Hiring
20 Benefits of Hiring Remote and Virtual Employees
There are many ways to hire an employee. You can have employees who work in the office full time. You can have employees who work from home part of the time. And, as the pandemic has shown to be more viable than many imagined, you can have employees who work remotely. Remote work is nothing…
Read More13 Employee Selection Techniques and Methods (With Pros and Cons)
The process of hiring a new employee is harsh and resource-intensive. Many competing interests are vying for the attention of every good candidate. At the same time, your organization must identify high-quality candidates from a sea of less qualified applicants. Thus, your company must establish a process whereby you can filter applicants, identify the most…
Read More8 Leadership Tips for Building a High-Performance Team
Throughout the world of business, there are average teams, and then there are high-performance teams. High-performance teams are a wonder to behold. They work well together, they’re unerringly efficient, on target, and highly effective. They’re the dream of every manager and every executive, and they’re capable of immensely benefitting the business that they work for.…
Read MoreIs It Better to Hire at The Beginning or The End of The Year?
Some companies treat hiring as a fickle, variable process. A position opens up, they put out a job ad for it, they hire the best candidate that comes along, and repeat the whole process when it happens again. Other companies treat hiring more like a science. Sociology dictates that there are going to be ebbs…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Hiring Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals
Diversity is important in any workplace. Diversity also means more than just making sure different genders and races are represented. You can, and should, hire people with disabilities as well. Yes, you will probably have to implement extra accommodations to make sure such employees can thrive in your workplace. Yes, you may have to combat…
Read MoreScreening Software Engineers – Tips for IT Recruiters
Although IT recruiters have the same challenges as recruiters of other types of positions and industries, they also face some challenges that are unique to the IT industry and IT candidates. All recruiters needs to find good sources of candidates, find a large enough pool of qualified candidates, attract passive candidates, and find candidates with…
Read MoreHow to Interview a Rock Star Recruiter
Here at ContractRecruiter.com, we have over the years developed and refined a successful and repeatable process for screening and interviewing corporate-side, contract recruiters that has served us well. I thought I’d share it with my readers so that you too can think about adopting it for your own organization. I use the term “contract…
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