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The 70% rule of hiring: When ‘hired’ is better than ‘perfect’
As a hiring manager, one of the most important aspects of your job is to hire and onboard the right people for the company. Afte...

Auditing to improve the HR workflow
Auditing is a critical part of any business, but most of us think about financial auditing when the term is brought up. All corp...

Why companies outsource recruitment (and why you shouldn’t)
Not every company can do every function. When your company is small, you can’t afford experts in every aspect of the business, s...

Struggling with your remote team? Learn from someone who’s managed it for years
Workable's VP of Design Zaharenia Atzitzikaki walks us through the challenges of remote management, maintaining human connection...

Marketing through uncertainty: 6 tips from a marketing leader
A few years into my career at a large advertising agency, I experienced my first economic downturn as a business professional. T...

How to reinvent your tech hiring in a remote-first world
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a polarizing impact on business across different industries. According to Moody’s Analytics, mor...

Tips for first-time hiring managers
Here's a scenario: You've just been promoted to a managerial position and, in preparation for aggressive growth in 2020, you’ve ...

Starting a business in another country: Learn from those who did it
Opening a business in a new country comes with its own set of unique challenges, from cultural differences to compliance issues ...

The Pragmatic Recruiting Framework: A lesson from marketing
I’m not a fan of the tired rhetoric of “Recruitment is just like X”. But let’s face facts: every discipline can learn something ...

Need a new ATS? No one cares, unless you speak their language
Imagine this: You’ve just come out of a big meeting where you’ve learned that your company plans to expand staff by 50% by the e...

How to fire an employee gracefully: 5 ways to do it right
When you’re in a new relationship, you’re filled with enthusiasm, making plans for your future together. You certainly don’t thi...

The most common recruiting challenges and how to overcome them
Recruiting in this day and age is a challenge, indeed. It's getting more so with leaner teams and leaner budgets – but with...