April 5th, 2012
This week, the Washington Post ran a story on an example of a potentially disturbing trend in Human Resources practices. They told the tale of Justin Bassett. Bassett was interviewing for a new job. In the course of the interview, he was asked for his Facebook password. Bassett refused to give it and even walked out on the interview, saying he did not want to work for a company that would ask for such personal information. Continue Reading…
February 23rd, 2012
“As college students you may worry that you do not have the years of experience that others may have who have been out of school and working for awhile. That’s okay. There is so much that you do have to offer that is just as important as experience: your education, ambition, and enthusiasm to name a few”, writes co-founder of Congrats Books™ Inc. and President & CEO of People2Strategy®, Patricia D. Sadar in her concise and successful interviewing idea packed book Congratulations You Aced the Interview: The must read Interview Guide to land the job of your dreams, College Edition. The author provides very hands on and ready to use strategies and techniques to ensure that recent college graduates have effective job interviewing skills, to land that important first job after graduation. Continue Reading…
February 2nd, 2012
Today we’re seeing Human Resource departments being pushed in new directions, this is mainly attributed to due to the continued jobless recovery, the expectations of the emerging Millennials in the workforce, as well as the introduction and refinement of new technologies. Many companies are moving to online assessments, which they believe to be less costly and time-consuming. Continue Reading…
January 12th, 2012
Do you know how to use Facebook effectively, send tweets, and search for specific information using Google? Well then, you may have a job. According to WANTED Analytics, a firm that collects hiring-demand information, more than 1000 job offerings required applicants to have social media skills between May and August 2011, and increase of 160% from offerings in 2010. Continue Reading…
December 21st, 2011
The popular, sales and customer service software company, Salesforce, is going to be expanding their scope within the next year to offer software solution for human resource management. Many believe the move is to move in on their competition.
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November 10th, 2011
The online reputation monitoring panel featured three heavy hitters in ORM: Andy Beal, Brian Chappell and Andy Beal.
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October 20th, 2011
How much does it cost your company to interview a potential candidate? If you pay for their hotel, airfare, and transportation; you could be looking at upwards of $5,000 per individual. That’s a steep cost, and some companies are probably looking for a change. Continue Reading…
September 1st, 2011
There’s a meme concerning various human resources departments, and it has to do with the idea that attractive people earn more money than their less attractive counterparts. Is this a sign of discrimination on the part of HRs who give the meme life or just natural selection in action?
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