Tag: Recruiting
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ZipRecruiter-My Test Run
I like recruiting. For those that know me well, it’s funny, because I really am not that outgoing or verbose in person. So why do I love recruiting? Maybe it’s because I get to talk about the place I work. Maybe it’s something else. But one of my biggest frustrations with recruiting is the time…
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Job Fair Rules for Employers
Job fairs aren’t for everyone, and they’re not for every company/industry. But if your company happens to participate in them, I wanted to give you a few quick tips to help avoid disaster. Give a darn about the people who took the time out of their day to come and talk with you about your employer.…
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The Candidate Experience-How Confident are You?
What The Candidate Experience Means to Me I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the candidates for our positions. I do what I can to provide a transparent, high-touch process (click here to listen to me talk more about our hiring process and recruiting philosophy), but sometimes it just gets tough to make sure everyone…
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Developing Your Team-Commitment Matters
Developing your team the “Edward Jones” way For the past few months, my youngest brother has been going through the hiring process for the hardcore Edward Jones PASS program. I had the opportunity to sit and talk with him about the steps he took to get the position, and it honestly floored me at all…
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Employee Referral Recruitment-Pros and Cons
Interested in growing your employee referral recruitment but not sure how to get started? Today we’ll look at a few ways to encourage the process as well as a few ideas to keep it from getting out of hand (the “good old boy” system, people trying to circumvent the process, etc.). What and Why Employee…
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Helicopter Parents at Work
Helicopter parents at work-fight or submit? I ran across this interesting NPR article the other day about helicopter parents in the workplace. Every time I run across a news story or magazine article about these outrageous behaviors, I have to shake my head. I don’t know where the bright idea comes from for parents to…
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Cash wrapped in bacon (and other recruiting goodies)
It was true in 2011 and it’s going to be true in 2012 as well. Companies are realizing competitive pay isn’t enough and that they need to compete on culture. That’s why I was drawn to this old CNET post detailing how one company offered these special goodies as a hiring bonus: A briefcase filled with…