An out-of-work marketing executive in Minnesota recently made an emotional — and somewhat threatening — plea for HR departments to show more humanity towards job-hunters. In “How About a Humane Human Resources?” author Pat Dawson reminds us that job applicants are frequently our customers and prospects as well job hunters. You know the 15 million of us out there interviewing, [...]

I have never understood why anyone in our industry would consider going the “contract” route. Maybe someone can explain the logic? What I am discussing are those individuals who are asked by their “bosses” to create a “fictitious” independent contractor company, when one really doesn’t exist so that they (the boss) can bill them, (the employee/contractor) – contractor to contractor. [...]

[ PREMIUM CONTENT - SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED ] I was approached recently with an interesting question. “Jim,” they said, “I need to find some open source programmers, game developers actually, but I only have time to recruit the very best.” “Umm… un huh,” I replied. “How can I find a programmer that is worth recruiting,” he asked and when on to [...]

So often when we look for jobs, we are perplexed about how to behave during an interview. There really are some things to be aware of, we may fidget, we may be nervous, but we have control over some things during an interview, so let’s tackle those easy, no brainer items we can control. We are completely in control of [...]

Business owners in all industries and of all sizes of business know how important it is to gauge the mood of their employees. You need this information to ensure that you create the best working environment possible and to encourage your staff to help you grow your business. Unfortunately though many employee surveys aren’t really doing their job because the [...]

Nancy Folbre is an economic professor at the University of Massachusetts and by all-accounts, she is one smart cookie. Case in point, she did a report on “The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market” that said (among other things) that “Employment growth is ‘polarizing’ into relatively high-skill, high-wage jobs and low-skill, low-wage jobs.” Oy! In other words, [...]

[ PREMIUM CONTENT - SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED ] In parts 1 and 2 of  How to automate your resume sourcing for $0.00 I laid out two strategies for proactively and perpetually generate resumes that were very useful, at least, I have been told that. In part 3 of the series, my hope is to explain a bit more about the logic [...]

You have a small restaurant and want to hire a dishwasher/busboy. You put an ad in the paper and several people apply, but you find a nice college boy who looks perfect and more importantly, he’s affordable. Fast forward a couple of weeks: Everything is going well until he assaults one of your waitresses after closing. You then find out [...]

As of April 2010, the United States unemployment rate was 9.5%. Even though this number may allude to the fact that the job market is looking up, still 1 out of every 10 people within the entire United States is still actively seeking employment. Not all that much has changed from 2008 and 2009; there is still a lot talent [...]

RecruitingWebinars.com presents – The Week In Recruiting Unappreciated Employee from The Point on Vimeo. 1. Why HR Pros Should Pursue a MBA 2. The Ultimate Employee Anniversary Gift 3. HR salaries up this year: Is yours? 4. The Cost of Low Performers 5. Sex, Religion, and a Colossally Bad Hiring Process 6. Can employers have an English-only policy in the [...]