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More on Employers’ Immigration Obligations
Yesterday, I wrote about immigration. Today, I happened on a few related items.
First, while looking at back issues of the St. Louis Bar Journal, for which I am preparing an article, I found:
“A Brief Overview of the United States Immigration System” by immigration attorney George S. Newman (.pdf)
For those, like me, whose head [...]
Some Immigration Law Tips for Employers
Congress seems to be stuck in the process of passing much-needed immigration law reform. But employers must still comply with existing law — an obligation that can get sticky.
I ran across an article that briefly summarizes employers’ obligations — and dilemmas.
The basic obligations are:
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Vertical Job Search Engine Developments
Joel Cheesman, at his blog Cheezhead, is keeping a close eye on some interesting developments in vertical job search.
This Blawg still has the top two hits in the google search “vertical job search,” proving again how much Google loves blogs.
Ah, but google hit no. 2 quotes Cheesman, proving again that sometimes the blogosphere is [...]
Determining An Employer’s Talent Management Philosophy: Turning the Tables On Some Good Questions
Kevin Wheeler, who has some interesting things to say about recruitment in ERE.net, had a nice article today geared toward companies, focusing on how they can determine their “employee philosophy” (I call it talent management philosophy, but that is a minor point).
I don’t think there is anything radically new about Kevin’s approach here, but his [...]
Niche Job Boards and Craigslist.com: Sneakin’ Up On All of Us
As you probably know, there are lots and lots of job boards, niche job boards, and all kinds of tools for Internet recruitment/job search. One of the more interesting niche job boards
is called craigslist.com.
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EEOC Investigates Potential Nationwide Test Discrimination At FedEx
In a recent press release, EEOC announced some interesting turns in an investigation of FedEx’s promotion policies. One interesting turn involves the refusal by FedEx to comply with a subpoena to provide files and therefore EEOC has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona to order FedEx Corporation to explain the failure [...]
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 [...]
To Proctor or Not to Proctor: That is the Question for Some Internet Tests
Nope, “proctoring” has nothing to do with anything medical. Rather, it relates here to whether or not a company assigns someone to watch over test-takers as they take an examination of the psychological type.
In his latest posting, Jamie of selectionmatters.com discusses a symposium he attended on proctoring in the context of internet testing.
The specific [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Michael’s Upcoming Speaking Engagement
On April 27, 2006, our own Michael Harris will speak on “Legal Landmines in I/O Psychology” at a luncheon sponsored by Gateway Industrial/Organizational Psychologists
More specifically:
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Employment Testing (But Didn’t Know Where to Ask)
Many people question the value of, and issues related to, employment testing in the workplace.
At this blawg, we have often covered employment testing, from a variety of perspectives.
We have also looked at case law regarding employment testing.
I recently found a website, created by a trade association for test publishers (i.e., the Association of Test [...]
Unemployed or Looking to Change Jobs? Some Hopeful Job Market News and Interview Tips
Looking over my latest e-clippings, I found I had saved a number of items about signs of a job market healthier in many respects than some may fear, and also some with practical tips useful to job seekers.
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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.
Employment Testing: A Diversity of Views
I think that in many ways how people feel about employment testing is probably quite similar to how they felt about tests at school.
Some people I knew loved taking tests at school; other people were terrified at the mere thought.
In this posting, I present a roundup of some different reactions to employment testing.
One [...]
