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Why use Video Interviewing? Reasons May Vary.
Video Interviewing provides many hiring advantages, but determining who can best benefit from which advantage may not be readily apparent. Here are two cases showing first why a Human Resources professional and, second, why a hiring manager should use video … Continue reading
Who’s responsible for Job Fit, the Job Candidate or the Company?
Recently I read a post entitled “What Do You Get from a Job besides a Paycheck?” which discussed various questions a candidate should consider before taking a job. Here’s a quick list of the author’s suggested considerations. Does this role … Continue reading
Top Reasons your Social Profile could be Hurting You!
Social Media Monitoring Server, Reppler, conducted a study recently and found that 91% of recruiters and hiring managers have visited a candidate’s social profile on Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter as part of the screening process. This figure is much higher … Continue reading
Posted in Candidate Screening, Interviewing, Recruiting, Social Media
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10 Reasons to Use Video-Interviewing in 2012
10 Reasons to Embrace Video Interviewing in 2012 Video Interviewing, the process of interviewing job candidates live over the internet, or having them interview themselves with their webcam, is a solution gaining in popularity. For those of you who have … Continue reading
What percent of your employees are going to leave in 2012?
In 2010 nearly 900 high potential employees were interviewed. Twenty-percent said they planned to leave their employer in the next 12 months. Are one in five of your best performing employees ready to bolt? Could it be an even higher … Continue reading
Posted in Employee Retention, Interviewing, Recruiting, Uncategorized
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The One Chart Best Depicting the Great Recession’s Impact on Hiring
This chart, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is worth way more than a thousand words. It hints at the real impact of 8 million jobs lost. It shows the human toll of the unfettered greed and avarice in our … Continue reading
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Tagged recruitment, screening, video interviewing
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Finding employees or Making employees?
“Find” your employee or “make” your employee? Nine percent of the country is unemployed, thousands of very talented candidates are looking for work, yet according to Manpower’s Talent Shortage survey, 52% of employers cannot find people to fill their “mission-critical” … Continue reading
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Tony Hsieh Builds The Perfect Working Environment
There is a great interview over at the Executive Street Blog with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. Tony is an amazing guy and he really gets why building a corporate culture is so important to the success of a business. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Culture, Recruiting, Team Building
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Bad hire? Stop blaming HR!
I recently read a great article called, “10 Ways to fix a broken Corporate Recruiting System.” Point number six suggests that the person with responsibility over the hiring process should be the Hiring Manager not Human Resources. Each year companies … Continue reading
Telecommuting can cut costs, but not every employee is right for it!
Economic woes and increased stress on workers are a few reasons why many HR leaders are looking further into telecommuting. The offer of telecommuting is one more way to attract top candidates wishing to spend less time commuting and more … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioral Interviews, Candidate Screening, Job Fit, Recruiting
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