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Hiring: What’s hot (and not)?

09/13/2013
Hiring managers are struggling to onboard enough social media developers and marketers, according to data compiled by Monster.com. Who’s not getting hired? Anyone connected with mortgage lending.

What if client makes a discriminatory request?

09/10/2013
Q. We offer home health care services. Sometimes clients request a certain caregiver in respect to color, age, gender, etc. Is it legal to place an ad with a specific request from our client, such as “seeking Caucasian female between ages 40-50 to help care for adult female”? 

Put HR firewall between those who hire, handle complaints

09/03/2013
Here’s why HR professionals who handle complaints and those who screen job applications shouldn’t share information with one another: It prevents needless lawsuits over failure to hire past employees or those who complained about hiring practices in the past.

Gather essential hiring records: Interviewers should take notes, HR should collect them

09/03/2013
It’s impossible for everyone to remember exactly what happened during an interview held several years earlier. But that’s what an interview panel may be asked to do if a candidate sues. The best approach is to ask the panelists to take notes. Then you should collect all the panelists’ notes for potential future use.

Only interviewing a few candidates? Note why you skipped some applications

09/03/2013

Unfortunately, some applicants don’t take rejection well. That’s why you need to document what you did with each application. Something as simple as the fact the applicant didn’t fill out the form completely may help you if you’re sued.

Creative candidates: 10 memorable stunts that worked … and 10 that didn’t

08/29/2013
Every HR professional has seen their share of unique pitches from applicants. Here’s a collection of memorable ones that worked and didn’t, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey of 2,000 HR professionals and hiring managers.

In Winston-Salem case, ‘non-Asian’ isn’t protected

08/28/2013
A DOL judge has shot down a discrimination complaint against Winston-Salem-based VF Jeanswear Limited Partnership, claiming it discriminated against “non-Asians” in its hiring practices in violation of Executive Order 11246, which forbids racial discrimination in hiring for government contractors.

Ford focuses on social media to attract 3,000 new hires

08/28/2013
To attract 3,000 new salaried em­­ployees this year—800 more than the company anticipated—Ford Motor Co. launched a recruiting campaign that relies heavily on social media.

What’s the right way to complete Form I-9?

08/27/2013
Question: How can the company fulfill the I-9 requirement to physically review new hires’ documents when employees work remotely? Can we have a notary review the documents, notarize a copy of them and send that copy to our main office?

Dallas firm beats EEOC in background check case

08/26/2013
Dallas-based trade show and convention management firm Freeman has beaten back an EEOC lawsuit that challenged the firm’s use of criminal background checks in hiring. The EEOC sued in 2009, claiming Free­­man’s criminal background checks had a disparate impact on blacks, Hispanics and men.