Hiring

Be sure to document why you didn’t hire

05/02/2016

If you’re like most employers, you carefully consider applicants for open positions and document exactly why you chose the candidate you considered the best one to fill the job.

These 5 social media posts spell trouble for hiring managers

04/29/2016

How many of these would have made you toss a résumé into the trash without a second thought, possibly ensnaring you in a legal problem?

Austin ‘bans the box,’ limiting criminal history inquiries

04/28/2016

The law, which took effect April 3, prohibits covered employers from asking about a potential employee’s criminal background before making an employment offer.

34% of employers plan to hire full-time workers this quarter

04/25/2016

The U.S. has added private sector jobs every month for the last six years, and the latest forecast from CareerBuilder shows this trend will continue in the second quarter.

Who has banned the box so far?

04/23/2016

A total of 23 states have adopted policies making it illegal to ask about criminal histories on employment applications.

Try new tool to attract disabled applicants

04/12/2016

Making sure you are meeting your obligations on job applications is never simple.

How to involve staff in the interview process

04/04/2016

More employers are having applicants sit down with key employees whose opinions they trust. Here are the pros and cons.

Beware the discrimination perils of hiring and firing by committee

04/01/2016

Using a group to make hiring or firing decisions can increase the probability that some illegal, discriminatory factor will influence the process.

Clean up job ads to eliminate traces of bias

04/01/2016

Crafting a short job ad is easy. Right? But a few poorly chosen words could spark a discrimination claim. For example, see if you can spot the problems in the following ad.

Form I-9 just expired! What now?

03/31/2016

The current version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, expires March 31 at midnight. Until further notice, though, employers should keep using it despite the problematic date printed at the top of its first page.