Hiring

Is your online job ad in good working order?

08/13/2015

No doubt you fuss over the content in your job ads in hopes of luring the top candidates. Although good content in a job ad is critical, technical issues are more often the culprit behind workers dropping off from applying to a job.

Panel interviews save time, improve hiring

08/11/2015

Shuffling candidates between one-on-one interviews with different managers is time consuming and can produce assessments that are vastly different or inaccurate. That’s why more businesses are including panel interviews as a tool in their hiring belts.

4 reasons to write job descriptions

08/05/2015

Here are four benefits you get if you write detailed job descriptions for each position on your team.

Four Texas metros make Glassdoor’s top cities for jobs

07/29/2015

Texas cities fared well in a recent Glassdoor.com study of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the country for jobs. Based on hiring opportunity, affordability and job satisfaction, the employment website determined that Austin is the fourth best city in the country for jobs.

How to lawfully hire teenagers for jobs in California

07/17/2015

Summer is here and many teenagers have hit the workforce to earn a few extra dollars. Companies that hire teenagers should be aware that state and federal laws restrict their hours and duties.

Beware of the ‘new = better’ equation

07/17/2015

Psychologically, most of us tend to favor hiring promising outsiders over people we know well. That’s because when we know very little about someone, we might envision a rosy future in which the candidate proves a superstar …

Are employers liable for negligence if they hire employees with prior criminal convictions?

07/15/2015

Q. I am considering hiring a few job applicants who have prior criminal convictions on their records. Can I be liable for negligence if one of these individuals breaks the rules again?

Department of Labor makes the case for hiring veterans

07/15/2015

Do you plan to add staff later this year? The Department of Labor offers 10 great reasons to hire former members of the United States armed forces.

NYC to send out employment testers to spot hiring bias

07/13/2015

Under recently signed legislation, New York City will begin a year-long employment tester program in which paired job applicants with similar experience and qualifications will express interest in the same job. One will belong to a protected class and one will not.

Make sure testing is related to actual job duties