Just like a few good dates with an attractive person of interest can lead to a bad relationship, a good series of interviews with a talented job candidate can lead to a bad hire. The common thread linking these relationship mishaps is our cultural obsession with assessment. eHarmony tests compatibility using its proprietary 29…
Companies today face an unprecedented war for talent and an ever-widening skills gap that has tipped the balance of power towards the best candidates. Smart organizations knows that they need to focus on the impressions they’re giving every individual who walks through their door and treat their hiring process as an extension of their marketing efforts. In this piece, the folks at Hired share some best practices for mastering one of the most important parts of the hiring funnel — the on-site interview — based on learnings from leading tech companies.
Tracking upcoming recruiting trends is a professional obligation, but it can also help you identify and adopt powerful new trends before other firms are barely aware of them. The Countdown to the Top 12 Recruiting Trends That Will Become Dominant in 2016 In Part I of this article on ERE.net on 11/16/15, I…
A variation of the very-well-known “Priceless” theme permeating MasterCard’s consumer commercials will be finding its way into the company’s employment and recruitment branding. It’s been ages since you first started seeing those commercials (like this near tear-jerker). But that some things money can’t buy … For everything else there’s MasterCard theme never fully made its way…
Optimistic about the U.S. economy, the nation’s CFOs say they expect their company will grow sales and profit next year and will add full-time employees. The Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2016 CFO Outlook surveyed 500 chief financial officers on the state of the economy and their outlook for 2016. Collectively they scored…
The first words out of most people’s mouths when I call them about a job are usually “what’s it pay?” And if their first question is about pay, then that must mean money is their main motivation to change jobs. Right? It is more likely that candidates are tired of spending time talking…
People with disabilities are unemployed at rates about double the rest of the population, but a number of employers are trying to change their recruitment advertising, screening, as well as retention programs to change this. One that’s finding success is Independence Care System, whose vice president of human resources Lisa Feliciano talks to…
Just like a few good dates with an attractive person of interest can lead to a bad relationship, a good series of interviews with a talented job candidate can lead to a bad hire. The common thread linking these relationship mishaps is our cultural obsession with assessment. eHarmony tests compatibility using its proprietary 29…
When ADP reported this morning that the U.S. added 217,000 private sector jobs last month, it added more weight to the scale already tipping toward a national interest rate increase. Odds are (and there are indeed odds on this) that the Federal Reserve will raise rates when it meets later this month. The…
Over the last few years, edtech and the use of big data has had a significant impact on the K-12 classroom, with leaders like AltSchool progressing toward more personalized learning experiences for students. In higher education, initiatives like Edx, the joint venture between Harvard and MIT, use big data to answer questions such…
In the U.S., the EEOC is out with a new explanation of the rights of job applicants and employees who have HIV infection. The website pages are geared to the job applicant, though the information’s worth a look for the recruiter or employer as well (in 2014, applicants and employees won more than $825,000…
While working on positions on some of the more difficult-to-fill positions, Aaron Lintz had an epiphany. He noticed that 80 percent of the people in the UK take the train (in contrast with the States). Lintz, senior sourcer for Commvault thought: Instead of targeting the traditional location radius, I can target the cities along the…
When ADP reported this morning that the U.S. added 217,000 private sector jobs last month, it added more weight to the scale already tipping toward a national interest rate increase. Odds are (and there are indeed odds on this) that the Federal Reserve will raise rates when it meets later this month. The…
Over the last few years, edtech and the use of big data has had a significant impact on the K-12 classroom, with leaders like AltSchool progressing toward more personalized learning experiences for students. In higher education, initiatives like Edx, the joint venture between Harvard and MIT, use big data to answer questions such…
In the U.S., the EEOC is out with a new explanation of the rights of job applicants and employees who have HIV infection. The website pages are geared to the job applicant, though the information’s worth a look for the recruiter or employer as well (in 2014, applicants and employees won more than $825,000…
While working on positions on some of the more difficult-to-fill positions, Aaron Lintz had an epiphany. He noticed that 80 percent of the people in the UK take the train (in contrast with the States). Lintz, senior sourcer for Commvault thought: Instead of targeting the traditional location radius, I can target the cities along the…
