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Spotlight on Legal Issues in Recruitment: OFCCP and EEOC Making Life More Complex For Recruiters and Companies
There is no doubt that OFCCP and EEOC are going to make life more interesting and challenging for recruiters and employers. In this posting, I recap and highlight comments from three different articles in ERexchange.com on the topic of recruitment and the law. This is not a new topic for our blawg; we have had [...]
Diversity Recruitment: A Lot More Than Just Some Words On Paper
An article from Forbes.com reports some interesting findings in terms of diversity recruitment, with regard to which companies are viewed most highly by minority students, the importance of executive involvement, and the kinds of recruitment sources preferred.
What are some of the companies viewed most favorably by minority students?
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Successful Recruitment Programs NOT a bag of tricks and fads
In what I call a “meat and potatoes” article in erexchange.com, Kevin Wheeler criticizes the overreliance on fads and tricks in recruitment and argues for a focus on the “basics.”
His article does a nice job of articulating the three major steps in recruitment, which are
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EEOC Starts Focusing On Recruitment and Hiring Discrimination
In our recent posting regarding EEOC’s new compliance manual on race and color discrimination, I didn’t mention that recruitment discrimination seems to get quite a bit of attention. This seems to indicate a renewed emphasis at EEOC.
Curious to see if that was a correct conclusion, I recently reviewed the transcript of the EEOC’s [...]
Determining What the Popular Job Sites Are For Recruiting
Wondering what the most popular job sites are in terms of traffic from job hunters?
I can’t promise they have the best candidates, but there is a website that provides information as to which job sites are the most popular. This may be important if you want a quick and free analysis of where your [...]
It Just Doesn’t Stop: More Q & A’s on the OFCCP’s Internet Applicant Definition
And you thought that perhaps we were done with this OFCCP Internet Job Applicant definition stuff.
As my oldest son used to say: “Make It Stop!”
I just did a google search using the term “OFCCP Internet Applicant” and over 49,000 hits were obtained.
I am pleased to note that an article I wrote for ERExchange.com [...]
For the More Serious Minded: Free Download of Webinar on OFCCP Internet Applicant!
If you would rather look at some really serious material, you can listen to a brand new, just-delivered webinar on the OFCCP’s Internet Applicant definition, courtesy of airsdirectory.com.
I must admit that I find it quite amusing that the webinar was presented by William E. Doyle, Jr., who the company says was “one of the [...]
Latest Update on OFCCP’s Internet Applicant Definition and the Implications for Companies
Well, the deadline for compliance by covered companies for compliance with the new definition of an Internet Applicant is almost one month old now, and some companies are feverishly trying to get into compliance. At George’s Blawg, we have tried to keep you update with some of the interesting developments that have taken place in [...]
Googling Your Way to a Job
According to the Cheezhead (aka Joel Cheesman), Google is getting into the job search business in a very big way.
He put “London banking jobs” into a google search, and came up with a nice window, where you are asked if you wish to refine your job search or simply “search jobs.”
I tried it myself, [...]
Hear All, Hear All: Internet Job Boards Form New Industry Association
With all of the available job boards, it should come as no surprise that some 500 of them (!) have announced the formation of a new industry association for job boards.
The goals of this new trade association include:
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The Latest Survey of Hiring Sources: The Highlights and Some Interesting Findings on Diversity Recruitment
I summarize the highlights of CareerXRoads’ lastest survey of recruitment sources. Lots of potentially useful information in the survey, with some particularly interesting discussion of diversity recruiting.
Latest Recruiting Trends: Where Do Applicants Come From? What Sources Have the Best ROI?
The latest study, from DirectEmployers Association, summarizes which the most popular sources of job candidates and which sources give the best Return on Investment (ROI). Very interesting results!
From the Other Side of the Fence: The Impact of the OFCCP Internet Applicant Regs on Job Hunting
Have you thought about how the new OFCCP regs on internet applicants will affect job hunters? This article has a number of hints for job hunters!
KISS Principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid) Applied to Recruitment: A Basic Checklist For Improving Recruitment
The author compiles a very basic list of questions to help improve one’s recruitment program, based on the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) principle.
Criticisms of OFCCP Internet Applicant Definition Continue to Pour In: Companies Beware!
71% of companies will not be ready for the new rule by February 6, 2006. See what new concerns are being raised.
