Recruiting

Who’s getting hired in 2014?

01/22/2014

According to CareerBuilder.com’s 2014 U.S. Job Forecast, hiring managers plan to recruit full-time, permanent employees for these positions: sales (30%), information technology (29%), customer service (25%), production (24%) …

10 steps to take now to manage veterans and disabled workers

01/08/2014

Federal contractors will soon have new rules for managing veterans and disabled workers. Now is the time to prepare for the many changes that become effective March 24.

Finance firm to applicants: ‘No workaholics’ please

12/06/2013

Recruiters at investment advisory firm Andrew Garrett are hoping to attract women financial advisors by telling would-be candidates that “no workaholics need apply.”

Where do you find great candidates?

11/22/2013

Here’s where HR pros say they attract the best job applicants, according to an HRSpecialist.com poll:

Online job ads tick upward

11/15/2013

Online employment advertising rose 4.2% in September, the largest month-to-month increase since December 2012, according to the Conference Board. The group considers online recruiting a leading economic indicator.

LinkedIn recruiting: Photos lure the clicks

11/07/2013

LinkedIn profiles with photos are seven times more likely to be clicked than those without photos, according to a report in Forbes magazine.

Revise your hiring strategy as economy heals

10/22/2013

If you’re ramping up hiring, the process looks and feels a lot different than it used to. Social media, digital applications, video résumés are just some of the increasingly common tools of the trade. Here are four trends that seem to be reshaping the hiring landscape:

Show applicants a career path

10/18/2013

As a recruiting tool, more employers have begun including a sentence or two about the typical career path of the job at the end of each job listing. A majority of employees say they’d likely stay with an organization if they saw the prospect of job advancement or promotion.

Can we give preference to hiring veterans?

10/10/2013

Q. We pride ourselves on supporting veterans who have served in the armed forces. We know we should generally not use an applicant’s class (such as gender, race, etc.) when making hiring decisions. But we have heard that the law does allow us to give a hiring preference to veterans. Is that true?

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.