Pre-employment Assessment and Testing
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Find Great Rank-and-File Workers
Recruiting strategically can give employers an edge and reduce costly turnover.
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Moneyball for Recruiting Financial Advisers? It Exists
Like sabermetrics in baseball, PriceMetrix Inc.'s data offer insight into future production of possible signings for financial advisers. But what's the OBP?
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SHRM Survey: Fewer Employers Conducting Credit, Criminal Checks of Job Applicants
The survey also found that an applicant's negative credit information is not a barrier to hiring, with 80 percent of the respondents saying they hired an individual with a poor credit report.
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Companies Find Fruitful Results When Hiring Autistic Workers
It's not a charity program, one executive cautions. And supervisor buy-in is crucial. But workers with autism can provide a dedicated, focused workforce in the right setting.
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Making the Business Case for Hiring Autistic Workers
One advocate did a year's worth of homework before presenting the economic benefits to the board of her company.
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Code Foo Challenge Punches a Hole Through Résumés
The six-week program hires coders based on skill, passion and eagerness to learn rather than résumé and experience.
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Automated Reference Checking: Better Intel in a Fraction of the Time
Armed with this software, not only can companies obtain better feedback from references, but also they can obtain more of it per candidate.
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A Look in at LinkedIn's Recommendations Features
Unlike reference checking tools such as Pre-Hire 360, there's nothing anonymous about the LinkedIn recommendation process.
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New York City Ordered to Pay $128M to Minority Firefighter Applicants
The lawsuit originally was filed in 2007. In July 2009, Judge Garaufis ruled that the New York City Fire Department's reliance on two written exams constituted employment discrimination against minorities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Pepsi Settles EEOC Charges of Racial Bias in Screenings for $3M
Under Pepsi's former policy, job applicants who had been arrested pending prosecution were not hired for a permanent job even if they had never been convicted of any offense.
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Facebook: The New Recruit in the Recruiting Game
Watch out LinkedIn: a raft of new recruiting apps help companies better scout for talent from inside Facebook, the 800 million member social network.
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Best Practices for Conducting Criminal Background Checks
From the National Employment Law Project's guide Criminal Background Checks: A Best Practices Guide for Employers:
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Background Checks Push Envelope for Employers, Job Candidates Alike
The growing practice of peeking at job candidates' social media activity has raised the bar for background checks, but also elevated concerns over privacy and legality.
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Background-Check Tool Keeps Tabs on Sex Harassment Cases
Since mid-2010, the latest technology tool by ebosswatch.com has been nearly as popular among human resources and hiring managers as it has been with job seekers.
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New Tool Gauges Cost Benefits When Hiring Disabled Workers
The tool focuses on three federal tax incentive programs: the Work Opportunity Credit, which can provide a maximum $2,400 tax credit; the Disabled Access Credit, which helps small businesses defray the cost of providing special equipment; and the Architectural Barrier Removal Tax Deduction, which...
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Mercer CEO Resigns to Head Retirement Policy Center
The purpose of the center, Marsh & McLennan announced Oct. 4, ‘will be to become a catalyst for new ideas and perspectives on retirement and to educate the public and key constituents on retirement public policy issues.’
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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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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.
