ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 31, 2013

Employee assessments have been around for decades. Organizations use them for hiring, team-building, conflict resolution and succession planning. While there are many legitimate options for these tools in the marketplace, there are many more that either aren’t very reliable or, worse yet, aren’t legal to use in certain situations. I get asked about these a lot, so it seems to make sense to help frame out some of the key things to consider if you’re currently using (or plan to use) assessments in

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Staffing Talk

JULY 5, 2013

'Putting a check mark in one “yes” box on a job application often means the difference between working and despairing. But a sweeping wave of legislation is poised to help ex-offenders whose pens have hovered over the dreaded “Have you ever been convicted of a felony” question. The official campaign, known as “Ban the Box,” aims to erase that question from job applications and verbal exchanges with candidates before a first interview is granted.

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Metashift

JULY 28, 2013

'This article originally appeared on Ri5.co.uk The last few years have seen a strange mismatch taking place in our. industry. The pace of innovation in recruitment technology. has never been quicker but, against a background of continuing economic. uncertainty, the pace of adoption of new approaches and technologies. from employers has arguably never been slower.

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Recruitalicious

JULY 29, 2013

'Ages come and pass, leaving memories that fade to legend. Legends become myth, and even myth is soon buried. In one Age, called the Age of Quality , a swift wind billowed in the cliffs of healthcare. The wind was a new beginning. It was the beginning of a new age that would change all we have ever known. Valued-based healthcare is here, and it’s not fading away anytime soon; volume-based healthcare, however, will be soon forgotten as myth.

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Advertiser: Paycor

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

Tools

Contract Recruiter

JULY 4, 2013

To find and hire the most qualified candidates who are also the best culture fit, use in-depth behavioral interviewing to invigorate your IT staffing efforts. IT StaffingPast behavior is the best indicator of future behavior is the premise behind behavioral interviewing. Asking candidates to discuss why and how they’ve done things is an staple in the world of IT staffing.

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ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 9, 2013

In the June 2013 issue of Inc. magazine, you don’t have to get to page 30 to have a clear understanding that the differentiating factor setting companies apart from their competitors is which individuals they select to hire. The culture fit of a hire is one of the greatest make or break qualities the person can possess. Luis von Ahn, the co-founder of Captcha, is very forthcoming about what he’s doing differently at his new company, Duolingo, in an article titled “ Hire People Who Play Nic

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Staffing Talk

JULY 23, 2013

'When it comes to building a professional portfolio and strong résumé, conventional wisdom dictates to stick to one career. But what happens to all those people who, during the recent recession, were forced to take jobs in differing fields just to get by? We’ve read dozens of stories (and, in fact, logged several in our Staffing News of the Day posts) that attest to this trend, and several others that allege these same people are now actively looking to find new positions and get back on their c

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Bersin

JULY 19, 2013

We just completed a comprehensive briefing with SAP and SuccessFactors about product integration. Katherine Jones and I were impressed with the progress the company is making: SAP's engineering prowess is clearly being applied to this area in a big way. And SAP customers will see these integrations being applied to all of SAP's cloud offerings. […].

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Recruitalicious

JULY 10, 2013

'There isn’t a recruiter out there who hasn’t experienced an on-the-fence candidate, claiming they need time to consider accepting (or rejecting) an offer. Perhaps candidates are hesitant about relocating, perhaps they have questions or concerns about the compensation package, or perhaps they aren’t sold on the company culture. Regardless of the reason, it can be very frustrating.

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Data

Contract Recruiter

JULY 12, 2013

Employers have several objectives when interviewing candidates for their job openings. TheySpin Unique Interview Questions want to obtain as much information about the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities as possible, get to know the candidate’s personality, and assess work ethic, maturity, and honesty. Rapport and culture fit are important aspects of a good hire for most employers, so unique interview questions that elicit information about how a candidate thinks, where a candidate’s in

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Hiring Thing

JULY 30, 2013

'We’ve all been told for years now that recognition and financial incentives, both of which are extrinsic, are the two biggest motivators for employee performance. For folks that are performing non-mechanical tasks requiring some degree of conceptual thinking, recent research actually tears this theory apart, Edward Scissorhands-style.

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ExactHire Recruiting

JULY 10, 2013

When you take time to write job descriptions, then push them to external job boards, then blow up social media with the #hiring hashtag and then finally conduct interviews, do you ever take the time to find out more about what society is telling applicants in terms of how to get the job or be great at interviewing? I think back to when I was looking for a job in the past few years…what did I do?

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Staffing Talk

JULY 12, 2013

'Karen Cheng has a blog post up on this subject that is getting a lot of attention. Her advice is pretty sound if you can get past the fact that she uses The Bachelor as a metaphor for her advice. Shorter Karen: if you have no connections you need to make them. Here’s a comment on the post from Wisty on Hacker News that I thought got to the heart of the job search connundrum: Everyone with a job knows a hiring manager, and the hiring manager will trust them more than all the job seekers banging

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Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

Strategy

Jobvite

JULY 9, 2013

As many of you know, Jobvite has been compiling a detailed report on social recruiting for the past five years—and we’re pretty proud of how this endeavor has evolved. We started out looking for a … Continued.

