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“Um, What Company is this Again?” Candidates’ Most Cringe-Worthy Interview Mistakes

Employers know as well as job seekers do that it’s still tough out there, and… Continue reading

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Pay Scales and Job Descriptions: Two Ways to Break the Bad Hire Blues

 It’s true that your company, no matter what other aspects you may excel and grow in, is only as good as its people. Yet, your people are only as good as your process of selecting them. As a company currently growing or preparing for future growth, how can slow down enough to reverse the cycle and improve your selection process to bring in better people–and see better business results? Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Retention, Selection, Talent Acquisition

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Not Getting the Right Candidates? You May be Due for a Facelift

You don’t know what you’re doing wrong: You’ve spent hours writing a lovely, heartfelt job description, you’ve painstakingly posted it on CareerBuilder and taken advantage of all our free job posting tools, and you’ve even managed to pop thank-yous in the mail to everyone who’s applied — but you’re still not getting the right candidates. Continue reading

By in Employment Branding, Selection, Talent Acquisition

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How Walmart Finds Virtue in Virtual Interviewing

“There’s a connection between culture and recruiting,” Mike Grennier, Senior Director of Corporate Recruiting for Walmart Stores, Inc., told an audience of hiring resources professionals at the annual  HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas last month.

Grennier was leading a session on virtual interviewing, a practice Walmart began just two years ago in hopes to create a more efficient recruiting process that benefits both company and candidate. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Insights & Trends, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition, Technology

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No More Bad Hires: Business Expert Shares Tips to ‘Hire With Purpose’

Earlier today, while you might’ve been busy vowing never to eat again, voting for your favorite Muppet (Swedish Chef, anyone?), or shopping for that very special Jaleel White fan in your life… Nationally recognized small business expert, speaker and author Jay Goltz was discussing small business hiring trends and best practices for a free webinar titled Hire With Purpose. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Interviewing, Selection, Small Business, Talent Acquisition, Webinars

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Hire With Purpose: Q&A With Small Business Expert Jay Goltz

“I’m not looking for great storytellers. I want to figure out what makes people tick and how they operate on the job.” – Jay Goltz

In the following Q&A, small business expert Jay Goltz draws from his experience as an entrepreneur to discuss the lessons he’s learned – often the hard way – about what it really takes to hire and retain the best people to run a successful business (or, in his case, five). Continue reading

By in Interviewing, Job Postings, Selection, Small Business, Talent Acquisition, Webinars

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“I Have Versatile Toes” and Other Unusual Résumé Statements: Worth a Second Look?

13.9 million Americans are currently looking for work, according to BLS statistics. It goes without saying, then, that making a positive impression with potential employers is of utmost importance to job seekers. Despite good intentions, however, the reality of these efforts sometimes falls short of the goal. Continue reading

By in Interviewing, Selection, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

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New E-Book Puts the Spotlight on Interviewing

Today, CareerBuilder released its new e-book, From Q&A to Z: The Hiring Manager’s Complete Interviewing Guide. 

Few things are as critical to the hiring process as the interview. If nothing else, the interview process is a networking event – an opportunity to brand your company in the eyes of a potential employee, brand advocate or customer. Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition

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Criminal Past, Salary, and More: #cbjobchat Gets Tough On Interviews

CareerBuilder continued our monthly #cbjobchat Twitter chat last Monday night (quick plug: It’s the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. CST)– so if you skipped the trainwreck that was the Real Housewives of New York Reunion Part II, you might have caught it! Continue reading

By in #cbjobchat, Events, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition

Will job seekers buy from you?

Your Open Position as a Consumer Product: Do Job Seekers Want to Buy From You?

Have you ever compared the experience job seekers go through when searching for a job to the experience you go through when, say, buying a car? Believe it or not, the two experiences are more closely linked than you may realize. Continue reading

By in Economy, Emerging Media, Employee Engagement, Insights & Trends, Interviewing, Job Postings, Retention, Selection, Social Media, Sourcing, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

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Do This, Not That: Behavioral Interviewing Done Right

“Who here is hiring right now?” Nancy Newell asked the attendees of SHRM 2011 in Las Vegas this past week, before quickly answering her own question: “Every hand should be up. We’re always looking for great talent.”

To help the human resource managers and recruiting professionals in her audience do just that, Newell, SPHR and a principal at nth degree consulting, led the audience in a session called, “Beyond Behavioral Interviewing: Asking the RIGHT Questions, Evaluating the Answers.” Continue reading

By in Events, Interviewing, Selection, SHRM 2011, Talent Acquisition

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