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What if, during an interview, an applicant asks you to bear with him or her because he or she has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What if you subsequently decided not to hire that candidate? Have you exposed your company to liability? When you consider that 1 in 25 adults has some form of ADHD, it’s […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, consultant Bridget Miller provided tips for employers regarding the ergonomic conditions of the workplace; today, more considerations for businesses, including questions to ask while conducting an ergonomic assessment.
We’re now well into the swing of college graduation season, and the newest crop of alums has even more to celebrate than many of their predecessors—including ample job prospects and higher-than-usual starting salaries.
Yesterday’s Advisor presented rankings of recruiting software from G2 Crowd. Today, the infographic that displays the information graphically. As was mentioned in yesterday’s issue, the grid ranks recruiting software on two scales, market presence and customer satisfaction. (Of course, these are not necessarily the two factors that will be priorities for your organization. For example, […]
G2 Crowd has released its spring 2015 rankings of the best recruiting software, based on user reviews and market presence. Two platforms earned Leader status, while iCIMS Recruit topped overall satisfaction rankings.
Technology is taking over, and nowhere more than in the field of recruiting. But how is it affecting HR professionals? Here are some highlights from our November 2014 Recruiting survey and February 2015 HR Tech survey, which collected trends from HR Daily Advisor readers.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed the first 17 of our list of 27 management actions that can increase your company’s risk of being sued; today, we present the final 10 manager/supervisor actions that you must be training against.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we looked at some of the pros and cons of an unusual vacation policy—one that provides unlimited time off to employees. Today, we present a few more potential pitfalls of such a policy, but also some suggestions on how to manage the problems to make the policy successful.
Perhaps you’ve heard about the growing number of organizations that are opting to remove limits from employee vacation time. Instead of imposing an arbitrary number of vacation days for employees, such as 2 weeks, they’re allowing employees to take time off as needed, without counting the days.
According to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast, more job openings are on the way in 2015. Over one third of employers polled are planning to hire full-time, permanent employees in the coming year—the most favorable outlook from the survey since 2006. Also on the agenda? Salary increases, including raises for minimum wage employees.