Looking to current employees for a promotion or lateral move can be a great way to fill an open position. But beware of these dangers.
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Tags: internal recruiting, pitfalls, promotions
Your company wouldn’t hire an applicant who was stumped by the interviewers’ questions — just like applicants won’t accept a job offer from a hiring manager who can’t answer theirs. Are your managers ready to answer these common questions?
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Tags: hiring manager, interviews, John Kador, questions
Starting January 15, 2009, most companies with federal contracts will be required to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security’s electronic employment verification system.
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Tags: Department of Homeland Security, E-Verify, federal contractors
Most companies and hiring experts agree that applicants with military experience make great employees. But why are so many of them having trouble getting hired?
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Tags: CareerBuilder, military experience, veterans
A company hires an employee and learns later that he lied on his resume. Is that always cause to fire someone?
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Tags: contract, employment dates, lie, resume
Have you looked at your organization’s recruiting Web site lately, the way a job applicant might?
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Tags: recruiting page, Web design, Web site
When you advertise an open position, you want people to be excited about applying. Here’s a simple way to make job descriptions more appealing.
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Tags: ads, job descriptions, recruiting
Without thinking, interviewers can make comments or ask questions that convince unsuccessful job applicants they were rejected out of illegal bias. Then it’s up to HR to clean up the mess.
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Tags: age discrimination, hiring manager, interview questions
Everyone in HR knows new hires don’t always work out. But here are two experts who say managers choose the wrong person more often than most people think.
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Tags: hiring decisions, managers, mistakes
These days, recruiters don’t think twice about posting open jobs online. But does relying on online ads give the hiring process a hidden bias against minorities?
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Tags: discrimination, JobApp, Online recruiting
There’s a new recruiting metrics model so how do you stack up? Learn about what to measure, when and how to measure and communicate results to senior management.
