3 Tips for Writing Effective Job Descriptions
You’re trying to hire the right person, but you’re not finding him or her. Could your job description be to blame?
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FMLA Fraud and Abuse: 5 More Training Tips
Yesterday’s Advisor provided five tips for training your supervisors on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and how to prevent fraud and abuse. Today we’re providing five more tips on navigating this complex regulation.
How to Incorporate Mobile Tech into Your Recruiting Process
With ever-increasing smartphone usage across the population, employers and retailers alike are looking for better ways to reach their customers via mobile technology. For recruiters and HR teams, the “customer” means employees and applicants; more and more jobseekers are using their phones as a key component in their job search. Recruiters may be losing out […]
Caregiver responsibility discrimination: an emerging issue
by Joseph U. Leonoro For years, federal, state, and local employment laws have prohibited discrimination based on various protected characteristics, such as gender, race, disability, and age. In recent years, a new theory of discrimination, frequently referred to as “caregiver responsibility discrimination,” has emerged. There’s no federal law that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on caregiving […]
‘We Need to Hire About 100,000 New Employees’
“We need to hire 95,000 to 100,000 new employees in the next few months,” says Tammy Caldwell, United Parcel Service, Inc.’s (UPS) director of talent acquisition. Your hiring needs may not be that gargantuan, but you can learn from UPS’s strong social and mobile recruiting program. UPS, recent winner of the 2013 Workforce Optimas Gold […]
How Employers Can (and Cannot) Use Social Media to Evaluate Employees
At a time when new social media platforms and practices have dramatically changed how we communicate, relate to each other, and share information, understanding the professional implications of social media activity has become increasingly important.
Dispelling 3 Big Myths About Automated Recruitment
“Automation” has been a business buzzword for quite a while, but only in the past year or 2 has it really picked up steam in the recruitment industry. No longer does it conjure up mental images of robots or impersonal interactions. Now, recruitment automation can look like anything from chat bots to screening software. There […]
Agency’s Acronym Overload Prompts Public Education Program
A governmental agency that goes by an acronym is out to educate the public on what all the “alphabet soup” on its websites really means. According to a DOL blog by Carl Fillichio, who heads DOL’s Office of Public Affairs, “we often joke here at the Labor Department that we should put a jar in […]
Employees Are Talking … Are You Listening?
By Denise Blasevick Communication is the cornerstone of a successful culture. In today’s Advisor, Denise Blasevick, founding partner and CEO of the S3 Agency, provides tips for fostering a culture of open communication among your staff.
Arbitration awards: a permanent part of an employee file
by Emilie Paquin-Holmested In Canada, amnesty clauses are commonly found in collective agreements. The purpose of such clauses is to erase disciplinary measures from an employee’s file after a given period, usually between six and 24 months. Therefore, normally employers cannot consider disciplinary measures that predate the amnesty period when determining the appropriate disciplinary measure […]