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Hire or Fire: 4 Things to Consider Before Dismissing a Candidate
In search for this week’s topics I stumbled across the blog Workforce. Workforce is an HR blog that covers various topics concerning employers. It is a great resource that provides advice through blog posts, webinars, publications and Q&A from its audience.It was...
Successful Recruiting: The Value of Partnerships
TGIF, am I right? We don’t know about you, but it feels like this week was tough to get through.Kidnappings in Nigeria.Severe weather. Unrest in Ukraine.We could all use a little lightness in our day today. So, in honor of Mother’s Day (This Sunday! Get your cards,...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week: May 5 – 8
Our Pick of the Week came early this week! Happy Thursday everyone! Please check out what the following blogs had to say about HR trends, news and more. Below is a list of our top five favorite posts from this week. Check back every Friday for five more!Three Musts to...
Social Recruiting: Are you doing it right?
Let’s just put it out there. If you’re not recruiting via social media, you may still think it’s cool to party like it’s 1999. No offense to his majesty, but times have changed.Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Instagram, Vimeo, Pinterest. All you really...
Hiring with Diversity Tools: Is that Legal?
I read this headline the other day: As Firms Seek Minority Hires, Social-Media Tool May HelpAt first it struck me as inappropriate, I mean that’s the core of discrimination right?As inappropriate as it may seem the subject comes at a very appropriate time. One of our...
Workplace Violence Awareness: Always Screen Candidates Before Placement
It’s happened again.FedEx shooting suspect armed 'like Rambo,' witness saysGeorgia FedEx Gunman Used Shotgun to Injure Six, Shoot Himself, Police SaidPolice: FedEx worker wounds 6 in Georgia, then kills himselfOn Tuesday, a lone gunman wounded six people in a FedEx...
Active Screening’s Pick of the Week – Apr 28- May 2
Check out what the following blogs had to say about HR trends, news and more. Below is a list of our top five favorite posts from this week. Check back every Friday for five more! The Realistic Job Preview is Back If you want to reduce turnover it’s time you start...
Tip Toeing On The Edge: Is That Discrimination?
We’ve covered plenty of ground in our discussion about discrimination. ICYMI: Avoiding Discriminatory Hiring Practices Age Discrimination 101 Figuring out if what you’re experiencing really is discrimination may be harder than you think. Even though you are...
Part Two: How Well Do You Know Your CRA?
This morning I was talking to my husband about the last time we flew. As we sat in the airport we witnessed the staff training a bomb-sniffing dog. We started to talk about the airport employees and what they probably go through to get hired. Tests, training and...
Unusual types of Discrimination: A look at Age Discrimination
If employment bloggers haven’t already lit up the internet with Hillary Clinton’s latest comment, then it’s all the proof we need that no one really cares about age discrimination.But they should. You should. You really, really, really should.The Cost of Age...