News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Lack of opportunity for personal growth and career development is the No. 1 reason that employees leave a company. So what’s it like in your organization? Do your employees grow or go? According to a survey by Glassdoor and Harris Interactive, more applicants (52 percent) wanted to hear about growth opportunities when interviewing for a job […]
They say what goes around, comes around – and HR is no exception to this. It’s simple – show your employees some love and they’ll reciprocate by giving you results you’re looking for. Much as war is too important to leave to the generals, love is too precious to entrust to the romantics. So don’t. […]
As technologies advance and job seekers become increasingly tech-savvy, companies will have to step up their hiring game in order to beat out the competition for top talent. The infographic below, compiled by Spark Hire, a video interview solution connecting hiring professionals and job candidates, offers a number of innovative solutions to common problems HR […]
What a year! 2015 has brought many amazing developments and new solutions to the HR Tech space. 2016 promises to continue the march to new ways to do business and manage HR processes through technology. Let’s not fool ourselves, however, when it comes to tech, HR is playing catch-up. It was only this year, suggests […]
News flash: Hiring managers are human. Just like all people, they’re prone to misjudgment because of internal biases and being influenced by emotions and past experiences. Also, there is an innate human tendency to avoid mistakes instead of achieving success. And this is bad for hiring. Because of this hard-wiring, deep rooted in survival instincts […]
After the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, researchers from Cornell University studied the facial expressions of the athletes who won gold, silver, and bronze medals. They analyzed footage of ceremonies and television interviews and found that gold medalists seemed the happiest. What a shock, right? But they also noticed something curious: The bronze medalists seemed much […]
(If you missed it, read Part I of this series here) Picture this: You have two candidates sitting in your waiting room. One received the job description for the position he wants when he signed in at the front desk. The second did not and is spending valuable time reviewing his or her resume hoping […]
Most people view a job description as a list of duties that is hauled out of mothballs at the start of performance review season and used as a checklist for grading employee achievement against employer expectations. Granted, a job description can serve that purpose. Correctly drafted, however, a job description can be (as my son […]
Making a contractual agreement with a new employee during the potential employee interview process is not common in most fields, but it makes good business sense to do so in some industries.
A recent survey reported that nearly half of all employers conduct social media background checks on job candidates. This practice has included requiring candidates to disclose their usernames, passwords, and other credentials that provide access to their Facebook and Twitter accounts, blogs, e-mail, and other Internet content for the prospective employer’s review. Federal and state […]