more
Career Fair Tips for Employers
Career fairs can be great opportunities for businesses to find prospective employees, but these venues can quickly become quite hectic without proper … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Unconsciously, We’re Recruiting the Wrong Kind of People
New recruiting message: “If you are unhappy or unemployed, don’t bother to apply” I don’t think anyone would seriously think about running an ad with the … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Waste Your Time Recruiting Passive Candidates
Editor’s Note: Sometimes, readers ask about past TLNT articles they may have missed. That’s why on Fridays we republish a Classic TLNT post some of you … Read more