Communicating with College Students
What channels should recruiters use when communicating with college students? A recent study from Universum Global, a provider of employer branding solutions, provides insight.
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How Do I Deal with a Disabled Worker’s Attendance Problems?
Q: We’ve been going through the interactive process with one of our employees (we’ll call him Mike). As a result, we’ve been accommodating him with unpaid leaves for the last year. It’s been tough, and Mike’s supervisors have told me more than once that they need to terminate him and move on. According to them, […]
Hot List: Wall Street Journal’s Bestselling Hardcover Business Books
The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan on April 12. 1.The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis. The sequel to #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker examines the issue of who understood the risk inherent in the assumption […]
Accommodating Employees: Court Overturns Verdict For Colorblind Applicant, But New State Disability Bias Rules Could Change Outcome Of Similar Cases
A California Court of Appeal has thrown out a $307,000 verdict for an applicant who was turned down for a deputy sheriff job because he was colorblind. But as we’ll explain, the outcome might have been very different—and more costly for the employer—if the case had been decided under the new state anti-discrimination rules that […]
Blog Confessions Get Reporter Fired
Last month, a news reporter was fired for a personal post on her blog. On a follow-up post the reporter claims: “I was never asked to take the blog down. I was fired without discussion. I took the blog down immediately following my termination, then reposted it Friday evening.” So what was so bad about […]
Employers Offer Incentives to Lure Tech Talent
Salaries for technology professionals in the United States were flat in 2017, according to the annual salary report from tech career platform Dice. But all is not lost, when it comes to attracting tech talent.
What Work Activity Just Broke a Guinness World Record?
Communicating on conference calls can be difficult sometimes. Without social cues, it can be hard for a coworker calling in to know when there is an appropriate time to interject? Now imagine a conference call with 10,424 participants at one time. And that’s just the old world record! Broadnet, in partnership with The Contact Group […]
Bad Recruiting Behaviors to Avoid
When trying to fill vacancies, there are a lot of tips out there to get it done faster, more efficiently, and for less money. But what are some of the recruiting behaviors that could sabotage your hard work? Let’s take a look at some recruiting behaviors to avoid!
Miscimarra Announcement Called ‘Great Loss’ but ‘No Reason to Panic’
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chair Philip Miscimarra’s reported decision to leave the Board when his term expires on December 16 rather than allow himself to be considered for another term has probusiness Board watchers looking ahead and lamenting the loss of his contributions to NLRB decisions.
President Trump’s Communication Style Offers Valuable Lessons for Managers
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny that Donald Trump has communicated differently than any other U.S. presidential candidate, president-elect, and now president. And his communication style has been analyzed, criticized, and commended. Everyone seems to have an opinion about his approach to communication, but there certainly isn’t agreement on its effectiveness.