In Episode 23 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn talks with former HR exec and workplace expert Laurie Ruettimann, digging into her past and present views on … Read more
Best Hire Ever: Impact of Multicultural California Voting Down Prop 16 on Future DEI Programs
In Episode 22 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn talks with California resident (born and bred), news editor, and professor John Hollon about the defeat of … Read more
Is It OK to Hire Someone With a Racist Background?
In light of the current social-justice movement, companies large and small are scrupulously examining their policies, positions, and practices for evidence … Read more
The Legal Lounge: Hiring the “Un-Hireable”
Hopefully, we all now know that employers not only have the right but are right to fire employees for racist rants or jokes that go viral. But what happens … Read more
“I Googled a Candidate. Here’s Why.”
Google. A website, turned verb. The way we learn just about everything now (just Google it). A giant time-waster. Yet also, a treasure trove of … Read more
Your Best Candidates Will Cheat on Pre-Hire Assessments
Do candidates cheat on pre-hire assessments? That depends on what you classify as cheating. For the purposes of this article, I’m not referring to … Read more
Strategy Safari: Should You Google Candidates?
Editor’s Note: You are reading the first article by ERE’s new strategy and leadership columnist, Mary Faulkner. In case you missed the post and video … Read more
Would You Hire Someone With Typos on a Résumé?
“I hired someone with three typos on their résumé. She was the most detailed-oriented person I’ve ever worked with. I hired someone without a college … Read more
It’s OK to Hire Average Employees
Is your company average? Chances are, your business isn’t leading your field, and that’s OK. Not every organization can be Google or Facebook. Yet still, … Read more
Experience Doesn’t Predict New-Hire Success: Avoid This Most Expensive Hiring Error
If you’re involved in hiring, it’s critical that you act on this startling revelation: “Experience doesn’t predict a new hire’s success.” Hiring with a … Read more
Hit Your Competitors Where It Hurts — Adopt the Hire-to-Hurt Strategy
Access to this article is limited to fierce competitors Most CEOs are fierce competitors. They love my strategy of “targeting your competitor’s top … Read more
Hey Google, Your Job Board Needs a Lot of Work
Google for Jobs was launched to much fanfare. I lost track of the number of commentators saying … ”This is the moment Indeed has dreaded blah blah … Read more
These May Be Your Best Hires
They’re among the best performers at Google. And they may be among your best performers. But they’re an often-overlooked source of hire. Your … Read more
4 Reasons Indeed Might Be ‘Crazy Like a Fox’ to Block Google for Jobs
I give Indeed a lot of grief for not participating in Google for Jobs and not letting the search giant index its job postings. For years, Indeed has gotten … Read more
Google Enhances Job Search API to Provide Commute Info, Multiple Language Support
Of the three solutions Google launched targeted at helping job seekers and employers come together, the job search API, dubbed Cloud Talent Solution, gets … Read more
Why Structured Interviews Are the Best Way to Hire
Have you ever asked different people how the same movie was and received different reactions and emotions? The conversation could flow like this: Will: How … Read more
Hire Smarter … Based on the Way That a Candidate Solves Problems
The Most Effective Problem Solvers Are Intellectually Curious and Consultative Once you realize that most of the work done by professional-level employees … Read more
Hiretual Adds Market Insights and Candidate Personas to Its Candidate Sourcing Tool
Google might disagree, but LinkedIn is the gold standard when it comes to people data. There are a lot of sourcing tools that beat their chest about the … Read more
Hire for the Company, Not for a Manager
Hiring by committee is a critical decision that you must make in the early days of the company, or must instate if it’s not present. No single individual, … Read more
Do You Google Every Candidate You Screen? A Cautionary Tale
The Assignment: Find a site director for a 250+ employee pharmaceutical contract manufacturing site in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, area. The … Read more