hiring
Small Business Hiring Slow – Time to Worry?
It’s well known that job growth has been lacking in this economic recovery. One reason for the disappointment is that small businesses aren’t adding workers like…
4 Lessons Employers Can Learn from the Hiring and Firing of Ann Curry
Ann Curry’s dismissal from the “Today” show epitomizes what goes wrong when an employer hires or promotes the wrong person into a job. Curry was co-host with Matt…
A Plea for Common Sense When Screening Employees
Many Human Resource Departments are so busy guarding their houses against discriminatory hiring and unlawful firing that the competition is just walking in and raiding their chicken coop of talent…
Hiring the Wrong Employee is the Mistake That Keeps On Giving
Hiring the wrong employee is an expensive mistake. For example, let’s say a professional services firm recruits and hires a new customer service representative (CSR). After 2 months…
Pay Raises are Back, Resignations Rising
The number of jobs created the last few months isn’t the only thing trending upward. Employee resignations are also moving higher. According to a recent survey by MRInetwork, vacancies…
The Wacky and Perplexing World of HR and Personality Testing
The wacky relationship between HR and personality testing is an intriguing one. It’s a perplexing one as well. How perplexing it can be was confirmed in a recently released…
How many job applicants does it take to find one qualified candidate?
How many job applicants does it take to find one qualified candidate? While the question sounds like the preamble to a funny punch line, the answer is no laughing matter…
War of Talent Heats Up; Employers Unprepared
The war for talent is heating up and despite nearly two decades of warnings, employers are woefully unprepared. I’m not just talking about not being ready. I’m talking…
Why Companies Will Fail To Find Qualified Employees in 2012
Whether you believe there is a shortage of qualified candidates or an unwillingness of companies to pay the salaries skilled workers demand will be argued well into 2012 and beyond…
What You Need to Know Before Hiring Top Performers
As a follow-up to my article Why We Need to Hire Fewer and Fewer People, employers must first understand what it takes for a candidate or employee to become…