You’ve heard, no doubt, that we are living in a “gig economy.” Increasingly, employers are weighing whether to hire a contractor vs. employee – and deciding on independent contractors (ICs) more often than ever. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2017 that fully 40 percent of the private sector labor force were “contingent” rather…
Read MoreHas your business been able to maintain operations during the COVID-19 pandemic? Are you taking the long look at how to move forward? The people on your team will play a crucial role in advancing your business goals. Do you have the right players in the right slots? Are they all performing at the top…
Read MoreRecruiting and onboarding: They are two halves of the hiring whole. When they are both working well, your business is highly likely to end up with a talented, committed team in sync with each other. Miss the mark on one, and hiring effectiveness suffers. It can be additionally challenging to do both remotely, such as…
Read MoreBusinesses across the board have found it necessary to adapt their processes due to the coronavirus stay-at-home orders. More people than ever are working from home and meeting virtually. Furthermore, businesses that have traditionally conducted the hiring process in person are now taking a second look at remote recruiting. Unfortunately, many businesses have had to…
Read MoreDoes your organization’s hiring process include phone interviews to filter the flood of job applicants? Many hiring managers use this screening method to ensure that in-person interviewing will feature the candidates with the most promise. Let’s focus on the best phone interview questions to ask next time you’re hiring… The best initial phone interview questions…
Read MoreFor years, phone interviews have served as a preliminary screen to determine which applicants warrant an invitation to interview in person. While they continue to be useful, today’s technology opens up previously unavailable interviewing possibilities. In our last post on video interview tips for candidates, we discussed best practices candidates should deploy when using this…
Read More“I’m sorry. We believe you’re overqualified for this job. We decided to go with someone else.” Getting this news can be confusing, as well as discouraging, to a candidate. On the surface, it’s simple: an applicant with a graduate degree and 25 years’ experience at the executive level applying for an entry-level job doesn’t seem…
Read MoreMillennials now outnumber all the other generations in the workplace. Their lack of loyalty to an employer is often viewed negatively, but in reality Millennial employees have adapted to function in a professional world dramatically different from that of their parents and grandparents. “It was once the case that the average American could find a…
Read MoreCompetition for top talent is tight these days. What can hiring managers learn from marketing to attract the best? As it turns out, quite a bit. Recruitment marketing is a strategy increasingly utilized by successful hiring professionals. Recruitment marketing starts with a shift to thinking of potential job candidates the same way marketers think of…
Read MoreSome time ago we published an article about “ghosting.” That’s what it’s called when job candidates have interviewed well and might even have a job offer, but then they disappear. They don’t respond to phone calls or email, or they might not even show up for their first day of work. But what about when…
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