Author: Bridget Miller, Contributing Editor

Getting That Job Post the Attention It Deserves

In today’s low-unemployment, high-turnover environment, employers are finding themselves with more and more job openings to fill and yet fewer and fewer qualified candidates responding. There are lots of jobs out there competing for attention from the pool of qualified candidates. How do you make your job post stand out among all of the options […]

Leaders—Are They Born or Made?

This edition of The Oswald Letter is a guest post from Elizabeth Petersen, Project Director for Simplify Compliance.

Corporate Giving Creates Stronger Corporate Culture

A recent trend among companies involves charitable giving. It is true that individual charitable giving has decreased, but corporate giving is on the rise, and candidates are paying attention.

The Rise of the Caring Companies: Building Corporate Culture and Community by Giving Back

Over the past few years, a trend in charitable giving has emerged across the nation. While individual charitable giving has decreased, corporate giving—both employee volunteerism and more traditional grants and monetary donations—has grown, with smart companies leveraging purpose-driven corporate social responsibility programs as a way to empower individuals and build stronger corporate cultures.

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More Background Check Myths

Yesterday we began to explore some of the myths surrounding background checks in the world of recruiting. Today we present more of those myths from the perspective of the employer.

Infographic: Clean Workplaces Are More Productive

How does the cleanliness of a work space affect workers? That’s a question that Cleaning Services Group recently tackled. The following infographic explores a correlation between cleaner offices and productivity.

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Anticipating Candidate ‘Asks’

A recent Recruiting Daily Advisor article offers tips for negotiating salary with a job candidate. But what happens if a candidate wants something other than a higher starting salary, as a condition for accepting the job?