Improve your hiring success with aptitude tests and structured interviews

Many interviewers need to use two of the best candidate selection techniques when hiring: validated assessments and structured interviews. Unfortunately, unstructured interviews are not much better than a coin toss when deciding who to hire. Companies hiring new talent would significantly…

Companies needn’t fear Title VII lawsuits

Companies need to continue focusing on hiring and retaining their most talented workers, regardless of race or gender. That’s why you shouldn’t worry about lawsuits over Title VII affirmative action practices. And this is despite the US Supreme Court ruling…

Stay ahead of labor force trends by improving your organizational culture

Last week, there was an explosion of news about the labor force that rocked the stock market. The big surprise was that hiring was significantly higher than expected. There was some good news: hiring was lower than in April by…

Use digital technologies to transform recruitment and hiring

Recruiters and human resources leaders have had access to chatbots, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for years. But HR has been slow to put these digital tools to use with recruiting. The business cost of losing the talent war is…

Ten takeaways to improve recruiting and company revenue.

The 2022 North American Candidate Experience Benchmark Research Report by Talent Board comes at a time of continued business anxiety. It also comes at a time when we need improved recruiting practices to improve recruiting success and company revenues. While…

Six strategies to improve your ability to attract and hire veterans

On Saturday, November 11, 2023, we celebrate Veteran's Day so let's remember our Vets, especially when hiring.  According to the US General Accountability Office, about 200,000 US veterans leave the military and enter the civilian workforce each year, and they…

More companies are hiring the formerly incarcerated with success

The labor shortage has pushed more companies to recruit employees who have served time in prison, according to NPR and The Wall Street Journal,. There are more than 70 million formerly incarcerated people in the US. But, for employers, their…

Better work-life balance tops list of seven job candidate preferences

Criteria, a research and talent success company, has published its 2022 Candidate Experience Report. It shows the top job candidate priorities for 2022, a year of the great resignation, the US’s lowest unemployment rate since 2019 of 3.5 percent (tying a…

How you can do better, more successful job interviews

US companies have doubled the number of interviews they conduct — despite inflation and worries about recession, as indicated by June 2022’s hiring numbers. The US Department of Labor recently reported that employers added 74,000 white-collar jobs in June 2022.…