Introduction In today’s tech-driven age, it takes a highly efficient IT system to manage, track and measure employee performance. Larger companies may have the budget and manpower to support a fully-functioning, round-the-clock in-house IT department. But for smaller businesses, the... (Continue reading)
Some tips on selecting a Learning Management System (LMS).... (Continue reading)
Guidelines to help make the task of selecting resource management and employee performance management software easier.... (Continue reading)
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 get on the phone and check the references they’ve... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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.... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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. ... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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. Related Reading: Human Resource Management... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
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.... (Continue reading)
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... (Continue reading)
Everyone has heard about issues regarding company liability vis-a-vis harassment when employees use the Internet inappropriately? But what about child pornography? Now there may be new company liability for employees who use company computers for child pornography.... (Continue reading)
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: Related... (Continue reading)
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.... (Continue reading)
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!... (Continue reading)
71% of companies will not be ready for the new rule by February 6, 2006. See what new concerns are being raised.... (Continue reading)