Monday, January 27, 2014

Creative Recruiting: 7 Innovative Ways to Land Your Dream Hire If you want to avoid sifting through a stack of poorly written resumes and find your dream hire, simple ad postings just aren’t going to cut it. While posting ads online might be effective in hiring entry-level employees, the most skilled professionals aren’t likely scouring Monster.com or CareerBuilder for employment opportunities. In the current “talent war,” many companies...

How to hire and keep top performers [INFO GRAPHIC] You know how hard it is to find A-list players — and then hold on to them once you get them. Here are some good tips every HR manager have at his or her disposal. The info is courtesy of Jobvite — and comes in a handy, easy-to-read info graphic. Here are some of the highlights: What to do What are the best tactics for finding top performers? Jobvite suggests that firms: mine...

They gave him the job he asked for — and he said it was ‘adverse employment action’ You’d think that giving an employee the transfer he applied for would make him happy. Instead, it got this firm sued – and an appeals court has remanded the case for trial.   Apparently, ’tis the season for crackbrain legal rulings. You’ll remember the recent story of a federal court awarding legal fees of $700,000 to a plaintiff who...