What Are Contingent Workers?
Have you heard the term “contingent worker”? What does that mean? Who does it include?
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.
Employee Leave—What’s Really Happening?
Employers struggle to provide a balanced and fair leave package for their employees. What’s happening with employee leave in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
Team Interviews for the Win: How to Make Them Really Work
In yesterday’s Advisor, we discussed the pros and cons of team interviewing. Today we’ll discuss how to diminish those cons so you can use team interviewing to its maximum potential.
Why Conduct Background Checks on Potential Employees?
Does your organization conduct background checks as part of the hiring process? Many organizations do, but the type of background check—and the extent of it—varies considerably. Let’s take a look at some of the most pertinent reasons so many businesses opt to perform some type of background check on any potential new employee.
Team Interviews: Save Time, Hire Better Candidates
Team interviewing, sometimes known as panel interviewing, can be a valuable way to avoid some common one-on-one interview pitfalls. Unfortunately, team interviews have pitfalls of their own. Here’s some practical knowledge about conducting team interviews that will be valuable whether you are just beginning to use them or have been using them for years. Are […]
Monitoring the Brand and Walking the Talk—More Employment Branding Survey Results
In yesterday’s Advisor, we shared some results of our Employment Branding Survey; today, we present more results from the study, including how they choose to control what’s being said about their company and what their most successful branding actions have been.
Employment Branding Survey Results—Are You Putting the Company’s Best Face Forward?
When it comes to an organization’s brand, Amazon.com® Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos put it best: “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” Our Employment Branding Survey, conducted in June 2015, posed the question: What are real-world organizations doing with branding, both internally and externally?
Do’s and Don’ts with Candidate Phone Calls
Yesterday’s Advisor covered how to prepare yourself for the first call to a potential candidate. Today, you’ll learn some tips and tricks on actually pulling the call off!
What’s the Scoop on Employee File Management?
Is your HR team currently spending way too much time managing documents? Are you struggling to comply with changing laws? What’s happening with document management in the real world? What are your competitors up to? Help us find out!
Happy to Be Average? Average People Die of Heart Disease
OK with being average? 115/75 is average blood pressure, says Dr. Mehmet Oz. But what happens to average people? They die of heart disease. When it comes to your health, don’t settle for average, he says. Oz was a keynote speaker at the recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exhibition in […]