HR Technology
Better Reference Checks in Far Less Time
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You’ve conducted both rounds of interviews, narrowed the field to a single candidate and made a hiring offer; contingent, of course, on a reference and background check. Now it’s time to [...]
Retail Scheduling Software Could Harm Employee Morale, As Well As Customer Service
The Way It Used To Be
Twice each year my mother would make her regular pilgrimage to the old B. Siegel’s store select her seasonal professional attire. It was always a leisurely, enjoyable experience – one that newly-introduced employee scheduling software may soon render obsolete.
While Mom’s profession as the first female lease negotiator for GM marked [...]
The Resume is Alive and Kickin’
This guest post from HireAbility, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, argues for a continuing role of the resume in a largely electronic job application process, using resume parsing technology to bring the resume into the 21st Century.
Employee Survey Use & Design
Today, online employee surveys are becoming more common than old-fashioned pencil-and-paper questionnaires, a trend that is increasing employee participation rates, adding significantly to the accuracy and meaningfulness of survey results.
Regardless of the format, if used properly, they can be invaluable; if not, they can be a waste of time and money and can even hurt employee morale.
Regardless of the format, if used properly, they can be invaluable; if not, they can be a waste of time and money and can even hurt employee morale.
How to Choose Where To Post Your Job Ad
This guest post by Thomas Torresson, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, briefly outlines some factors for employers to consider in selecting from among the rapidly-growing number of options for online job advertising.
“What job board should I use?” The most important thing is to remember to ask yourself this question before you post any position.
Too often [...]
Survey: Much Business Use of Social Network Sites
If you think the explosion of social networking is relegated to the high school and college crowd, you might be surprised at the results of a recent survey on online social networking.
Friday humor; introducing a new drug testing option
The short video below introduces a whole new concept in drug testing, one that avoids the pitfalls of conventional urinalysis. Check it out.
Read the true story behind the video.
Options include testing skin and testing surfaces, such as desks or workplace equipment.
A description of some of the advantages of this testing method (in [...]
Jobster to make Facebook tool for jobseekers
I’ve written much before about the potentially explosive combination of jobhunting and casual use of social network sites such as FaceBook and MySpace.
See these prior posts:
Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part I
More on using facebook et al. in recruiting and hiring (Part II)
Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part III
I’ve cautioned both employers [...]
Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part III
Employment decisions based on information from social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook raise many interesting legal questions. Today, I’ll look at a few possible discrimination issues that suggest such sources should be used with caution.
In Part II of this series, I cautioned against the risk of thinking that old wisdom no longer [...]
Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part II
A couple of months ago, when I wrote the post “Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking” and the similar post at collegerecruiter.com, I had no idea it would be such a hot topic, generating several interviews and other interesting phone conversations.
In the course of these further discussions, I had some further thoughts (funny how that [...]
Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking: Is It Legal?
As a partial excuse for my lack of posts the last couple of days, I’m linking to a guest post I just completed for Steve Rothberg over at CollegeRecruiter.com, entitled: “Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking: Is It Legal?”
While you’re there, check out the site, if you haven’t already done so. It’s a blog [...]
Working Virtually: Team Work in an E-World
More and more frequently, people work in virtual teams, with team members spread around the world. How does a team leader build a virtual structure?
That is the topic of a recent article, which contains some interesting suggestions for how to successfully manage a virtual team.
Key suggestions include:
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.
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 [...]
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
