Tag: CEO

Who Are Today’s Freelancers?

If you still think of freelancers as people who occasionally take on work assignments, you’re out of step with today’s employment marketplace. Freelance employment is on the increase, and freelancers now represent a significant percentage of the workforce.

A Better Way to Communicate with Candidates

Yesterday we looked at some of the problems with current communication methods with candidates. Today we’ll look at ephemeral mobile messages—messages that vanish after they have been read. We’ll also look at why they can be so valuable.

Developing a Leadership Style that Builds Employee Trust

Few things have the potential to motivate and bring about positive change in the workplace as much as trust. It’s the one element that has the ability to improve nearly any relationship for the better, including even the most challenging ones in professional environments. Of course, trust can also seem somewhat elusive. After all, we’ve […]

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Small Businesses Conduct Credit and Financial Background Checks

More than one-fourth of small/medium business owners and managers perform credit or financial background checks on job applicants, according to a new survey conducted by the National Financial Educators Council (NFEC), a provider of financial educational resources.

Bank Salary Increases Coming Soon

Banks are looking to grow, according to the Crowe Horwath LLP 2017 Bank Compensation and Benefits Survey.

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HR Professionals: Got a Compensation Question?

For me, one of the neat things about being an editor here at BLR® is the opportunity to interact with HR and compensation professionals on a regular basis. As the comp editor, I’m asked about managing the compensation process and, for the most part, they’re pretty routine queries about things like how to market price […]

Nonprofit Hiring Trends

Whether you’re a nonprofit organization seeking job candidates or a company competing with nonprofits for talent, new research has implications for recruiting and hiring.

Diversity of Thought

Are you drawn to job candidates who remind you … of yourself? While people often seek like-minded individuals as friends, the workplace should not reflect this kind of preference.