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		<title>Inventables Has a Fantastic Hiring Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/inventables-has-a-fantastic-hiring-process/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Know What to Pay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you know the right salary range to choose for your open position?

That's where your knowledge of your marketplace (or lack therof) plays a critical role.  What do your competitors pay for similar work?  Do they hire for similar roles?  How do you even know?
 <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/the-importance-of-knowing-your-competition-for-candidates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recruiting Is a Sales Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friends in the HR profession are always telling me that recruiting is the toughest part of their job.  HR executives catch heat from their executive team for a good many things, but recruiting is typically the lightning rod issue that &#8230; <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/recruiting-is-a-sales-process/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Difference Between an Interview and a Conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most entrepreneurs and business managers don&#8217;t conduct interviews.  They have conversations. The candidate sits down at the conference room table, and the entrepreneur is off to the races. They talk to their candidate about their business, and how great it &#8230; <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/the-difference-between-an-interview-and-a-conversation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guidelines for Making a Job Offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You started with 15 telephone interviews, then invited five finalists in for personals.  You've narrowed the five final candidates down to the one candidate whom you feel is the best person for the job.  You've completed references, and they came back stellar.  Now you're ready to offer your final candidate the job!
 
Okay, now what? <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/guidelines-for-making-the-job-offer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>US Job Growth Grinds to a Halt in August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/us-job-growth-grinds-to-a-halt-in-august/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://betterhiringtoday.com/us-job-growth-grinds-to-a-halt-in-august/</link>
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		<title>Top Tips for Conducting Great Reference Checks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/top-tips-for-conducting-great-reference-checks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three Simple Ways to Improve Recruiting Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.  <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/three-simple-ways-to-improve-recruiting-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Personality Tests:  Use them, or not?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Personality tests: friend or foe? I can&#8217;t tell you how many times over the past month I&#8217;ve heard: &#8220;We just want to &#8216;personality test&#8217; all our candidates so we know who will be a fit before we interview them.&#8221; Sounds &#8230; <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/personality-tests-use-them-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jobless claims filings rise above 400,000 mark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.
 <a href="http://betterhiringtoday.com/jobless-claims-filings-rise-above-400000-mark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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