Posts Tagged ‘hiring process’

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 [...]

Why Do So Many New Hires Fail?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

When a new hire fails, whose really to blame? The new employee who didn’t deliver what he or she claimed they could, or the employer who didn’t get it right?

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.

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!

Weigh In on an HR Hot Topic: Requesting Facebook Passwords from Job Applicants & Employees

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Unless you have been living under a rock (and that rock was not in range of a 3 or 4G network), you have heard by now about how some hiring managers are requesting Facebook passwords from prospective employees.

Is Facebook an Employment Crystal Ball?

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

A recent article posted on line by the Wall Street Journal suggests that your Facebook profile might be very telling to potential employers about your future job performance. The article reports on a new study from Northern Illinois University, the University of Evansville and Auburn University where a professor and two students were presented with [...]

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.

Your Biggest HR Issues for 2012

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

What is on your human resources radar for 2012? Please fill out our short poll to let us know. Your answer will be anonymous and no personal data will be collected about you. Your input will help us continue to generate interesting and useful blog and social media content.

Leonardo da Vinci Had a Resume?

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Not only that, he wrote the first resume. That’s according to a very fun historical slide show we watched called “The 500-Year Evolution Of The Resume”. We thoroughly enjoyed this history lesson, and hope you do too.