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All You Need to Know About Presenting to Hiring Managers

Social Talent

Hang on, the candidates you’ve found are outstanding, and the hiring managers don’t even want to take them through to interview? In 2001 Professor Sheena Iyengar from Columbia Business school conducted the now famous “Jam Experiment”. And then you hear it… “See what else you can find……”. What’s going on? Quite a lot it turns out.

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Managing Staffer Background Checks – Why Thorough Preemployment Screenings Are Critical for Staffing Agencies

Crelate

And of those, 33% blamed their bad decision on the fact that the candidate lied about their qualifications during the interview process. million background checks they performed in 2001, 44 percent of applicants lied about their work histories, 41 percent lied about their education, and 23 percent falsified credentials or licenses.

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Successful Video Interviewing

FeeTrader

I’m still waiting delivery of the personal robot and jet packs that we were all promised, but from the silly (The Jetsons) to the dramatic (Star Trek) to the profound (2001: A Space Odyssey) , one thing that was predicted correctly was our use of video for conversations. So, testing the equipment before every interview is an important detail.

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US Hiring Plans for Q1 2020

NPA Worldwide

More than 11,500 interviews were conducted with employers within the United States, including all 50 states,the top 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), theDistrict of Columbia and Puerto Rico, to measure hiring intentions for the first quarter of 2020 My post today will provide an overview of the findings. Regional Comparisons.

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The Symptoms of an Employee Without Career Opportunities

TalentGuard

Alternatively, a member of your team who is in the process of securing a job elsewhere may refuse to accept new assignments where they were once enthusiastic, or begin to use their vacation time, possibly to attend interviews. of the workforce quit their jobs – the highest rate since 2001. Facts about employee retention .

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Remembering 9/11: The Day My Daughter Was Born

Staffing Talk

September 11, 2001 will be a day I will always remember. I was in the office completing a second interview and drug screening when our receptionist said, “Did you hear what they just said?” Frankly, she interrupted my interview which I felt was unprofessional, I wasn’t prepared for why.

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6 Innovative Recruitment Campaigns That (Mostly) Worked!

Social Talent

When the Royal Marines needed to attract only appropriate talent back in 2001, they took a bold step: they told everyone else not to bother. Recruitment doesn’t stop at job boards and pokey interview rooms; if you’re willing to rethink your process, there are dividends to be reaped. Royal Marines Commandos. Did it work? And who knows?

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