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Has a Job Candidate Ever Stumped You? Tell Us for the Chance to Win an iPod Nano!

We’ve all heard stories about “difficult” interview questions. Rarely, however, do those stories focus on the interviewer, so…For our latest “We Ask, You Win” contest, The Hiring Site is asking you to share with us: Has a job candidate ever asked you a question that you found particularly difficult to answer?  Continue reading

Perhaps, for example, a candidate asked a question that threw you off-guard and made you change the way you prepare yourself or your team for interviews…
Or maybe a candidate asked about something you never would have thought would be important to them (like your corporate social responsibility or green initiatives), thus making you rethink how you sell your company to job candidates…
Or perhaps a candidate asked about something your company didn’t currently offer (like a certain benefit), that you had never considered before…

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The Most Important Factor in Determining Talent Compensation — And Why You Need a Strategy

What is your compensation strategy — or do you have one at all? In many workplaces, employers are often just throwing darts to ultimately decide upon the monetary figure which becomes an employee’s salary. Last week, we asked all of you to answer the following question for a chance to win a Talent Compensation Portal report for two job positions: “What do you think is the most important factor in determining compensation?”

We received some excellent and diverse answers from you, our readers, and here are a few: Continue reading

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Is Salary a Sore Spot? Tell Us For A Chance to Win!

The time has come! Enter for a chance to get a report with the most accurate, fresh, and complete compensation data available today.

How to Enter:
Simply answer this question in the comments section below: “What do you think is the most important factor in determining compensation?” Continue reading

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Challenges Ahead

Readers Share Real-Life Solutions to Today’s Biggest Recruitment Challenges

Thanks to everyone who – in response to last week’s “We Ask, You Win” contest – shared their company’s biggest challenges in recruiting and retaining workers.  You gave us some great feedback, and I’d like to share some of those answers with the rest of our readers. Continue reading

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We Ask, You Win: Share Your Biggest 2010 Recruitment Challenge and How You Plan to Navigate It – and You May Win a Garmin!

How are you navigating your biggest recruitment challenge this year? Share with us for the chance to win a Garmin GPS Navigator! (See what we did there?)

With a new year comes new hope for improved economic conditions, but it also often comes with new challenges – as evidenced by CareerBuilder’s recent survey about the staffing challenges employers anticipate having this year.  Among the challenges mentioned are the ability to provide competitive compensation, maintain productivity levels, and retain top talent. Continue reading

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CareerBuilder Unveils Its New Big Game Commercial (With a Little Help from You)

Can’t wait until February 7th for an excuse to gorge on cheap beer and buffalo wings in the middle of the day to see the commercials that will air during the big game? Alrighty then…here’s one:

Or is it?  The above clip is actually just one possibility for what CareerBuilder might air during the big game.  This morning, CareerBuilder launched www.careerbuilder.com/tv, where you can not only see the three winners of its HireMyTVAd contest, but you can actually vote for which commercial you think should actually air on national TV during the 2010 big game. Continue reading

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How Do You Sell Your Company to Win Over Your Ideal Candidates? Part II: The Tangible

In Part I of  “How does your company sell itself to ensure you win over your ideal candidates?” we asked all of you what exactly you’re doing to snag the attention of your ideal candidates. There were many great responses, and in sifting through them, I realized that while many of the ways you compete for candidates you want are conceptual, many others are so tangible you can pet them (dogs in the office, anyone?)

How Are You Getting An Edge? Continue reading

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How Does Your Company Sell Itself to Win Over Your Ideal Candidates? Part I: The Conceptual

Last week, The Hiring Site ran a contest in which we asked you, “How does your company sell itself to ensure you win over your ideal candidates?“ Honesty, Family, Growth, Culture, Reputation, Respect, Listen, Communicate, Relationships, Understanding, Connect, and Fun — These are all words that, when reading through the near-600 comments to write this post, I came across more than once. Continue reading

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Give Us Your Thoughts for Your Chance to Win an iPod Shuffle or CareerBuilder Fleece

Calling all recruiters and hiring managers:  Keep warm this winter season (or at least listen to good tunes in the cold) with a brand new 4G iPod Shuffle or CareerBuilder Full-Zip Fleece! Read on to find out how and enter. Continue reading

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How Do You Identify a Leader? Give Us Your Thoughts for a Chance to Win!

Calling all recruiters and hiring managers: you could be the lucky recipient of a brand new Kindle™!

The latest employment indicators show that companies will be slow to hire in Q4, even as their profit outlook improves. Part of the reason for this is economic uncertainty among employers; however, on the upside, it’s also a reaction to the fact that companies have found ways to do more with less, according to this Wall Street Journal article. Continue reading

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