The Ape Team: Automaker Teams Up with Virtual Band to Recruit Tech Talent
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Providing References: Are You Immune from Liability?
The last thing you need—an ex-employee suing over a bad reference. Fortunately, most states offer a qualified privilege to employers that provides immunity for employers who give employment references; however, the privilege is easily lost if employers aren’t careful. For detailed information about the states and their laws, we turned to “The 50×50,” BLR/HRhero’s 50 […]
Diabolical Laughter
This week’s episode was another repeat, and it was just as cringe-worthy as the first time it aired. Doug Hall did a fabulous job covering this episode in first run, so I’ll just use this space to talk about an issue that has been ongoing since the very first episode of the series: the personality clash […]
Top Talent—Gone in 60 Seconds?
Well, not 60 seconds, but 10 days according to internationally known HR thought leader John Sullivan, PhD. Citing research by Officevibe.com, Sullivan says that the best candidates tend to stay in the job market for 10 days. If you wait, you lower your quality of hire, Sullivan says. These tips came during his session at […]
Techniques to Manage and Improve Employee Performance
Every company understands there’s always room for improvement. In today and tomorrow’s Training Daily Advisor, business consultant Bridget Miller has some advice for managing—and improving—your employees’ performance level.
6 Ways to Plan a Corporate Retreat that Gets Results
Is your organization’s leadership team contemplating a corporate retreat this summer?
Freedom of expression during collective bargaining: What are the limits?
by Stéphane Fillion and Laïla Tremblay In Canada, many cases have considered and limited an employer’s freedom of expression during collective bargaining. But what about the freedom of expression of the employees during that period? Is it similarly limited? In Québec (Procureure Générale) v. Commission des relations du travail, division des relations du travail (available […]
Retaliation: Already a Bad Dream, Now a Nightmare
Retaliation Nightmares? The situation is worse than ever. Because of a recent Supreme Court decision, you may now be liable for retaliation against those who associate with the employee you are supposedly retaliating against. What Happened in the Supreme Court Case? In the recently-decided case, Eric Thompson and his fiancée Miriam Regalado were employees of […]
Behavioral Interview Questions and Answers
Different types of interviews have different goals. The traditional interview seeks a broad knowledge of the candidate’s qualifications, while the behavioral interview looks at how he or she has performed on the job. There’s even a situational interview that presents scenarios that might be faced on the new job and asks how the candidate would […]
RecruitCon Recap: Attracting Candidates Who Aren’t Looking for You
Candidates you are looking for are not looking for you, reminds Lindsay Stanton, Chief Client Officer of Digi-Me at the RecruitCon 2018 session: Social Media and Mobile Recruiting: New Trends Every Employer Should be Leveraging. So how do you get the candidate you’re looking for to find you?