Avoiding Corporate Speak
If your company uses a lot of business jargon, you may be turning off would-be job applicants.
Category: Recruiting
Recruiting is changing at a rapid pace. Some organizations are abandoning traditional methods for social media; some think software can do a better job than people.
Job Descriptions: Worth Doing or a Tedious Waste of Time?
Job descriptions—usually seen as just another task on the to-do list for HR professionals—are generally an underused resource. But you can rely on them for a variety of reasons, including recruiting, performance reviews, reasonable accommodations, and employee classification.
Small Business Outlook: The Future Looks Bright
Newly released research finds the small business climate has greatly improved, and small companies are confident about the future.
States Get into the Recruiting Business
Workforce and economic development initiatives at the state level are nothing new. But faced with a worker shortage, states are now also trying to recruit employees.
Are Virtual Job Fairs the Future?
Recently we heard from Lighthouse Conferencing’s Marc Gutman introducing the topic of virtual job fairs. Today we’ll look at how they compare to other hiring methods.
First Impressions: Nearly Half of Employers Know if a Candidate Is a Good Fit within the First 5 Minutes
Acing an interview is an important step in landing a job, but it’s no easy feat, and your time to show yourself off is limited. According to a new CareerBuilder survey conducted by The Harris Poll, around half of employers (49%) know within the first 5 minutes of an interview if a candidate is a […]
Social Networking Tools: A Q&A with Rebecca Barnes-Hogg of YOLO Insights
As social media sites gain more traction in the employment and recruitment world, it’s essential for recruiters to stay up to date on the latest and most popular sites and tools. After all, 21st-century candidates live online. Anyone with access to the internet can post a job opening online, but there’s so much more out […]
10 Tips for Hiring the B.E.S.T Workers from RecruitCon 2018 Keynote Bob Kelleher
Many organizations don’t have an engagement issue; they have a HIRING issue. Does this sound like your organization?
It’s Time to Kill the Job Description
Most companies consider job descriptions to be a necessary evil. No one likes writing them, sure, and it takes a lot of time and energy to put an informative one together. But if you’ve got an open role, you need to have a job description—right?
Is It Time to Stop Screening for Pot When Hiring?
Research from outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas finds that as of mid February, recreational marijuana is legal in nine states, while medicinal marijuana is legal in 29 states. Yet, despite shifting perception of marijuana, many companies still utilize drug tests that screen out job candidates who use marijuana.