Posts Tagged With: screening
Social gaming in workplace recruiting is fun and engaging
I haven’t played video games since the original Legend of Zelda “back in the day” when I was in college. Nope, no Farmville or Bejeweled or any of those silly Facebook games either. Well, at least until Angry Birds came out, which I unfortunately succumbed to, but no matter who tries to tell me it’s &hellip Continue reading
Online testing improves quality of hire
Companies just can’t keep up with the volume of job applicants today. And with the unfortunate job news of late, more and more people are continuing to look for work, whether recently unemployed, out of work for some time now, or those unhappily employed looking for new work. While the argument can be made that &hellip Continue reading
Again with the reference checking
“Yes, I’d like to ask you about Bobby Sue and the work she did for you. Do you have a few minutes?” “Well, I can really only tell you what her title was and how long she worked for us.” Really? *sigh* You’ve heard it before and you’ve probably said the same thing when someone &hellip Continue reading
Interviewing and getting better at the know of fit
Ah, the job interview. The all-important transaction between job candidate and potential employer. You’ve screened out and assessed in the most qualified top tier of applicants. Maybe out of 10 total, or maybe out of 10,000. Whatever the math, you’re both ready to sit and talk for the first time. You invite the job applicant &hellip Continue reading
HR Thought Police? Really?
Unfortunately I did it. More than once. A long, long time ago. Sending “inappropriate” emails that is. No litigation or publicity, and no lives were threatened or damaged, just bad decision making on my part and lessons learned. What, you ask, were those inappropriate emails? Are you kidding me? Like I said, it was a &hellip Continue reading
