Introducing the Well-Informed Candidate
A recent study shows that today’s candidates are more informed than they ever have been. What does this mean for you? Let’s take a look.
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‘Employment Branding is the Career of 2016’
Yesterday’s Advisor featured social recruiting expert Kelly Dingee’s tips for recruiting with LinkedIn. Today, we present the rest of her tips. (Recruiting Daily Advisor Editor Steve Bruce recently interviewed Dingee for an episode of his HRWorks podcast. Dingee is a director of strategic recruiting with staffing advisors and an expert on digital sourcing.) HRWorks: So, […]
Information Overload: Employee Communications in Crisis
Let’s face it: We’re all on information overload. The amount of content we are consuming on a minute-by-minute basis in the blurred lines between our personal and professional lives has exploded in this digital economy.
Beyond the ‘Applause Meter’: Did Your Training Make a Difference?
How do you know whether your training made a difference or had an impact? It’s a foundational question for anyone involved in training and development, and there is no single answer. Much depends on exactly what it was you hoped your training outcomes would be. As Stephen Covey said, “Start with the end in mind.”
Help the Government Figure If Your Health Coverage is ‘Unaffordable’
Jan. 1, 2014, sounds far away, but some plan sponsors may be hoping that day never comes. That’s the day the “shared responsibility provisions” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) kick in; and it’s the time plan sponsors become subject to health reform’s “unaffordable coverage trigger.” Under the law, if an employee’s […]
The Best Recruiting Software Solutions of 2015
What if, during an interview, an applicant asks you to bear with him or her because he or she has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What if you subsequently decided not to hire that candidate? Have you exposed your company to liability? When you consider that 1 in 25 adults has some form of ADHD, it’s […]
How Training Can Help a Nontraditional Business Model Succeed
Guest columnist, Ryan O’Connell, confesses at HR.BLR.com® that sometimes it’s necessary to strip away all the preconceived notions about how to succeed in an industry, reshuffle roles, and take an untraditional approach to change things for the better. That’s even true—maybe especially true—in industries as steeped in tradition as winemaking. At NakedWines.com, O’Connell says his […]
The Dynamic Recruiting Landscape
The recruiting landscape is dynamic. It changes constantly, and it’s downright competitive given the improved economy and low unemployment rates. To keep up with the current trends that are driving the way top companies recruit and hire talent, it’s important to ask questions so you can adapt your strategy to attract qualified applicants.
It’s time to cozy up to the new I-9
It’s time for employers to get acquainted with the new Form I-9. The form is easier to use than the old version, but with just a few weeks left before employers must make the switch, it’s a good idea to get familiar with the form now, says Jacob Monty, managing partner at Monty & Ramirez, […]
Overseas Employment Tips and Compliance Issues
Yesterday we looked at how changing trends are resulting in more multinational companies sending employees overseas. Today we’ll look at compliance concerns and general safety tips for these situations.