Every Monday morning we have a recruiter meeting at my company, HRU. The purpose of the meeting is for our recruiting department to share with each other … Read more
What Your Recruiters and Their Style Says About Your Employment Brand
“You are the best interviewer I have ever had!” That is what my wife was told last week after she finished interviewing a prospective employee. She said … Read more
How I Make the Case for Recruiting and Hiring More 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
New LinkedIn Feature Lets Users to Link Their Profiles to Job Postings
LinkedIn is jumping deeper into the job posting business with a new function that allows candidates to easily (and simply) use their LinkedIn profiles when … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Background Checks and the Social Media Job Hurdle
Here’s one thing about social media that too many people don’t seem to understand: the more public and open you are in the social media world, … Read more
Job Site For $100K Candidates Will Now Target Workers at $40K and Up
Since launching in 2003, TheLadders has been pretty clear what it’s all about. It’s the place for jobs who pay $100,000 and up, and for candidates in that … Read more
Non-profit Looking to Place Top Talent in Startups
Taking a page from the Teach for America playbook, a new program aims to put top college grads in entrepreneurial jobs in struggling U.S. cities. Venture … Read more
What Message Are You Sending With Your Pre-Employment Assessments?
Our colleagues over at ERE have a pretty eye-opening post today by Dr. Charles Handler about the messages that some organizations are sending job … Read more
Summer Hiring For Teens Looking Up, But Most Go Without
More teenagers found summer jobs in June than at any time since 2007. Global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas says June saw 785,000 16-19 … Read more
Leaky Hiring Tests: Are They Your Organization’s Most Expensive Mistake?
Is your hiring test leaky? I mean, does it pass too many unqualified candidates? I recently did a search for “hiring tests.” Google turned up 84 million … Read more