Navigating the Fast-moving Credit-check Laws

ERE Articles, Thu, 02 Sep 2010

In the next Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, I take a four-part look at credit checks in the employment process. I outline the current federal limitations on an employers’ ability to obtain and use information regarding an applicant’s or employee’s credit history. I delineate the current proposed amendments to federal statutes. I look at recently [.....

More Consolidation in the HR Space: Kenexa Deals for Salary.com

ERE Articles, Wed, 01 Sep 2010

HR software maker Kenexa will have a lot to talk about at its annual Kenexa World Conference later this month in Philadelphia. That’s because Kenexa announced today that it has agreed to acquire compensation specialist Salary.com in an all cash offer for $80 million, or $4.07 per share. According to a press release from Kenexa, [......

Employment Branding: Satisfy the Psychological Contract

ERE Articles, Mon, 30 Aug 2010

In the September Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, I write about branding in a way that, hopefully, you haven’t thought about before. There has been a lot of talk about employment branding recently and how organizations are dedicating more and more of their resources toward their branding intitiatives. In all the noise and in the [......

Resume Red Flags for Employers

Human Resources, Mon, 30 Aug 2010

Writing about background checking recently, my research showed that resume and credential fraud is escalating. For example, in a recent SHRM study, 64% of HR professionals did not extend a job offer to a potential employee because their background reference check showed inaccurate dates of previous employment. Falsified education credentials are increasing, too. .....

Real Time Location Recruiting: Using Emerging Technology to Meet Prospects

John Sullivan, Mon, 30 Aug 2010

Dr John Sullivan and Master Burnett The smart phone and the applications associated with it are radically changing the game for advanced, technically savvy recruiters (others need not read on unless you like shaking your head in disbelief). For those not afraid of evolution and innovation, an emerging class of “location aware” social networking applications [...]

Do HR Leaders Need Degrees?

Human Resources, Thu, 26 Aug 2010

It's back to school time of the year so my email is filling up with requests for school recommendations and requests for a list of the best classes to take in an HR program. Common also throughout the year are requests for dissertation and masters thesis topics. ......

Search for the Guilty and Empowerment

Human Resources, Fri, 20 Aug 2010

After ten years of writing this website and covering just about every imaginable topic in HR - okay, so I'm still missing a few - certain articles stand out for their value contribution. This is one of them. ......

5 Tips for Getting Ready for College Recruiting in 2011

Kevin Wheeler, Thu, 12 Aug 2010

It’s almost back-to-school time, and many of you are getting ready to hit the campus circuit (something I’ll talk much more about  at 4 p.m. on October 27, in Florida). If you are like most recruiters I know, you will be — unfortunately — falling into the routine of setting up and delivering information sessions [......

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