Recruiting
Expensive Trade Secret Protection Lesson for Employer — $17.5 Million Verdict in Lawsuit Over Employee’s Hard Drive
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Trade Secret Protection Efforts Land Company in Losing Lawsuit
Earlier this month, after a seven-week trial, a California jury awarded $17.5 million to a former employee in his lawsuit against his former [...]
Overtime Pay, the FLSA & “Time Theft” — Part I (Introduction and White-Collar Exemptions)
Who “owns” an employee’s time? Are you stealing from your employer if you take a personal call at work? What about if you check your personal email, or take some time to send out resumes?
Does it matter whether you’re an hourly worker who is entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor [...]
Despite Economy, Small Businesses Plan Holiday Parties
Most Small Business Owners Can Afford Holiday Celebrations
According to a survey conducted this month by online payroll service SurePayroll, most small business owners will end 2008 in celebration. The survey found that despite recent economic challenges, 6 of 10 small business owners are planning to hold a holiday party and 8 of 10 of those [...]
Top 7 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make When Advertising Open Positions
This guest post is by Thomas Torresson, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap.
There are plenty of reasons a particular job ad may not work well. Sometimes these mistakes are tough to recognize and even harder to learn to avoid.
Here are seven mistakes that can cause an ad to provide less bang for the buck than desired:
Not [...]
Better Reference Checks in Far Less Time
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 given you. Right? WRONG!
Timing is Everything
According to Yves Lermusi, CEO of online reference check [...]
Do’s and Don’ts of Hiring an Independent Contractor
Independent Contractor Agreements – A Match Made in Heaven?
Today’s employers are watching their bottom line more closely than ever before, including examining the costs associated with maintaining a full time workforce.
At the same time, workers are looking for ways to increase their independence, decrease their commutes and overall to increase their quality of life. [...]
Survey Says Taleo Best Recruitment Software Option
Recruitment software provider Taleo is officially an industry leader, according to Gartner, Inc.’s “Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software, 2008.“
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.
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 [...]
St. Louis-Based Company Attracts Gen. Y Grads — and Used Car Customers
Shopping for a used car, I came across a company that seems to be doing the right things to attract the new generation of employees — “Gen Y” — including creating an appealing, interactive, and information-packed career website.
Recruiters Can Be Liable for Discrimination
George recently wrote about recruiting discrimination on Kennedy Information’s Recruiting Trends website. George is on the Advisory Board of the site, which offers guidance and industry news.
The article warns recruiters that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to them, too. Recruiters may be considered “employers” themselves, or they [...]
Tackling Recruiting Sourcers’ Challenges
This post, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap, is written by Moises Lopez, of The Sourcing Corner blog.
Note: “Sourcing” refers to the first stage of recruiting: developing information regarding potential candidates. This function may be integrated with other aspects of recruiting or delegated or outsourced to specialized “sourcers.” Either way, the following offers useful tips.
Candidate sourcing [...]
New Website for Recruiting Professionals
Kennedy Information Launches RecruitingTrends.com Website
Recruiters have a new source of “how-to” guidance, successful recruiting strategies, latest web technologies, industry news, jobs and career information, and knowledge-based, data-driven thought leadership as Kennedy Information announces the launch of RecruitingTrends.com, its new destination website for professional recruiters.
The site features articles written by a select board of [...]
What Millennials (Generation Y) Want Out of Work
George’s 15 minutes of fame — quoted in TIME Magazine on video resumes — with Friday video humor thrown in for good meaure
A few weeks ago, when I was in New York, I stayed at the Hudson Hotel, a cool place near the Time-Warner Building pictured at left (my photo). So did several other scintillating bloggers-blawgers.
Shortly after my return, I got an e-mail from a Time Magazine writer working in that very building, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. [...]
