Recruitment and Retention
What’s in a Great Remote Worker’s Resume?
Hiring remote workers? Even if you live in a state that has reopened some or all of its office space to in-person work, remote work isn’t going away anytime soon. The good news is, we’ve all had time to get better at working remotely, and for those of us HR professionals and hiring managers, we’ve […]
How to Fill Those Tough Positions
Every company has a handful of hard-to-fill positions: ones that require crazy technical skills, highly specialized experience, or specific skills in a demographic that is not rife with them. When the game gets tough, what recruitments strategies will attract talent for those hard-to-fill positions?
5 Reasons Your Employees Are Quitting
We all know the grass isn’t always greener over yonder, but under these circumstances, your employees are willing to hike to find out.
How to Make Reference Checks Work for You
A well-written resume is a promising sign of a promising candidate—but it is just one sign. Truth is, most any job candidate can hire a professional resume writer to make them look good on paper; it’s much harder to exercise control over their job references. Speaking to an actual person who is knowledgeable about the […]
Are Your New Hires OK?
First-year turnover hurts, now more than ever in this uncertain business climate. When as many as 33 percent of new hires leave during their first six months, it can be discouraging. Keeping in mind most employees leave because their day-to-day role wasn’t as expected, because of a bad experience, or because of a culture clash, […]
Your Employees Will Probably Change Jobs If…
It has been years—like our parents’ or grandparents’ generations—since employees would start and end their careers at one company, then retire with a cushy pension as a reward for loyal service. Modern workers, in contrast, stay at one job for about four years before moving on. This makes sense in a market that rewards job […]
Why Veterans Make Great Hires
Hard-working, motivated, disciplined, and ethical team players—these sound like unicorn employees, but there’s a whole pool of candidates just like these coming out of the U.S. military every day. While some organizations (particularly federal government and law enforcement agencies) have been eager to celebrate veterans for their service, many employers outside the military don’t realize […]
Say YES! to Candidate Care
When it comes to hiring new talent, as recruiters and HR professionals, we’re not just seat-fillers, we’re caregivers. We should be caring for our job candidates at every step of the hiring process, with the idea that happy candidates will become happy employees. After all, an unpleasant onboarding will only create a bad (and lasting) […]
Promotions: Don’t Overlook Your Introverts!
Quiet introverts may not be as well known in the workplace as their chatty, extrovert counterparts. Introverts tend to be the ones at the bottom of the Zoom gallery because they rarely unmute their mics. They aren’t as social, vocal, or confrontational as their extroverted colleagues, and they may have less notoriety in the office […]
Hiring Tools That May Soon Replace Job Interviews
In this time of quarantines and social distancing, we’re learning about alternatives to traditional tasks—telecommuting, online learning, and even telemedicine—which can open our minds to new and possibly better techniques. But have you heard about these hiring practices that may take the place of traditional job interviews?
How to Write an Eye-Catching Job Posting
How boring are your job postings? While it’s true that your job postings should be informative in all the right ways, you don’t want them to read like the 1980s classified ads. They should be inspiring and intriguing enough to actually attract talent, and they can do this by highlighting what modern job-seekers want: personality […]
How Texting Fits in the Hiring Process
Texting is the most frequently used form of communication among Americans younger than 50, with many preferring texts to email or phone calls. So it’s no surprise that job candidates also want to engage job recruiters through text—a bonus for you, as the recruiter. Texts yield an average response time of just 90 seconds, which […]
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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