Spring into Success: How Hiring Contract Workers Can Help Your IT Business Blossom
As an IT business owner, you’re always on the lookout for ways to optimize your operations and maximize your profits. One of the best ways to achieve both of these goals is by hiring contract workers. In this blog post, we’ll explore the various benefits of hiring contract workers in IT businesses, and how you […]
[Guide] 5 Tips to Combat Favoritism in Your Hiring Practices
Hiring teams are likely well aware that it is illegal and unethical to discriminate against candidates based on “race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability.” However, it’s also essential to ensure that your hiring practices aren’t allowing favoritism to guide staffing decisions in your workplace. Favoritism in hiring certainly can cross into the […]
Which Personality Tests Are Best for Corporate Candidates?
When hiring to fill corporate-level positions, you need to find people with the right personality for the role. Most candidates at that level have the skills, or they wouldn’t be applying (or in your sights as passive candidates) in the first place. Culture fit and a personality that works with your company are much more […]
Blind Recruitment: How Does Anonymous Hiring Work?
In 2020, many of the biggest companies in the U.S. announced initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion. There are many different strategies that organizations can use to increase diversity in the workplace, one of which is implementing blind recruitment in the hiring process. The idea behind blind recruitment is that hiring teams, even if they […]
Staff Augmentation Guide: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Whether you’re trying to bring a product to launch faster, test out new potential markets, or increase production for a short period of time, staff augmentation can be a powerful tool to help your business stay flexible and grow. However, there’s a lot of confusion about what staff augmentation is, exactly. If you start to […]
Passive vs Active Candidates: What’s The Difference?
When reading any hiring guide, you’ve probably come across the terms “active” and “passive” regarding your potential candidates. Do you know what they mean? This guide is mainly for HR novices, new hires, and individuals who aren’t immersed in their terminology. The definitions are relatively simple, though the repercussions of them and how you treat […]
What is a Candidate Journey Map? (And Why You Need One)
Any time you need to hire someone, you go through a process. You put out job ads, filter your candidate pool, schedule and conduct interviews, review the results, and make a decision. In broad strokes, progressing through those stages is known as the candidate journey. Let’s say that you want to improve your hiring process. […]
12 Tips When You Received Too Many Job Applications
Your company has an open role you need to fill. Maybe you have a handful of them, or it’s an ongoing process to fill low-level positions with constant churn. Whatever the reason is, you’ve put up a job posting, and the applications are starting to come in. There’s just one problem. There are thousands of […]
IQ and Aptitude Tests: Are They Legal in Your Hiring Process?
Many different laws cover the employment process. Navigating the laws and compliance problems that can arise is a critical part of a successful hiring team. When developing a hiring process, you may encounter a variety of tests and assessments, or mention thereof, that can be used to refine your candidate pool and help pick the […]
One-Way Interviews: The Pros and Cons for Hiring Managers
There are many ways to go about hiring someone for an open position. One such option is the one-way video interview. It’s a technique that has risen in popularity over the years but may be on the decline. Is it worth using? What are the pros and cons? Read on to find out. What is […]
