Inventables Has a Fantastic Hiring Process
Every so often, I run across an early stage company whose hiring process is absolutely spot-on, no help required. Inventables is one of those companies. Continue reading
US Job Growth Grinds to a Halt in August
The economy failed to add new jobs in August, the first time there has been no increase in net jobs in the United States in 11 months. Continue reading
Top Tips for Conducting Great Reference Checks
Fewer than 10% of managers conduct their own reference checks. When you leave reference checking in the hands of someone else, you’re really rolling the dice with your new hire. Worst of all is the hiring manager who neither conducts references themselves, nor gets a third party to conduct references for them. Continue reading
Three Simple Ways to Improve Recruiting Results
You’re busy. You’re always busy. And when it comes to recruiting, I’m willing to wager that your wait until you’re scrambling to fill open or replacement positions before you ever think about recruiting, because you spend approximately zero minutes of your time actively managing your team’s talent pipeline. Continue reading
Personality Tests: Use them, or not?
Personality tests: friend or foe? I can’t tell you how many times over the past month I’ve heard: “We just want to ‘personality test’ all our candidates so we know who will be a fit before we interview them.” Sounds … Continue reading
Jobless claims filings rise above 400,000 mark
Unemployment claims rose 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 408,000 in the week ended Aug. 13, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The gain comes one week after claims had slipped below the 400,000 level, seen as a threshold for improvement in the labor market.
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