Posts Tagged ‘hiring’
Pre-employment Medical Tests: Tips For Employers
Do you conduct pre-employment medical tests as part of your recruitment and selection process? Are you following the right procedures in conducting medical or physical examination for prospective employees? Many employers usually ask candidates to undergo a battery of medical tests at the final stage of the recruitment t process often as a routine practice…
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Get More Job Interviews By Doing Less (but with purpose)
Guest Post By Keith Mackay Keith Mackay is Managing Director of Resume Right , a business helping professional clients with career documents such as resumes, bios and LinkedIn profiles and providing real-world career advice and guidance. Keith is an experienced head-hunter and executive recruiter, previously MD and Partner of several major search companies. There are…
Read MoreEmployee Moonlighting: A Guide For Employers
To use a cliche, times are hard. Many employees now have to work additional jobs (aka moonlighting) in order to make ends meet. If you are the principal employer of such employees, there may be issues for you to consider. Should you ask the employee not to work additional jobs or should you ignore it?…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions About Background Checks [INFOGRAPHIC]
Guest Post: Michael Klazema has been developing products for pre-employment screening and improving online customer experiences in the background screening industry since 2009. You hear about it in the news, on the radio, and on television. Workplace violence on the rise. Embezzlement on the rise. Sexual harassment on the rise. Background checks on…
Read MoreCan Pre-Employment Tests Help Candidate Selection?
Companies live and die by the quality of workers they recruit. For this reason, companies over the years have sought out ways to screen applicants in order to select the right candidate(s) for the job. One way of selecting employees is by the use of pre-employment tests such as skills tests, psychological tests, aptitude…
Read MoreReasons To Use A Background Check Company To Screen Potential Hires
It is important nowadays to use background checks. It is an essential step in making sure you are hiring the right person. The level of exaggeration and outright lying on resumes has made it necessary to carry out background check. Companies want to identify serious issues in the candidate’s personal or work history. However, there…
Read MoreHow To Improve Employee Engagement
Are your employees happy? Engagement is a popular topic among human resources professionals because they are aware of the importance of having employees that are happy with their jobs. Employee engagement has strong links to profitability, customer satisfaction and turnover. So how do you ensure your employees are engaged? -> Make employee engagement part of…
Read MoreTips To Handle An Upcoming Phone Interview
Recruiters often use phone interviews to reduce the number of applicants before a face to face or panel interview. In the past, phone interviews were a very short not-so-detailed affair. Job seekers could afford to take it less seriously. Nowadays, with the increase in the number of people seeking employment, phone interviews have become more…
Read MoreHow To Create Diversity In Your Company
This is the twenty first century. Over the years, new trends and technologies have emerged in the workplace. At the same time, there has been a greater understanding of the need to be inclusive in hiring practices. Diversity does not necessarily mean minority. It means having people from all strata of life. This helps…
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