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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...

Talent attraction: Why Maslow thinks your job ads suck

Are you a recruiter in a terrifyingly drab business park 30 minutes from the “cool” downtown core or city center? Getting cricke...

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...

Seven lessons from Doist on hiring remote employees

Imagine your workforce is so diverse your employees come from 26 countries. Getting applicants for your roles is never a problem...

The ethics and etiquette of employee poaching

Is employee poaching ethical? Yes. It is ethical, but it might not always be legal.* Here is why: * This post does not impart le...

How to find good employees: hire for skills, not talent

Talent is a feel-good word for describing good job candidates. But, framing talent as the main recruiting and retention issue fo...

Does anyone advertise jobs in newspapers anymore?

Remember when the classifieds section of the local paper was the obvious place to look for a job?  Back at the dawn of...