Recruiting

Is your online job ad in good working order?

08/13/2015

No doubt you fuss over the content in your job ads in hopes of luring the top candidates. Although good content in a job ad is critical, technical issues are more often the culprit behind workers dropping off from applying to a job.

4 reasons to write job descriptions

08/05/2015

Here are four benefits you get if you write detailed job descriptions for each position on your team.

Four Texas metros make Glassdoor’s top cities for jobs

07/29/2015

Texas cities fared well in a recent Glassdoor.com study of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the country for jobs. Based on hiring opportunity, affordability and job satisfaction, the employment website determined that Austin is the fourth best city in the country for jobs.

How to lawfully hire teenagers for jobs in California

07/17/2015

Summer is here and many teenagers have hit the workforce to earn a few extra dollars. Companies that hire teenagers should be aware that state and federal laws restrict their hours and duties.

Beware of the ‘new = better’ equation

07/17/2015

Psychologically, most of us tend to favor hiring promising outsiders over people we know well. That’s because when we know very little about someone, we might envision a rosy future in which the candidate proves a superstar …

Department of Labor makes the case for hiring veterans

07/15/2015

Do you plan to add staff later this year? The Department of Labor offers 10 great reasons to hire former members of the United States armed forces.

The basic skills applicants lack

07/13/2015

More than 40% of employers say job applicants lack basic computer skills, but substantial numbers report even more fundamental basic skills shortfalls.

Key points to remember when hiring

07/10/2015

Time to hire new people? Check out these helpful tips before you start.

Fresh grads but hard-to-fill jobs

07/06/2015

The job market for the Class of 2015 is said to be one of the hottest in years, yet filling some jobs remains tough. Here are some positions that employers recently rated as somewhat or very difficult to fill with new college graduates.

Settlements: No-rehire clauses may be illegal

06/26/2015

When you settle an employment discrimination complaint or lawsuit, you likely include a “no-rehire” provision. Essentially, you trade some settlement dollars for the former employee’s promise not to apply for work at your company in the future. It’s a way to prevent future failure-to-hire lawsuits. Until now, everyone thought such common settlement provisions were legally valid and enforceable. But now a recent case has cast doubt on that premise by looking at California’s broad prohibitions on restrictive covenants in the Business and Professions Code Section 16600.