Cultivate a New Appreciation For Online-Screening Tools

It isn’t uncommon for employers to receive more than 500 applications for a single job. Many companies have databases containing more than 1 million resumes. To manage these huge volumes, companies increasingly are using online staffing-assessment tools to screen and select candidates. These questionnaires and tests allow companies to sort through hundreds of applications rapidly

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9 Do’s & Don’ts for Firing Employees

Proceed with Caution If you’re an employer you’ve likely had to fire people. It’s never easy and the process can be fraught with hazards. If you must let someone go, be quick, be kind and be careful. Keep in mind these nine tips for terminating an employee. 9. Consider It Carefully DO Consider the need

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5 Ways to Spot a Problem Employee

Identify Bad Employees Before They Become a Major Problem Find Them Before They Spoil the Bunch As a business owner and/or manager, you work hard and spend a considerable amount of time and money on hiring the right people. Prior experience, references and whether or not the person will fit into your company’s culture are

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What’s Your Workplace Personality?

Find Out Which of the 12 Career Archetypes You Fit Into. What’s Your Career Personality Type? We all know good, qualified people who just couldn’t succeed at a certain company. Why not? Many times it’s because they just weren’t the right cultural fit. This fit — which has less to do with your qualifications and

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5 Universal Skills Every Employer Should Value

No Matter the Job, Employers Should Hire Workers with These Universal Skills Which Skills Are Always Valued? Every job in every field at each individual company is different. But while each job has a unique set of skill requirements, there are several skills which are required in all jobs. Apart from the specific technical skills, each

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The $100,000 Job Title Increase

Real Life Story of How a Better Job Title Leads to a Salary Boost Down the Line There was a great episode of Cheers long ago where the dim-witted Woody was duped into accepting the higher title of “Senior Bartender” over a pay raise. (For those under 30, Cheers was a sitcom in the 80s

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The 10 Best Interview Questions to Ask.

    In today’s technology crunched world, many experts have written off the importance of asking good and relevant interview questions. Good interview questions reveal a lot about a prospective candidate. They can tell the employer if the employee will fit in the office culture or not.  They can show if the employee has all

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Jobs in New York.

  Ideally you will need to be living in the NYC area. I know what you`re thinking – how are you supposed to afford living in NYC without already having a job here first? It seems backwards, but the truth is that most employers simply aren`t going to bother hiring you if you don`t have

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