Posts Tagged ‘hiring process management’

Bad Hires Affected Almost 7 out of 10 Companies, Can Cost $25 – $50K

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

We don’t know about you, but there are about a million things we’d rather spend that kind of money on than to recover from the ill effects of one bad hire. So when we read about a survey of 2,494 hiring managers and HR professionals by CareerBuilder that found 69% of employers reported that their [...]

TALENT HIVES: HR Trend Gets Much Buzz, Won’t Put Bee in Your Bonnet

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

NetSourcing, with it’s use of talent hives and other passive recruiting tools, is a modern version of employee referrals, with a much further reach.

Hiring Managers: Bad Buzz Travels PDQ on the WWW—Mind Your Ps & Qs!

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

If you are in the middle of the very stressful hiring process, don’t forget that how you treat candidates reflects on your company’s reputation.

Are Your Hiring Managers Up to the Task?

Friday, July 20th, 2012

How often does your company allow unqualified staff members to make decisions that could cost your business thousands of dollars? What about your hiring managers.

What’s the Real Cost of Picking One Bad Apple?

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and anew CareerBuilder survey on the cost of a bad hire. The survey also found that 69 percent of employers reported that bad hires lowered their company’s productivity, affected worker morale and even resulted in legal issues. Ugh!

Keeping Up With the Hiring Trends: Fashionably Hip Edition

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Riding out the economic downturn has not been easy. People and businesses (even the many famous and successful ones) have cut back on their spending, learning to prioritize and make due with what they have until things looked up again. That said, is your company using the latest, best hiring techniques to locate and attract the best talent from the current sea of applicants looking for work?

(What? This is a human resources blog. What did you expect? Kardashian updates?)

Not Sure How to Use Social Media to Mine for Talent? Have No Fear. NetSourcing Is Here!

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

So you think social media is nice and all, but it’s not really a big deal in the competitive world of recruiting? Maybe you should think again.

The Three P’s of a Successful Hiring Persona

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

There’s a lot of advice out there for applicants and job seekers on how to present yourself during the hiring process. In this post, we’d like to take a moment to talk about how employers and their hiring staff ought to come across. Sure, you are offering a new career opportunity for the lucky applicant who gets your offer. But, if you want to reel in a prize catch, it would help to lure them in with your best behavior during the hiring process.

Does Your Brand Say “Great Place to Work”?

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Forget what old catchphrases have taught you, nice guys don’t have to finish last. In fact, in this day and age of social media and viral Internet marketing, being a good, respectable company can lead to valuable customer loyalty and brand recognition. But the process of getting that “nice guys” recognition for your company doesn’t [...]

What’s on Your HR Radar for 2012?

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

With just a couple of months left until we ring in the new year, we’d like to know what human resources issues are on the top of your priority list. Please take a moment to take the poll below. Thank you, and if you haven’t already, please check out our November newsletter. In this issue: [...]