Archive for the 'HR Technology' Category

Employee Survey Use & Design

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

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

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

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.

George Lenard on General, HR Technology, Workforce Trends |

Friday humor; introducing a new drug testing option

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

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

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

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 [...]