4 Do’s and Don’ts of Implementing HR Data Science into Your Business
“Data science” has become more and more of a trending topic in HR circles lately—what does it actually mean? In relation to HR functions, data science is the application of data mining and data...
View ArticleAre There Missing Links in Your Candidate Experience?
Any business process is only as strong as the weakest link—and candidate experience is no different. A new CareerBuilder study outlines the complex perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of both...
View ArticleBass Pro to Pay $10.5M for Discriminatory Hiring Practices and Retaliation
Earlier today, Bass Pro Outdoor World, LLC, agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that alleged Bass Pro discriminated on the basis...
View ArticleSpeeding up the Hiring Process
The job market changes every day, especially when you consider how low unemployment levels are. If you are like most companies, you probably need talent, and you need them yesterday. Today we’ll look...
View Article3 Must-Have Qualities to Be an Agile HR Professional
If you work in a company of any scale you’ve undoubtedly heard of Agile. Originally conceived as a software development process, “agile” is being applied broadly across entire organizations. This is...
View ArticleOver-Automated Recruitment Process May Be Turning Off Potential Talent
New research findings—released by Randstad US–offers a look at job seekers’ perceptions, attitudes, and expectations of the job search process. According to the findings, while most candidates find...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Employee Turnover: The White House Edition
Whether you agree with him or not, one thing’s for sure: With President Donald Trump, there is never a dull moment! This edition of HR Strange But True is not meant to be a one-sided political...
View ArticleStart Building Candidate Relationships During These 3 Stages
Keeping today’s job candidates interested in your hiring process is more challenging than ever. With so many career possibilities, job seekers are keeping their options open and want to be positive a...
View ArticlePros and Cons of Hiring Someone Overqualified
When positions are tough to fill, it can be tempting to just hire any candidate simply to have someone doing the job. But we all know that hiring the wrong person can end up being more costly in the...
View Article3 Elements of Great Job Postings that Attract Talent
“The truth is that as much as a company is only glancing at a job applicant’s resume for 6 seconds, candidates are doing just about the same thing with job descriptions. If you are not attracting them...
View ArticlePeople with Disabilities: An Underutilized and Growing Talent Pool
Nearly 40% of employers are having challenges hiring qualified employees, while at the same time one in five people in the United States have some type of disability and are facing challenges in...
View ArticleIncorporating Mobile Tech in Your Recruitment Process
Smartphones are nearly ubiquitous. As a result, retailers and employers are both trying to find better ways to reach their customers and candidates. Today we’ll explore how to incorporate mobile tech...
View ArticleHave It Your Way: 8th Circuit Court Sides with Labor Organizer
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota—recently enforced a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) order that...
View ArticleWhat’s Stopping Your Company from Finding Top Tech Workers?
The tech sector has long been called a job-seekers market, and while it bodes well for IT workers, the odds are often stacked against employers. In a new survey from Robert Half Technology, chief...
View Article‘Ur’ Hired: Why You Should Be Texting Job Candidates
The job interview process is getting longer. Source: Tom Merton / OJO Images / Getty Images Plus From application to offer, today’s average, overall interview process for someone searching for work...
View ArticlePick Me! Pick Me! I Stand Out Above the Rest
As an HR professional, you probably encounter hundreds of résumés at any given time—and let’s face it, sometimes it’s a mundane chore to sift through the candidates trying to find the perfect fit....
View ArticleNonprofits Continue to Hire More Aggressively Than For-Profits in 2017, but...
According to new survey findings, nonprofit organizations have been hiring more aggressively than for-profits for the last several years and will continue to do so in 2017, however the survey indicates...
View ArticleTalent Skills Gap Remains a Challenge for Middle Market Firms, Says Report
Nearly four out of 10 middle market executives say a lack of talent constrains their companies’ ability to grow, according to “Help Wanted,” a report released by the National Center for the Middle...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Sex … and Salary History
How often do we think about sex? When it comes to hiring and pay, perhaps we should more often. For 54 years, the Federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 has prohibited employers from discrimination in pay based...
View ArticleHow to Improve Internal Mobility
Internal mobility refers to employee movement through different roles within the same organization. It can be related to employee development—as an employee progresses along his or her development...
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