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Acceptable Documents for I-9

02/20/2014

HR Law 101: Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, new employees must provide to employers proof of identity and employment eligibility with documents listed on the I-9 Form ….

Do candidates’ color choices predict personality?

02/20/2014
When an applicant wears red, do you see a potential power player? What does a brown suit tell you about an applicant? Apparently, clothing color does matter.

Denver school system recruits teachers for on-the-job training

02/18/2014

Denver Public Schools fills hard-to-staff teaching positions in high-needs elementary schools by hiring college grads who didn’t major in education and then training them on the job. The highly selective Denver Teacher Residency program offers would-be teachers an alternative route into a teaching.

Bill would ban hiring bias against long-term unemployed

02/11/2014
Legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate against job applicants who are unemployed has been introduced in the House and Senate.

Best way to stop failure-to-promote lawsuits: Include qualifications in job announcements

02/05/2014
Want to avoid unnecessary lawsuits over whether an applicant is qualified for a job opening or promotion opportunity? Then make sure your job announcement includes specific information about minimum requirements so that those don’t become the basis for a lawsuit.

Job Interviews

02/01/2014

HR Law 101: Much of the information employers avoid asking for on a job application becomes apparent when hiring managers meet someone face-to-face (such as race, age, physical disability and national origin). So, you must take extra care not to ask questions or make comments that an applicant might construe as discriminatory …

Florida technology company hires mostly minorities

01/30/2014
With the hiring of two minority women in December, the employee population of Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Reagan Wireless is 90% minority.

Now what? Bad former employee wants a reference

01/24/2014
Q. I received a call from an employee I recently fired, letting me know she listed me as a reference. She was terminated because of performance. Can I disclose that information to a potential employer?

Boss seems to be seeking young ‘dream team’? Be alert for possible age discrimination

01/24/2014
Does your organization have a supervisor who frequently interviews and wants to hire younger applicants at the expense of older ones? That supervisor’s “dream team” may end up as Exhibit A in an age discrimination lawsuit.

Who’s getting hired in 2014?

01/22/2014
According to CareerBuilder.com’s 2014 U.S. Job Forecast, hiring managers plan to recruit full-time, permanent employees for these positions: sales (30%), information technology (29%), customer service (25%), production (24%) …