If there’s one hiring professional who knows the value of soft skills, it’s Alison Mackay. She may be the co-founder of the Silicon Valley Recruiters Association and she may ... Read More
Archives for March 2017
5 Tips for Creating Prescreening Questions That Can Weed Out Poor Candidates
Prescreening questions not only take a good recruiting strategy to the next level, they also save hiring professionals valuable time and energy. Think about it—if you’ve ... Read More
Will Recruitment AI Ever Pass the Turing Test?
The Turing Test was developed by Alan Turing in 1950 to determine a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to - or indistinguishable from - a human. The key ... Read More
4 Tips for Hiring Gen Z: From Job Posting to Onboarding
Your HR team just finished getting Millennials hired, onboarded, trained, and comfortable in their roles. This entailed lots of preparation, a bit of process restructuring, and ... Read More
Essential Recruiting Hacks for Keeping A Candidate’s Attention
Technology is a blessing and a curse. It has irreversibly changed the way we work and definitely the way we hire. And while a sizable amount of the innovation has focused on ... Read More
EEOC Laws Not Your Cup of Tea? 3 Simple Steps That Can Help With Compliance
It’s common sense not to discriminate against your employees, but how can you be sure that your company is prepared to protect itself in the event that a worker does lay a charge ... Read More
Overcoming The 3 Highest Small Business Hiring Hurdles
“Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they ... Read More
Fact or Fiction: There is a Best Day of the Week to Post Your Job
Few would deny that the job market operates with a lot of friction. For the right jobseeker and employer to find one another, each must expend substantial amounts of time, money, ... Read More
Is the Cult of Personality Testing Still Dominating the Hiring Process… and Should It Be?
Around 2012, the use of personality testing was at an all-time high with some experts reporting that up to 70 percent of companies were relying on the tests when making hiring ... Read More