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Do your hiring managers know what questions to steer clear of during the interview process? Interview questions should stick to specific questions that directly relate to the individual’s ability to perform the job. Questions that stray from this goal are often problematic and can get the employer into legal trouble or can raise red flags […]
If members of your workforce are immigrants (they have a green card) or are working temporarily in the United States in any visa category, including as farm workers, hospitality workers, healthcare workers, or students, they shouldn’t use any drugs or substances prohibited under federal or state drug schedules. The schedules prohibit cannabis, or marijuana, use […]
Organizations need mobile-friendly career sites now more than ever—but not all such sites are adequately candidate-oriented. Expert Matt Adam, chief talent strategist at NAS Recruitment Innovation in Cincinnati, debunks three myths of mobile recruiting and offers six questions to help gauge mobile readiness.
In a competitive market, companies must work twice as hard to entice new hires to accept a job offer and because of this, the relationship between recruiters and candidates has never been more important.
Happy New Year, readers! Before you celebrate, take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments of 2014.
Imagine you are reading a résumé and the applicant calls himself out as a genius and proceeds to invite you to his apartment to interview him. Would you take him up on the offer? That is just one of the many responses to CareerBuilder’s recent survey about hiring managers’ real-life outrageous résumé experiences. While the […]
A female employee wasn’t discriminated against for receiving less compensation than her male coworkers when she voluntarily chose to complete tasks that weren’t required of her, according to the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Nebraska employers), upholding a Nebraska federal district court decision. Facts Barbara Perry, a former employee […]
by Vanessa L. Goddard What makes a business a good place to work? Those of you who do not unwind by watching YouTube or reading Wikipedia entries may be surprised to learn a little about Google as an employer. Remarkably, Google has unlimited sick leave—an unheard of, mind-boggling concept. Google has legal aid (ahem). The […]
In Yesterday’s Advisor we explored the ways that an HR strategist and the C-suite can engage one another with expert Jennifer McClure. Today, we’ll hear more from McClure about getting C-suite’s attention. McClure, president of Unbridled Talent LLC in West Chester, Ohio, offered her tips at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference and […]
Postal workers can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to work safety! HRSBT recently reported on a mail carrier being assaulted by turkeys on his daily route, and now new reports are surfacing of another menacing animal attacking postal workers in the United Kingdom!