hiring

Interviewing Candidates for Customer Service Jobs

Companies like Google and Microsoft have made difficult interview questions famous. Why is a manhole cover round? How would you design an evacuation plan for San Francisco? These questions can be good for tech companies and other places that want to hire employees who can come up with creative solutions to complicated problems; however, such [...]

May 17, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Mama Knows Best: 4 Hiring Lessons Learned from Mom

by JoshTolan

As Mother’s Day approaches, you might be busy searching for the perfect gift to show mom you care. Last year alone, 4.1 million women became mothers and 81 percent of women in 2010 had children by the end of their childbearing years. With so many women entering the mommy club, from high-profile professionals like Yahoo [...]

May 5, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Casual But Powerful: Conversations that Need to Happen

by Ray_anne

A Conference of the Minds In the past, I have had the incredible good fortune of attending the ERE Spring Expo in San Diego – this is a conference and expo geared toward in-house or corporate hiring professionals. I am a big fan of any gathering where great minds, incredible technology, and brilliant conversations are [...]

April 9, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is Finding Your Perfect Hire Like Finding Your Soulmate?

by JoshTolan

February is the month for finding and celebrating true love. Valentine’s Day is not only a great time to say “be mine”, it’s also a cash cow for retailers. This year 59 percent of Americans plan to spend the same amount of hard-earned cash on their Valentine’s sweethearts, while a substantial 23 percent are upping [...]

February 10, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What Actually Drives Employee Engagement?

by JoshTolan

Employee engagement might be one of those HR buzzwords you’re already sick of hearing about. Just because the topic is trendy, however, doesn’t undercut its importance. Engaged employees are more productive and more likely to stick around your company. Focusing on employee engagement might not seem important, but it has the possibility to save you [...]

January 27, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Video Screen for Company Culture Fit

by JoshTolan

Cultural fit is becoming an increasingly important hiring metric for companies from Fortune 500 giants to small-scale startups. More companies are making their hiring decisions the same way we choose close friends or romantic partners, according to a quote by Northwestern professor Lauren Rivera in a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek. One of the reasons [...]

January 13, 2013 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Effects of the Skills Gap on Tech Hiring

by Ray_anne

Effects on the skills gap on tech hiring

Hiring High-End Techies Much has been said and written about skills shortages or skills gaps. No industry has been harder hit by this than IT, except for maybe healthcare. And because of these shortages and gaps, hiring in these arenas will be more difficult over the next few years. It would be of great benefit [...]

November 30, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The 3 Cs of Foundational HR

by Sue Young

Understanding the Three Pillars and Foundation of HR What do you consider to be the foundation and pillars of HR? Technology is bringing us into uncharted waters and moving many of us away from our comfort zones. Video interviews, ATS technologies, and online job postings are now common practices. But the attributes that HR and [...]

October 24, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Failure is Nature’s Plan

by Ray_anne

Retention efforts require complete submersion in company culture

“Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.” -Napoleon Hill Five years ago, I worked on a retention campaign within a small technology start-up company. I loved my job and it was made even better by the fact that I hired most of the people on the floor that I daily walked. And [...]

March 28, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Weight & Work: There is No Magic Pill for Either

by Ray_anne

there is no magic pill for work or weight loss

The Change I can see Menopause staring me down and no one ever wants to talk about it. Oh, a few talk show hosts have made feeble attempts at breaking down the walls and getting women and their families to discuss it. But I find it completely fascinating that is still treated like a dirty [...]

March 19, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Anatomy of The Recruiting Interface

by Ray_anne

Candidate interface. Client interface. Knowing the goals of both is necessary and easily deemed tiresome. Not exactly the most exciting part of the job. Candidates and Clients: when you discover a lack of cohesion between the two, do you push on, hoping that particular deficiency goes away quietly into the dark? Sometimes the rug isn’t big enough [...]

January 18, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Pivotal Questions to Ask or Answer During the Hiring Process

by Ray_anne

We often see lists of questions the candidate/job seeker/applicant should ask during an interview, as well as lists of questions the interviewer/recruiter/hiring manager should ask. Maybe there is a better way. Maybe they can work from the same list. This list was devised to prevent last minute candidate fall-out and control the spin of the interviewing and hiring process. [...]

November 10, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Last weekend I attended my first Red River Rivalry football game in Dallas, TX, with my husband, Greg who is a raving, professional Sooner fan. The game between the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas is hosted each year on a neutral field called the Cotton Bowl, home of the Texas State Fair. [...]

October 12, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is Employment Branding Bullshit?

by Ray_anne

You may have noticed a recurring theme this week on Bonus Track. It’s part of life. While I have been working for many years, I have been living a lot longer and it is through that living, that I have waged a war against complacency and stagnation. I am a perpetual student, an eager enthusiast and early adopter when it comes [...]

September 23, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

6 MORE Atypical Tips for Securing An Interview

by Ray_anne

Last week, when I addressed character and ethics in hiring, as well as senior management, I received some feedback asking for ideas of how to get your resume / application noticed. Friday, I posted six ideas – here are six more. I am just coming home from Carmel, CA where I celebrated my 48th birthday! [...]