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Recruiting

Sharpen your recruiting with new matchmaker sites

12/01/2005
Issue: Some new job boards this year take their cues from dating sites, trying to match employers with applicants.
Benefit/risk: Such sites can eliminate unqualified applicants, but they’re fishing in …

Push hiring managers to specify their applicant criteria

12/01/2005
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 …

When applicants are overqualified

12/01/2005
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:

Use safety as a recruiting tool; learn from the best

11/01/2005
Issue: Safety-conscious companies look beyond the bottom line.
Benefit: In addition to reducing costs and boosting morale, safety can be promoted as a recruiting tool to applicants.
Action: Reduce …

Attract the best by guarding your firm’s reputation

10/01/2005
Issue: Right now, your organization’s public image may be under attack on Web sites, chat rooms and blogs.
Benefit: By putting out such brush fires before they rage out of …

Smoke out applicants’ lies with savvy interviews, testing

09/01/2005
Issue: Experts say that up to 30 percent of job-seekers stretch the truth or flat-out lie on their rèsumès. Benefit: By approaching applicants and their rèsumès more skeptically, you’ll have …

Lure ‘passive’ job candidates with the right first impression

09/01/2005
Issue: Recruiting “passive” job candidates requires a different strategy than ones used to attract active job-seekers.
Benefit: Choose the right words in that initial contact to prevent quick rejections and …

Apply now for a ‘dot-jobs’ recruiting Web address

08/01/2005
You can now simplify your online recruiting process by registering for an Internet address that ends in “.jobs.” The .jobs domain was approved earlier this year and SHRM announced that registration …

Interviewing older candidates: Don’t cross the bias line

08/01/2005
THE LAW. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) makes it illegal to discriminate in the work-place against people over age 40 on the basis of their age. The law …

Benchmark your recruiting site: 4 questions to ask

08/01/2005
Issue: Your Web site’s “Career” page is the first (or only) experience that many potential applicants have with your organization.
Risk: Blow this opportunity, as many do, and those star …