Category: Recruiting

There is a constant power struggle in many companies over what they’re looking for when it comes to hiring candidates. Some hiring managers value education, whereas others value the skills a candidate possesses. But how can candidates really understand which is most important when it differs from company to company? Google and other large high-tech […]

Almost all of us have had to make a decision at some point that challenges our morals. Whether it’s personal ethics, work ethics, or some other level – everyone has been faced with making a choice about what is the “right” thing or the “moral” thing to do. And many people realize that some choices […]

Let’s face it, not everyone is a born public speaker, and nerves will run amuck for many of us when it comes to a job interview. Anxiety will be even higher when it’s an interview for a dream job. Recruiters can be proactive when it comes to helping candidates cope with in-person interviews in multiple […]

When it comes to selecting a candidate for a role you’ve been tasked to fill, you are likely to consider multiple applicants. Some will be qualified and some will not. Some will be a good fit for the position, while others may have attributes that make you wonder, despite their qualifications, if they would fit […]

Have you ever been to a professional HR conference? I remember my first real conference vividly. I lived in Ohio at the time and was still in college, finishing up my master’s degree in Labor Relations and Human Resources. I was doing an internship with a company and the Director of HR told me she […]

Core competencies are a major strategic advantage your business can have over its competitors. They can be verifiable technical competencies (such as achievements, skills, knowledge, and expertise) or non-technical competencies. Many companies have the same technical competencies: educated employees, skilled programmers, talented artists, etc. The immeasurable non-technical competencies are what sets some companies apart and […]

From pop culture to news, we’re all interested in what’s currently trending, and the world of HR recruitment is no different. Emerging technologies, tools, and processes are changing the recruitment paradigm and forcing us to reevaluate our strategies. We all want to keep up, but changing strategies every two seconds can be in and of […]

There is a new and quite startling trend beginning to appear in the business news section. Forward-thinking companies are embracing holacracy as a way to further their success. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, or at least how it applies to an office, holacracy is the flattening of a company’s hierarchy and managerial […]

Attracting top talent is a priority for any company, and this often means getting the talent right at the source: straight out of college. Hiring fresh young talent is an important strategic way to secure innovative thinkers who will contribute greatly to a company. Collegefeed, a site dedicated to guiding recent grads through the process of […]

As social media becomes more popular as a way to find and attract top talent, recruiters are getting more and more savvy about how to use it effectively. And social media “best practices” are different today than they were when social recruiting first hit the scene. Are your strategies good enough for today’s competitive social […]

The times they are changing. New technologies, ways of thinking, consumer needs, and younger generations are driving changes in the way we all do business. Companies are adapting, leadership is having to come up with strategies to keep up, and it’s no different when it comes to HR. Between following the hottest new trends and […]

Towards the end of each year, we HR professionals look back at the year gone by and begin to think about what might be coming up in the year to come. Technology is always a major player in planning for the new year. However, looking back over 2014, what was the biggest topic in HR? […]