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James Schreier
April 15, 2013 12:00 PM
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By Howard Mavity Hopefully you are aware of the continuing escalation of all forms of whistleblower and retaliation claims, including under the 21 anti-retaliation laws enforced by special …
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James Schreier
April 8, 2013 2:29 PM
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Do your managers expect employees to check their emails and other messaging options after hours or on the weekends? (That's sort of everybody, isn't it.) Well, here's an FLSA alert for you, …
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James Schreier
April 1, 2013 10:20 AM
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As a recruiter, I speak so often to candidates about the importance of being clear about their personal brand statement. It is critical to know your strengths, the sweet spot of your skill …
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James Schreier
March 25, 2013 10:51 AM
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Much has been written (and a lot of it by me) about how employees are ready to jump to another job as soon as another good opportunity comes along. This should be a concern for employers, …
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James Schreier
March 18, 2013 11:50 AM
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The vast majority (75 percent) of workers who applied to jobs using various resources in the last year said they never heard back from the employer, according to a nationwide CareerBuilder survey.
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James Schreier
March 18, 2013 9:33 AM
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What the workforce will look like in 2020, 2030, or 2050 doesn’t really matter. The numbers are interesting, but how much will they really affect your business?
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James Schreier
March 14, 2013 5:00 AM
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Years ago, I asked HR professionals to stop Googling candidates. In short, it is dumb and lazy. It is an unreliable and invalid way of discerning a candidate’s knowledge, skills and …
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James Schreier
February 18, 2013 7:03 AM
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“My relationship with one office bully is strained beyond what could be productive. Her emails are attempts to put me in my place.
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James Schreier
February 18, 2013 6:53 AM
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For the past 30 years I’ve been on a kick to ban traditional skills -- and experience-based job descriptions.
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Jim Schreier
February 13, 2013 8:15 AM
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(Note: we’ll be discussing how to write legally defensible job descriptions with a top labor law attorney in a complimentary webcast on February 19. This post describes some of the problems
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James Schreier
February 2, 2013 5:35 PM
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The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired: Lou Adler: Amazon.com: Kindle Store
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James Schreier
January 25, 2013 8:14 AM
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Having trouble landing a job? It's all about the employer's needs, not the candidate’s. Here are some tips on how to ace a phone screening interview.
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James Schreier
January 8, 2013 11:09 AM
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The average supervisor has been managing for 10 years before he gets any training.
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James Schreier
April 8, 2013 4:24 PM
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Here are 10 ways to guarantee that your best people will quit: 10. Treat everyone equally. This may sound good, but your employees are not equal. Some are worth more because they produce …
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James Schreier
April 3, 2013 11:13 AM
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If you’re not getting exceptional hires, it may be because your traditional interview process is simply not designed to excite them.
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April 1, 2013 8:50 AM
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The other day, after a series of workshops on retiree health care for one of our clients, I decided I needed to unwind. It was time to rid my mind of HR issues completely, and enjoy some …
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James Schreier
March 18, 2013 12:48 PM
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I'm a fairly recent grad, and as disheartening as this may be, it was nowhere near easy to land a job--or even an interview--after graduation.
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James Schreier
March 18, 2013 10:48 AM
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You know what position I would love to apply for!? Junior (Jr.) Human Resource Manager, said no one ever! I hate spending three seconds on job descriptions, because JD’s just scream …
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James Schreier
March 14, 2013 6:53 AM
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As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent available. By default, they wind up hiring …
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James Schreier
March 14, 2013 4:50 AM
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To help recruiters, a startup called Gild has created a database of four million software developers and rated their work. Could other fields be next?
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James Schreier
February 18, 2013 6:59 AM
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Intuit’s Fast Tack blog did a great job summarizing trends and predictions for 2013 based on PwC Saratoga’s 2012/2013 US Human Capital Effectiveness Report and The Herman Group’s …...
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James Schreier
February 18, 2013 6:48 AM
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Yes, most applicants don’t really want a job -- they want a career. They may not openly confess to their employer that this is what they want. Heck, they may not even admit it to …
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James Schreier
February 4, 2013 8:30 AM
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TV cops have it all figured out. Just watch their interrogations. One guy comes in strong, slamming his fists on the table and screaming like a madman. Whoa. Just as the suspect gets nervous …
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James Schreier
January 28, 2013 6:18 PM
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The rate of misrepresentation of education claims on resumes, calculated semi-annually as the Liars Index®, fell back again in the second half of 2012, declining to 14.00 percent, the lowest semi-annual calculation in four years. The rolling average for the last two years moderated to 20.75 percent, the lowest rate since mid-2011. Check out http://judewerra.com!
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James Schreier
January 14, 2013 9:58 AM
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When we ask job applicants what they do when they don’t know what to do, we learn a lot about these potential employees.
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