What’s wrong with job interviews today? Too much. In fact, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey of more than 6,000 global hiring managers, more than … Read more
5 Pre-Employment Test Trends You Need to Know About
The year 2014 was a great one for job growth. December alone added 252,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent. American economist Mark … Read more
Four New Ban-the Box Laws Became Effective This Year
By Philip L. Gordon and Zoe M. Argento With the start of 2015, new ban the box laws became effective in Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Montgomery and … Read more
A Candidate Bill of Rights? Good HR Pros Can Handle Applicants Right
Back in November 2010, Monster.com asked me to write a post on a hot topic at that time — a “Candidate Bill of Rights.” Needless to say, I’m … Read more
SimplyHired’s Top Employer Brands: Interesting, But Not Your Typical List
Job search engine SimplyHired has come up with a way to measure the interaction between job seeker and employer job postings — their Employer Brand … Read more
6 Issues That WIll Impact Staffing in 2015
Contract staffing had quite a year. The “temporary help services sector” added jobs and broke records month after month in 2014. This growth continues even … Read more
Forecast: Staffing Jobs to Grow By 135k This Quarter
Industry consultant G.Palmer & Associates has a bold, and aggressive forecast for the staffing industry: temp help in this first quarter will surge by … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: A New Job Is a Really Big Deal – For Them AND You
Whether it’s a first job, the tenth job, or a promotion (even a lateral one), a new job is a big deal. That’s why a new employee’s first day is … Read more
The No. 1 Thing That Job Seekers Really Do Wrong
Editor’s Note: Readers frequently ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday, we republish a Classic TLNT post. I was asked recently by a job seeker: … Read more
Why You Need to Make Hiring a One-Day Affair
The average time to fill an average job in the United States is 25 days. Unfortunately, in many cases top candidates are no longer available after 10 days. … Read more