Human Resources
How to Get More Qualified People to Submit Their Resumes
The Internet and digital technology have made life and work easier for most professionals except recruiters. It certainly made the application process more convenient for job seekers and there lies the problem. With so many…
Follow These 4 Steps for Fool-Proof Hiring
Are you starting a new business, or getting ready to start one? One of the first questions you’re likely to have is how you go about hiring good people. If you’re not asking this question,…
Top 5 Interview Questions to Really Get to Know Your Candidates
In general, interviews only last between 30-45 minutes, so you have a relatively short period of time to find out about your candidates and make a decision on who to hire. The wrong hiring decision…
Should You Pay Employees Hourly or a Salary?
If you currently employ W-2 workers in your small business, or you are looking to hire top talent in the future, you’ll likely be faced with the decision on whether to pay employees an hourly…
3 Obstacles Recruiters Should Avoid to Attract the Best Talent
Good recruiters define a successful recruitment process as one that brings talent to the table. Great recruiters know how to bring that talent to the table. So, how do you make good recruiters great? Lucky…
5 Simple Organization Tech Tips for Hiring the Best Employees
Hiring is an intensive process. If you’re like most people in business, hiring is just one of many things you’re responsible for. And hiring by itself has multiple hidden layers of work. You’ve got to…
Top Tips for Dealing with Bizarre HR Requests
If you work in HR or management, you’re likely to have come across some difficult or unusual requests and queries during your time. And, while you may sometimes feel like banging your head against the…
Today’s Intern, Tomorrow’s Hire
When you hear the word “intern,” what do you think? Channeling the storytelling style of Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls, let me tell you the tale of a lackluster internship and why it makes so…
How Hiring a Diverse Team Will Strengthen Your Company Culture
I’m a female CEO—apparently a rare breed these days. Even rarer perhaps is my leadership team, which is 50 percent women, and that of the 31 people on staff at my financial technologies startup, 50…