Almost a quarter (23.8 percent) of the people answering a new Right Management Consultants survey say they think it’s very possible or somewhat possible that they could lose their jobs in the next 12 months …
Find out what people (possibly your ex-employees) are saying about your organization on their personal blogs, some of which have heavy readership. To do this, plug your organization’s name into a blog search engine …
Make sure your hiring managers understand that customer preference should play no part in their hiring decisions. Applicants’ race, age, sex or religion …
You can’t stop employees and low-level supervisors from comparing notes and speculating about management’s motivations; the right to complain is practically …
You’ve posted an entry-level position, and now you’re getting flooded with résumés from candidates with substantial skills, education and experience. What do you do with these overqualified applicants? Here’s some expert advice:
Q. Our company routinely runs background checks on all people to whom we offer positions. Can we legally disclose an employee’s background information to a customer who requests it? (The employee is working on the customer’s job site.) —L.B., North Carolina
Issue: Must you seek permission each time you want to review an employees’ credit record? Benefit: As a new court ruling shows, the answer is ‘no;’ you can obtain one …
Issue: Too often, hiring managers will poorly define to HR the type of employee they’re looking to hire. Risk: This can result in wasted time and costs, plus mounting frustration …