Some organizations are just lucky. They have a huge, Niagara-like, flow of applicants knocking at their front door. They hire teams of people to scan paper … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: If You’re Over Qualified, Please Apply
Costco recently opened a new store here and invited all local members to a pre-opening party. Thousands of people showed up, but that is not the story… I … Read more
Withholding Employee References: It’s Time to Stop the Insanity
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
Why It Pays to Always Run a Background Check
The last guy you interviewed looked pretty good. He made eye contact and wore a nice suit. He graduated summa cum laude, his resume says. Plus, you have a … Read more
How to Stop Hiring the Wrong People in Five Simple Steps
Standardized interviews, questionnaires, complex scoring systems, background checks, drug tests and personality assessments — Corporate America has … Read more
EEOC Loses a Battle In Its War on Background Checks
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