Hiring is one of the most difficult and legally dangerous tasks for supervisors. Just a few ill-timed words in a want ad or interview can trigger a legal complaint. Here...
If applicants ask why they didn’t get the job, conventional wisdom says to simply state that another individual more closely met the company’s needs,...
In the past decade, two things have definitely grown: Americans’ waistlines and the desire for U.S. employers to reduce their employee-related health care ...
Especially during the first six months of employment, employees are highly alert to signals and experiences that will help them navigate their new work environment....
The owners of interactive training company Red Nucleus make it a point to hire only what they call “passionate” employees. In fact, its website uses bold...
Well-written job descriptions supply the practical information on positions such as responsibilities, requirements and special attributes. But job descriptions also...
Do you ask applicants what year they graduated from high school or college (or otherwise finished their education)? Does your application request that...
Workplace lawsuits arise from negligent hiring when failure to conduct comprehensive background checks leads to employee-instigated injury or harm. Background...
Pre-employment tests can help pinpoint ideal candidates for hiring. But they can also spark employee discrimination lawsuits if employers don't follow employment law...
Shuffling candidates between one-on-one interviews with different managers is time consuming and can produce assessments that are vastly different or inaccurate....
More than half of U.S. employers are having trouble filling mission-critical positions, a ManpowerGroup report notes. It’s time to turn around the trend. Here are...
If you are self-employed and hire employees to help you in your business, you have just entered the world of federal payroll tax reporting. Here’s an overview of...
In addition to giving job-specific tests, the best way to tell if applicants carry the skills to perform specific tasks is to ask very direct questions about how...
When it comes to making job offers, you or your hiring managers could be inadvertently locking the organization into employment contracts with new hires. Written...
Figuring out if applicants have the technical skills to perform a job is relatively easy. What’s more difficult is finding out whether a person has the personal ...
