Did you hire an employee based on personality only to realizes they are not the right candidate for the job? Let’s say you are hiring an executive administrative assistant for a VP. The Vice Presid…

We hear a lot about the importance of personal branding for job seekers, but does the job of building your brand end when your real job begins? Paul Copcutt, a globally recognized personal brand ex…

Hiring the best people doesn’t necessarily mean hiring the best applicant as quickly as possible, Lou Adler writes. Have an integrated review process for applicants with the goal of developing leaders and not just filling available positions, Adler recommends.

When Adobe’s executives discovered the high costs — in dollars and in attrition — of their annual performance-review process, they scrapped it. The company now uses a yearlong feedback process with annual goals, regular check-ins and a career-development plan.

Although I am fortunate to not have been a job seeker for many years, I have many colleagues, friends and family that were affected by one our country’s most difficult economic tragedies. I have had the opportunity to help some of them in their job searches. The most important thing that I have stressed is […]

Role Playing in an Interview: Here’s Why It’s an Effective Hiring Technique While many companies hire based on candidate experience, others find raw talent to be a stronger harbinger of success …

One-fifth of human resources managers report continued difficulty with understanding and complying with the Affordable Care Act, but that is down from 31% in 2010, according to data from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Big data is a big deal, and will continue to be. HiringSolved takes a look at its applications in business, innovation, and now talent acquisition.

This infographic provides a deeper look into why Generation Y is having such a hard time finding jobs out of college.

Even though LinkedIn was designed to facilitate business relationships from the Silicon Valley based founders, it was quickly adopted by jobseekers and recruiters. And became known as a job hunting site. But it is so much more than that! Over 225 million business professionals use it to not only source candidates, but find prospects, create […]

This year marks the 65th annual SHRM Conference and the O.C. Tanner team is excited to once again participate. We asked our SHRM veterans (some of whom have been attending for decades) what they would recommend for first time attendees and this is their list of must-have items: Comfortable Shoes: You will be standing or […]

We’ve been thinking about the appraisal season at a company, when managers must answer questions about employees’ “interpersonal” and “teamwork” skills, and employees often dread the resultant meetings because no one likes the process, but everyone recognizes that it will be tied into raises, bonuses and opportunities for advancement within the company. In this process, […]

The EEOC continued its crusade to fight discrimination by way of litigation this week.Take a closer look at the claims and what employers need to know.

It is important to note that Snowden probably submitted to the Grand Daddy of all employee background checks by both Booz Allen and the NSA before he was hired