by Caroline | Jan 13, 2016 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Non profit HR, Recruiting, rewards
There are a lot of cool new ways to recruit people. Apps that let you recommend friends. Tools that mine your social footprint for competency. Google even has its “Rabbit Hole” program where it recognizes certain people as innovative because of their search terms and...
by Caroline | Dec 16, 2015 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Recruiting
Not that you need reminding, but there are just two more weeks until we celebrate the end of 2015 and usher in a new year. Not to be downer but…new rules are about to kick in across the country in terms of 2016 employment law changes. I am sure most organizations are...
by Caroline | Nov 20, 2015 | Assessments, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Last week I wrote a blog about the perils of leaning too heavily on personality profiles for hiring, which bothered some people who are in the industry. Lest I be misunderstood, I don’t think we should ditch personality profiles. They’re a really useful tool as a part...
by Caroline | Nov 4, 2015 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting, teamwork
Every year around this time, retailers, restaurants and others who are gearing up for holiday traffic start hiring their seasonal workers. Of course they’re not the only ones with seasonal work demand. Tax companies will need folks in a few months and resorts and...
by Caroline | Sep 16, 2015 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management
People always say: Hire slow and fire fast, but I don’t think most people understand what that really means. I think it’s construed as “Be careful who you hire and when it turns out they’re not great, get rid of ‘em.” That’s not the point of Hire slow and fire fast....
by Caroline | Sep 5, 2015 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
One thing that candidates often tell me when they’ve been interviewed by a company I work with is: “I know a lot about the company now. But they didn’t ask me anything about myself.” Argh! I know exactly what happened in that interview. The hiring manager and others...
