Interviewing
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Giving Voice to Recruits
Software by HarQen Inc. enables automated phone screening of applicants, but the technology takes getting used to.
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Fast-Food Franchisee Settles ADA Charges Brought by EEOC
In the suit filed in April against Waco, Texas-based CTW L.L.C.
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For GM, a Different Kind of Worker
Until now, in recent decades, General Motors has peopled its new factories mostly from banks of laid-off workers and employee transfers from other locations. GM is now forecasting enough manufacturing expansion to require large-scale employee recruitment.
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Lagging Economy Aside, Interviewees Say the Darndest Things
Job board giant CareerBuilder listed some of the most unusual interview experiences based on an online survey of more than 3,000 employers.
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Why Sears is Going the Extra Mile to Recruit Veterans
An interview with Christina Dibble, a program manager for military talent acquisition for Sears Holdings Corp.
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Experts Still Warn to Beware of Information from Social Media when Hiring
There is 'so much information that's available out there' that the employer has to filter out the information to be sure it does not learn about issues it should not know about, such as religion and politics, panel contends.
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Building a Sales Team Starts With the First Impression
Success is the bottom line, but before the first call, experts say look at a candidate's appearance and pay attention to your initial reaction. Once they're on the team, train, train and train some more.
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Six Sales Force Pitfalls
Experts agree that there are some common mistakes companies make when building a sales team. Below, we offer six tips to avoid sales force problems:
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Video Interviewing Cuts Costs, but Bias Worries Linger
One recruiter says that since incorporating online interviews she has cut spending from about $10,000 per search to roughly $500. Yet an employment lawyer advises clients to proceed with caution when using it.
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New Tools Cast a Wider Social Network for Recruiters
With the launch of BranchOut in July 2010 and BeKnown and Google Plus, which made their debuts in June, recruiters are trying to decide how to best use a dizzying array of tools to find top talent.
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Unemployed Applicants in the Hiring Process: Ensuring Proper Treatment and Documentation
Suppose unemployed applicants charge that they were not hired because of their unemployment status. They could allege that, despite the absence of any written policy, hiring managers abide by an unwritten policy to exclude unemployed applicants.
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The Last Word Cultural Awareness
Many people yearn to belong to an organization whose principles they share and can embrace in their daily work. And if corporate stewards tend the culture well, they can count on an engaged and committed workforce for many years to come.
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Headhunter Firm Taps Insider Trina Gordon for CEO
She succeeds Chris Clarke, who stepped down in December after 11 years with Boyden World Corp. The firm also named Gerhard Raisig to chairman from interim chairman and managing partner of Boyden Germany.
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Marriott Hopes to Win With Facebook Game
The novel interactive game, called My Marriott Hotel, was born out of the mega-hospitality corporation’s quest to fill 50,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2011.
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Out of Site: Remote Possibilities
More employers are benefiting from a mobile workforce through improved productivity, increased employee satisfaction and reduced costs, but they also face new management challenges.
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Companies Look to Capitalize on Viral Voices
Thanks in part to the explosion of social media, more employers are capitalizing on the credibility and power of employee word-of-mouth.
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Financial Firms Looking to Hire, but Candidates Lack Key Skills
There’s growing frustration over prospective hires’ professionalism, honesty and compensation demands; managers also see a ‘deficient passion for the industry.’
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Legal Experts Stress That Social Media Background Checks Create Risks
Performing an Internet search on a job applicant is akin to interviewing them, according to a lawyer who spoke at a session on social media at the annual Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. conference in Vancouver.
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Is There a Bias Against Hiring the Jobless?
Experts contend that employers increasingly discriminate against jobless Americans in hiring decisions, and such practices could violate equal opportunity laws.
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Firms Tally the Value in Values-Based Recruiting
The philosophy of corporate culture as a source of competitive advantage—along with a defined mission and adherence to values—has existed for several decades. Yet many companies have struggled to implement these concepts and create mission statements or value propositions to just hang on a wall.
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Stark Surroundings, Specialized Industry a Challenge to Texas Firm's Recruiters
B&W Pantex recruiters had to convince candidates that there is a bright future in the rather unglamorous field of nuclear weapons storage, and that living in the dusty, remote panhandle of Texas is a destination rather than a career stopover.
