As one of today’s fastest-growing companies, Coinstar, Inc. is in the unique position to hire workers across multiple functions and contribute to economic growth. Learn more about how Coinstar is empowering employment in the following video, or read the Q&A below with Coinstar’s Chief Human Resources Officer, Raquel Karls. Continue reading
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CareerBuilder Finds Its Way by Defining Its Employment Brand
- May 11th, 2012
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“If a candidate comes into your organization and asks three different people, ‘What is your employee value proposition?’ every one of those people should be able to provide a similar answer,” says Rosemary Haefner, on what it means to have a clearly defined employment brand. Continue reading
Survey: Working Moms Taking Less Maternity Leave
- May 9th, 2012
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Stars: they’re just like us! They buy their own groceries, they pump their own gas, and they even cut their maternity leaves short and struggle with work-life balance!
According to CareerBuilder’s annual Mother’s Day survey, one in four (26 percent) working moms who have had a child in the last three years reported they did not take the full maternity leave allowed by their company, and one in ten took two weeks or less. Continue reading
Why Your Onboarding Should Be More Than a PowerPoint Presentation
- May 8th, 2012
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Ninety days is the amount of time most new hires have to lay the foundation for success in their companies. And according to positive psychologists and neuroscientists, it’s also the number of days it takes to make a new habit a way of being. Continue reading
Do We Assume Too Much About Diverse Candidates?
- May 7th, 2012
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Diversity is important in today’s business world. At least that’s the claim many employers make, despite not having sufficient diversity initiatives. Why the contradiction?
Perhaps in an effort to attract candidates, some organizations are only saying what they think candidates want to hear. Continue reading
April Job Numbers Show Slow Gains, but Job Market for Graduates is Improving
- May 4th, 2012
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Today, Matt Ferguson, chief executive officer of CareerBuilder, spoke with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop” about the April employment report and the outlook for the U.S. labor market.
Payrolls climbed 115,000, the smallest gain in six months, after a revised 154,000 rise in March that was more than initially estimated. Continue reading
Recruiting By the Orange Book: Q&A with Concentra’s AVP of Recruiting
- May 3rd, 2012
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“Every day, I hear stories from new hires about how happy they are to have found their home at Concentra.”
Tara Petty is the Assistant Vice President of Recruiting at Concentra, a national health care company where, she says, “employees are the company, and the ones who make a difference in the lives of our patients.” In the following Q&A, Petty details what it means to empower employees at Concentra, and how her team finds the talented individuals on whom Concentra’s success ultimately depends. Continue reading
How To Communicate Expectations to New Hires
- May 2nd, 2012
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When a new hire goes rogue or fails to meet expectations, employers are often blind to their role in the failure. Instead of asking, “Could I have better supported my employee?” they instead say, “I hated to do it, but I had to let Suzie go” or “I had to put Bill on probation.”
We erroneously have a habit of viewing underperformance or shattered expectations as the fault of one person. Continue reading
How to Craft a Candidate Rejection Letter or E-Mail (Yes, You Have Time To Do It!)
- April 27th, 2012
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None of us likes getting rejected. In the past, many of you have cited “not enough time” as a reason you don’t send job rejection letters or e-mails. The reality is, we’re all under various types of constraints in our jobs, and while some things are prioritized, others fall by the wayside. Continue reading
CareerBuilder Finds Its Way by Defining Its Employment Brand
- May 11th, 2012
- Leave a comment
“If a candidate comes into your organization and asks three different people, ‘What is your employee value proposition?’ every one of those people should be able to provide a similar answer,” says Rosemary Haefner, on what it means to have a clearly defined employment brand. Continue reading
Survey: Working Moms Taking Less Maternity Leave
- May 9th, 2012
- Leave a comment
Stars: they’re just like us! They buy their own groceries, they pump their own gas, and they even cut their maternity leaves short and struggle with work-life balance!
According to CareerBuilder’s annual Mother’s Day survey, one in four (26 percent) working moms who have had a child in the last three years reported they did not take the full maternity leave allowed by their company, and one in ten took two weeks or less. Continue reading
Why Your Onboarding Should Be More Than a PowerPoint Presentation
- May 8th, 2012
- Leave a comment
Ninety days is the amount of time most new hires have to lay the foundation for success in their companies. And according to positive psychologists and neuroscientists, it’s also the number of days it takes to make a new habit a way of being. Continue reading
Do We Assume Too Much About Diverse Candidates?
- May 7th, 2012
- Leave a comment
Diversity is important in today’s business world. At least that’s the claim many employers make, despite not having sufficient diversity initiatives. Why the contradiction?
Perhaps in an effort to attract candidates, some organizations are only saying what they think candidates want to hear. Continue reading
April Job Numbers Show Slow Gains, but Job Market for Graduates is Improving
- May 4th, 2012
- Leave a comment
Today, Matt Ferguson, chief executive officer of CareerBuilder, spoke with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop” about the April employment report and the outlook for the U.S. labor market.
Payrolls climbed 115,000, the smallest gain in six months, after a revised 154,000 rise in March that was more than initially estimated. Continue reading
Recruiting By the Orange Book: Q&A with Concentra’s AVP of Recruiting
- May 3rd, 2012
- Leave a comment
“Every day, I hear stories from new hires about how happy they are to have found their home at Concentra.”
Tara Petty is the Assistant Vice President of Recruiting at Concentra, a national health care company where, she says, “employees are the company, and the ones who make a difference in the lives of our patients.” In the following Q&A, Petty details what it means to empower employees at Concentra, and how her team finds the talented individuals on whom Concentra’s success ultimately depends. Continue reading
How To Communicate Expectations to New Hires
- May 2nd, 2012
- Leave a comment
When a new hire goes rogue or fails to meet expectations, employers are often blind to their role in the failure. Instead of asking, “Could I have better supported my employee?” they instead say, “I hated to do it, but I had to let Suzie go” or “I had to put Bill on probation.”
We erroneously have a habit of viewing underperformance or shattered expectations as the fault of one person. Continue reading
How to Craft a Candidate Rejection Letter or E-Mail (Yes, You Have Time To Do It!)
- April 27th, 2012
- 19 Comments
None of us likes getting rejected. In the past, many of you have cited “not enough time” as a reason you don’t send job rejection letters or e-mails. The reality is, we’re all under various types of constraints in our jobs, and while some things are prioritized, others fall by the wayside. Continue reading
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