Category: Recruiting

Recruiting is changing at a rapid pace. Some organizations are abandoning traditional methods for social media; some think software can do a better job than people.

Private Benefits Exchanges Benefit Employers

In Yesterday’s Advisor, we heard about a recent report that suggests that most employees prefer to choose their own benefits with a private exchange. Today we’ll take a look at how employers can benefit from these systems as well.

Talent and Performance Management Survey Summary Results

The HR Daily Advisor research team conducted the 2016 Talent and Performance Management Survey in January, 2016. Talent and performance management are some of the most important and rigorous tasks any HR professional has to deal with. We asked participants everything from how they identify high-performing employees to how they reward those employees to what […]

Do Employees Really Appreciate Their Benefits?

When you are looking for talent, staying competitive with benefits should be a clear priority. Today we’ll take a look at a recent survey by Liazon® concerning private benefit exchanges. As it turns out, such exchanges are widely popular among employees, and they might give your company the edge it needs to attract top talent.

When Can Employee Medical Examinations Be Required?

As an employer, you want to hire the best person for any job. You also want to ensure your employees are safe and that no employee compromises the safety of others. These are some of the most common reasons employers may require a medical examination: to ensure that the employee is fit for duty and […]

Kids’ Dwindling Writing Skills Are No Reason to LOL

Is writing becoming a lost art? The adoption of new technology has forever changed how we communicate with one another—and that includes the written word. I’m certain my kids write more with their thumbs, texting incessantly on their phones, than any other way. And I say that even though two of my kids are in […]

‘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, […]

2016’s Highly Recruited Roles

Yesterday we explored Randstad’s projections for the hottest jobs in 2016. Today we provide more in-demand jobs in the IT, manufacturing and logistics, and office and administration fields.

What Will Be 2016’s Hottest Jobs?

As employers and jobseekers take their respective positions in this year’s talent hunt, both can benefit from insight on which roles will be highly recruited for in the months ahead.

What Is IRCA?

With immigration continually in the news, it’s important for employers to understand their obligations when it comes to hiring immigrants. In short, employers have the obligation to ensure they’re only hiring individuals who have the legal right to work in the United States—and they must verify this is true by completing an I-9 form (Employment […]