Two Reuters headlines, eight hours apart, tell the story of May’s employment picture. “U.S. job growth seen stepping up in May,” says the first. “U.S. job … Read more
Your Employment Brand: It Must Reflect What Your Workplace is About
If you work for a healthy, thriving organization, it’s likely that you can identify a consistent set of workplace values that are pretty much held in … Read more
Four Recruiting Lessons From Grandpa
Much has changed in just the last 10 years of recruiting. Social recruiting tools are here, and your next resume will probably never actually be on a sheet … Read more
Onboarding New Hires: You Need to Just Give Them The Keys
What can learning to drive teach us about onboarding new hires? A hell of a lot, actually. If you’re a manager, think of your new hires like they’re on … Read more
Federal Legislation Re-introduced to Help Promote Hiring of Veterans
By Eric B. Meyer To improve the reinstatement rights of returning war veterans, and to add more enforcement teeth to the Uniform Services Employment and … Read more
Hardest Jobs to Fill Survey: It’s Still Engineers, IT, and the Skilled Trades
It’s one of the defining issues of our current economic climate: despite a national unemployment rate of 8 percent, it’s still tough for many … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: A Few Good Tips From a Google Recruiter
If you want to hire the best, you have to go after the best because, on average, only about 17 percent of the workforce is actively looking for a job (and … Read more
Would Your Company Hire Someone Without a College Degree?
Ah, college. That wonderful place where millions of kids flock annually — and then head home 15 pounds heavier, under-slept, and vaguely hungover. … Read more
IT Hiring Driven By Contract Work Says Dice.com
Contract tech hiring is driving employment in the tech sector, which now has an unemployment rate of 4.4%, just slightly more than half the national … Read more
Yes, Times Have Changed and You Need to Rethink Your Hiring Strategy
Although the April unemployment rate remains hovering above 8 percent nationally, 30 percent of U.S. employers reported in 2011 that they couldn’t fill … Read more