Recruiting

5 tips for selling your company to a candidate

02/08/2023

With today’s employment climate allowing candidates to be extremely selective, it’s essential for companies and hiring managers to recognize that selling the company, its culture and the role can make all the difference between securing that amazing candidate you’ve spent so much time searching for or letting them slip away.

Companies cut employees, hire contractors instead

01/31/2023

Layoffs are in the news again, but research conducted by ResumeBuilder.com in January suggests some job cuts aren’t a response to lower consumer demand in a sluggish economy, but old-fashioned cost-cutting instead.

Erase these 5 buzzwords from your online job ads

01/24/2023

Are you looking for a dynamic team player with a proven track record? Yawn. Excuse us while we collectively scroll away from your job ad.

Ensure hiring practices match today’s realities

01/24/2023

In a time of unprecedented changes, hiring managers remain laser-focused on outdated requirements as far as degrees expected, credentials, amount of experience and the number of fancy letters after someone’s name.

How to avoid state pay equity law traps

01/10/2023

While activists are pushing Congress to enact revisions to the Equal Pay Act, such as the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would make it easier for women and people of color to reach pay equity, some states and cities have taken the matter into their own hands.

College degree required—or not?

12/21/2022

An increasing number of employers are waiving the college requirement, and replacing language reading, “College degree required” with job posts stating, “College degree or equivalent experience required.”

What is employer branding and how does it help with hiring?

12/21/2022

Many companies make a deliberate effort to get consumers to think of them in a certain way. However, potential future employees are interested in more than just how society views you. They want to work for a good employer. Enter the employer brand.

Ditch the résumés for assessments

12/20/2022

Another day, another hundred résumés. Some are irrelevant to you; others may camouflage a diamond. Here are two tips to try.

Don’t use citizenship as a hiring factor

12/20/2022

Most employers know they can’t take protected characteristics like age or disability into consideration. But some hiring managers may think it’s fine to bypass an applicant with a precarious legal immigration status in favor of a U.S. citizen based on the belief that citizens won’t lose the legal right to work. They are wrong.

Pre-employment pregnancy test? Don’t think about it

12/15/2022

If it looks illegal and smells illegal, then it’s illegal.