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6 Common Hiring Errors & How to Fix Them Bad hiring practices can be costly in a number of ways. These mistakes hit especially hard in the current market where open positions may remain unfilled for longer than a business can survive. Even previously successful...
While hiring trends change over time, 2020 brought new challenges for employers with little lead-time to prepare. Many of those changes resulted in hiring trends that will continue throughout 2021 and beyond. How Has the Work Environment Changed? Some changes caused...
The average number of applicants per job continues to be its highest since 2013 due to COVID’s higher-than-average unemployment rates. Pair this with the skill shortage in the marketplace, and the result is a large number of candidates who are not qualified for the...
Whether you are considering pre-employment tests for hiring, or already use them in your hiring process, it is wise to be aware of the risks associated with using them. First, though, we’ll cover a few benefits of pre-employment testing to balance the scale. The costs...
Online social media sites provide opportunities for employers who want to recruit potential employees, but they also present significant challenges if employers want to use them for screening and background checks. Checking employee job references is even more...
When applying for a job, some applicants will be a good fit and some won’t. It is a hiring manager’s job to weed out the best candidates with as much evidence as they can find – sometimes from hundreds of applications. Often, a candidate’s resume doesn’t paint a...