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Bersin

JULY 28, 2013

We're completing some major research in talent analytics and preparing a lot of new information for members on the topic of "Datafying HR." (Please read my blog on Forbes "The Datafication of Human Resources" for more information.) Simply described, to "datafy" a business function means to shift its focus from delivering a business process to […].

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Staffing Talk

JULY 2, 2013

'Math is apparently hard indeed. Here are the second and third paragraphs from the announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury : The Administration is announcing that it will provide an additional year before the ACA mandatory employer and insurer reporting requirements begin. This is designed to meet two goals. First, it will allow us to consider ways to simplify the new reporting requirements consistent with the law.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 22, 2013

'Much has been said about the candidate who thinks they’ve invented a free pass to the most difficult interview question (“What’s your biggest weakness?”) by saying, “I’m a perfectionist.” The answer has garnered such criticism (It’s BS ! Meaningless ! Uninventive ! A thinly veiled attempt at self-flattery !

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Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you struggling to make sense of the pre-employment assessment space? In this live webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading Industrial-Organizational (I-O) psychologist, will guide you through a practical and objective framework to identify and implement the assessments that best address your organization’s unique hiring needs.

Assessment

Staffing Talk

JULY 17, 2013

'The much-debated and publicized trial for the Trayvon Martin case is now over. The verdict is in. And George Zimmerman is a free man. Zimmerman is looking to move on, but how is “ the most hated man in America ” going to get a job? Who’s going to hire him? “I think George Zimmerman is going to have a very difficult time, even though he was acquitted,” criminal defense attorney Barry Slotnick reportedly said. “There will be people who revile George Zimmerman forever,” Lau

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Staffing Talk

JULY 30, 2013

'This regular Staffing Talk series asks staffing professionals to weigh in on famous job interview scenes from films and TV shows. As you can imagine, most of these scenes are utter trainwrecks. But, oddly enough, the experts still are able to glean real-world advice, tips, and conclusions from them. In this edition, we take a look at the opening scene from the 2000 biopic Erin Brockovich. 56 – ERIN BROCKOVICH (job interview) by EPUN-L.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 30, 2013

'Depression isn’t a subject many of us probably think about regularly, and it certainly isn’t a widely discussed topic in the workplace. So I was kind of surprised when a friend brought up his wife’s recent bout with depression during a casual coffee chat the other day. But she’s hardly alone. Around 1 in 6 Americans say they’ve been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives, and those workers miss an estimated 68 million additional days of work each

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Staffing Talk

JULY 1, 2013

'“ There’s a change taking place in the way businesses staff their technology departments. Firms are increasingly attracted to the flexibility they can gain by using a combination of full-time staff and technology consultants.” That’s what Robert Half says in their new Cracking The Code For Technology Talent salary survey and report. .

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Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 15, 2013

'Suite Staffing Services has some pretty unique business circumstances. They exclusively provide staffing services for the hospitality industry in the Fort Smith, Arkansas region. Their clients are caterers, restaurants, event organizers, and venues. And their candidates are almost exclusively students. So you might say they serve niche clients in a niche industry with niche candidates in a niche market.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 4, 2013

'This post was originally published May 1, 2012. What do you say to someone, or put in writing, informing them you are not going to hire them for the job they applied for? I think it’s a serious question, and it is one I have written about on this site. And in fact, we received several good comments about the last story I wrote on this subject, so maybe it’s time to revisit it.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'“ Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” How many times have we heard that line, supposedly uttered first by the Chinese teacher, editor, politician, philosopher and career counselor Confucius. I didn’t hear that exact thing this morning, but I did hear a variation of it, as well as several other great pearls of wisdom, when someone at my weekly networking group asked us the best piece of career advice we have ever received.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 19, 2013

'From the vantage point most of us have around the country, things look pretty bleak in Detroit. The Motor City just became the largest municipality to ever file bankruptcy, facing some $20 billion of long-term liabilities it has little ability to pay. Crime is still scary. The schools are lousy. Practically everything the city owns might be for sale, including the airport and even art collections.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

Compensation

Staffing Talk

JULY 18, 2013

'If you have unpaid interns, or you pay your interns but it’s less than minimum wage, there’s a good chance that your interns could sue you. While companies have known this for years (or should have known this), they assumed that no intern would call them out on it. Well the recent rash of internship lawsuits has broken the proverbial levee, and some are predicting that a flood’s a-comin.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 28, 2013

'Although staffing is and always has been a highly competitive industry, I’m curious if anyone sees it as the bitter, very personal battle taking place between Apple and Google today. When competition involves just two players, you can apply game theory to it as Hypermark, Chief Product Officer at Unilabs, did in his comment that I’ve copied below from the AVC blog.

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Staffing Talk

JULY 22, 2013

'Feds ponder surge in part-time jobs ; Bernanke says “it’s hard to make any judgment” [AZ Star Net]. Monster survey shows disconnect : recruiters still consider it difficult to find quality candidates; job seekers insist it’s harder to find jobs [ERE]. Employers say there aren’t enough skilled tradespeople. Economists say it’s because of slackening wages.

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