Before the pandemic struck, employers were struggling to find people to fill open positions. But the pandemic has...
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Best Practices for Hiring a Diverse Workforce
To hire a more diverse workforce, you need to start by taking a step back and looking at your hiring process from...
On the Lookout: Recruitment Trends for This Year and Beyond
Technology and the competition for talent are changing the recruiting landscape significantly. Artificial intelligence...
Why – Oh, Why! – is Organizational Change So Hard?
If you work in HR or in some management or leadership capacity at your company and if you’ve ever been part of a committee charged with some form of “organizational change management” at your firm, we don’t have to tell you plain fraught such a...
Busting Freelancer Myths
Do you think freelancers/independent contractors are good just for “quick fix” projects? You may want to think again because these types of professionals can be a great way to take advantage of their skills without committing to them full time....
Attracting the Attention of Top Talent: 5 Tactics
How hard is it to attract top talent in today’s hot candidate’s market? Really tough. With unemployment at a 16-year low, with just 1.17 unemployed job seekers for every open position (compared to almost 7 unemployed job hunters to vacancies in...
Keeping Your New Hire for as Long as You Need Him
With up to a quarter of your new hires leaving your employ within just half a year, the longer you can keep them the better for your bottom line. How can you do so? Read below. Make sure you’re ready for him. We’re sure it’s happened to you at some...
Don’t Ignore These When Looking at Job Candidates
When trying to choose among different applicants for an opportunity at your company, there are some things you can overlook in a candidate: Nervousness at the interview. One or two gaps in job history, depending on how long the individual has been...
How to Become the BMOC in Candidates’ Eyes
Remember the Big Man on Campus (BMOC), the guy every girl wanted to date and every guy wanted to be? He was cool. Calm. Collected. (He often was the football team’s quarterback.) He was hot. Happening. Hip. Girls would apologize to him if he stood...
Simplifying Your Recruiting Process
In our opinion, good recruiting boils down to two things: great (clear) job descriptions and a strong and large community in which to network. In other words, when a recruiter understands the needs of a job completely and has a lively network of...
To Fight Unemployment Claims – or Not
As an owner (or HR manager) of a small – or even large – Los Angeles or Orange County business, one of your main focuses probably is on keeping unemployment claims down. After all, you don’t want to have to pay an unemployment claim if it’s...
Why Social Talent Sourcing May Not Work
Social media is teeming with people, millions and billions of people: Twitter boasts of 100 million users per day. Facebook was heading toward 2 billion users worldwide in February. LinkedIn, meanwhile, now has half a billion users. And many of...