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Code Foo Challenge Punches a Hole Through Rsums
The six-week program hires coders based on skill, passion and eagerness to learn rather than rsum and experience.
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Ford Profit Sharing
Personnel Journal, July 1927, pages 75-86: The Ford profit sharing plan reached its crest and saw its decline in the period from 1914 to 1920. The plan combined the novel features of payment of profit rates in advance, qualification in terms of character, habits, and proper living, and a minimum of
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A Look in at LinkedIn's Recommendations Features
Unlike reference checking tools such as Pre-Hire 360, there's nothing anonymous about the LinkedIn recommendation process.
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Automated Reference Checking: Better Intel in a Fraction of the Time
Armed with this software, not only can companies obtain better feedback from references, but also they can obtain more of it per candidate.
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Best Practices in Outsourcing
In this complicated business environment, organizations continue to redefine their business practices, reassess their recruiting needs and face ongoing challenges related to overall talent management.
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New York City Ordered to Pay $128M to Minority Firefighter Applicants
The lawsuit originally was filed in 2007. In July 2009, Judge Garaufis ruled that the New York City Fire Department's reliance on two written exams constituted employment discrimination against minorities in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Facebook: The New Recruit in the Recruiting Game
Watch out LinkedIn: a raft of new recruiting apps help companies better scout for talent from inside Facebook, the 800 million member social network.
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Pepsi Settles EEOC Charges of Racial Bias in Screenings for $3M
Under Pepsi's former policy, job applicants who had been arrested pending prosecution were not hired for a permanent job even if they had never been convicted of any offense.
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Best Practices in Recruiting & Candidate Sourcing
Best Practices White Paper Series - Securing the best in talent is tough work. With leaner departments and an increasingly complicated talent search, do you have the best path to fill your organization with high-performance workforce when the opportunity strikes? Download the Best Practices in
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Mercer CEO Resigns to Head Retirement Policy Center
The purpose of the center, Marsh & McLennan announced Oct. 4, ‘will be to become a catalyst for new ideas and perspectives on retirement and to educate the public and key constituents on retirement public policy issues.’
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How Do We Determine an Applicant's Flexibility and Problem-Solving Skill?
I have been told to look for the following traits/competencies when interviewing job applicants:
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How Do We Effectively Recruit Our Next Execs?
Dear Changes: Executive selection is a critical part of a company's strategy and often includes internal and external candidates. There are a few definitive steps to ensure that the "right" executive is selected. This process is important whether your company uses an external search firm or
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Dear Workforce How Do We Curb Toxic Employee Behaviors?
I am HR Manager a nonprofit mental-health organization. Many managers are complaining about poor workplace behaviors of employees. Although not illegal, these behaviors are unhealthy and unproductive. Employees do not seem capable of getting along with each other, and it's harming our ability to ...
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Unemployed Applicants in the Hiring Process: Ensuring Proper Treatment and Documentation
Suppose unemployed applicants charge that they were not hired because of their unemployment status. They could allege that, despite the absence of any written policy, hiring managers abide by an unwritten policy to exclude unemployed applicants. It’s up to the company—and HR leaders in ...
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New Tool Gauges Cost Benefits When Hiring Disabled Workers
The tool focuses on three federal tax incentive programs: the Work Opportunity Credit, which can provide a maximum $2,400 tax credit; the Disabled Access Credit, which helps small businesses defray the cost of providing special equipment; and the Architectural Barrier Removal Tax Deduction, which
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Background-Check Tool Keeps Tabs on Sex Harassment Cases
Since mid-2010, the latest technology tool by ebosswatch.com has been nearly as popular among human resources and hiring managers as it has been with job seekers.
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Legal Experts Stress That Social Media Background Checks Create Risks
Performing an Internet search on a job applicant is akin to interviewing them, according to a lawyer who spoke at a session on social media at the annual Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. conference in Vancouver.
