Hiring Candidates

You can conduct interviews, assessments and run a background investigation, but reference checks are the only way to confirm your conclusions and get the real scoop on prospective employees. Former managers and peers have first hand...

Applicants with a glass-half-full attitude are great. Unless, of course, they're half-full of futile hopes for a higher salary. Ever get the feeling that an applicant saw the salary in a job posting, thought to...

Wouldn’t it be great if every new hire had a positive attitude? Studies show that positive thinkers are more productive and resilient, in fact, the positive brain is 31 percent more productive than when the...

The competition for IT talent gets tougher every day, so hiring managers have to be in top form to land the best candidates. Walking into an interview unprepared, late, or unsure what position you’re hiring...

Fifty-four percent of large businesses that laid off employees in the past year are now having difficulty finding skilled workers. So to bridge the gap, many employers are considering rehiring former employees. Past employees who return...

Facebook uses its own social network to recruit simply by telling its own stories in unique and authentic ways, explains Matt Millunchick, Technical Project Manager for Facebook. One of the most notable ways Facebook recruits...

Companies are directing more of their time and recruiting budgets toward social media, but are those investments paying off?  Only 1 percent of open positions were filled by candidates sourced through social media, according to a...

Although rotary dial phones and electric typewriters may not return to the workplace anytime soon, retention bonuses may be back in vogue. A small business owner in Charleston, S.C., is offering his employees a $50,000...

Why do top performers leave? Money isn’t the only reason prized employees run out the door. Inadequate career planning or a hasty and superficial performance-review process can leave valued employees feeling slighted and dispensable, but you...

Should companies attempt to restrict their employees’ comments and activity on social media? Or should they give up the policy crusade and learn to embrace social media, as one HR professional recently recommended? After all, employers...