Recruiting

Online job ads tick upward

11/15/2013

Online employment advertising rose 4.2% in September, the largest month-to-month increase since December 2012, according to the Conference Board. The group considers online recruiting a leading economic indicator.

LinkedIn recruiting: Photos lure the clicks

11/07/2013

LinkedIn profiles with photos are seven times more likely to be clicked than those without photos, according to a report in Forbes magazine.

Revise your hiring strategy as economy heals

10/22/2013

If you’re ramping up hiring, the process looks and feels a lot different than it used to. Social media, digital applications, video résumés are just some of the increasingly common tools of the trade. Here are four trends that seem to be reshaping the hiring landscape:

Show applicants a career path

10/18/2013

As a recruiting tool, more employers have begun including a sentence or two about the typical career path of the job at the end of each job listing. A majority of employees say they’d likely stay with an organization if they saw the prospect of job advancement or promotion.

Can we give preference to hiring veterans?

10/10/2013

Q. We pride ourselves on supporting veterans who have served in the armed forces. We know we should generally not use an applicant’s class (such as gender, race, etc.) when making hiring decisions. But we have heard that the law does allow us to give a hiring preference to veterans. Is that true?

Ford focuses on social media to attract 3,000 new hires

08/28/2013

To attract 3,000 new salaried employees this year—800 more than the company anticipated—Ford Motor Co. launched a recruiting campaign that relies heavily on social media.

Buckeyes’ job shadowing leads to permanent hires

05/01/2013

Columbus, Ohio-based CallCopy is recruiting engineers for future job openings by inviting Ohio State University engineering majors to shadow the organization’s professionals on the job.

How to overcome your 3 biggest recruiting challenges

03/28/2013

Updating your recruitment strategy so it’s proactive rather than reactive can put you ahead of the competition and allow you to scoop up the best people.

How does California law affect hiring?

02/20/2013

Q. For the first time in a while, we need to hire new staff. What issues should we take into account during the recruiting process?

Emerging issue: Hiring bias against homeless

02/06/2013

Employers in three states—Connecticut, Illinois and Rhode Island—must comply with what may be the nation’s most unique employment-related laws. Each of those states has a “Homeless Bill of Rights” that bans employment discrimination against homeless people.