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Topic: Hiring


In the News (Wed 23 Dec 09)

  
  hiring guide at institutional equity
Hiring units are strongly encouraged to consult with the Office for Institutional Equity to assure compliance with form, content and scope of recruitment.
The planning unit head is ultimately responsible for hiring and required to inform committee members of their obligations and responsibilities to accomplish affirmative action.
Hiring Committees are asked to make their "best guess" with regard to assessing a candidate's race, residency status, and veteran status.
www.ohio.edu /equity/hiringguide.cfm   (5083 words)

  
  U.Va. Human Resources: Guide to Hiring Classified Staff
Hiring officials must be sure to follow the internal job posting procedures established in your school or department, since there may be additional internal requirements regarding the posting of jobs.
Hiring officials who are not satisfied with the quality of the applicant pool should contact UHR's Office of Recruitment and Staffing to discuss whether the existing job posting needs to be revised or whether additional recruitment efforts may be needed.
Hiring officials need to keep in mind that UHR does not send notification letters to the unsuccessful candidates who were interviewed, the hiring department is expected to do so.
www.hrs.virginia.edu /employment/staffing/classhiring/default.html   (5045 words)

  
 Human Resources | Hiring (Staff)
The hiring needs of each department within KSAS are determined by the department and are initiated by the department.
Hiring salary is determined jointly by the hiring official, recruiter, and KSAS HR Manager based on established salary ranges, candidate qualifications/experience, equity within KSAS, and financial constraints.
However, if a temp hired through Kelly Services is a successful candidate for an open position which they have held on a temporary basis, there is no financial penalty to the university for hiring the temp.
www.jhu.edu /kasper/human_resources/hiring.html   (1396 words)

  
 Compliance Assistance By Topic - Hiring Issues
There are a number of federal laws that employers must follow when hiring employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) administers and enforces laws affecting the hiring of employees under the age of 18, veterans, and certain foreign workers.
DOL is also responsible for laws that ensure that federal contractors and grantees provide equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees.
www.dol.gov /compliance/topics/hiring-issues.htm   (213 words)

  
 Hiring Center | Powered by Monster.com
Business-wise, the hiring process is too important, and the potential costs of hiring unsuitable employees too high, to bypass a potentially important source of information, even if often this potential does not materialize.
In many cases the employee will be in the dark, never learning that a bad reference caused a decision not to hire him or her.
Additionally, to avoid negligent hiring claims other aspects of a background investigation, such as police and driving record checks, may be necessary.
hiring.inc.com /columns/glenard/20050228.html   (1807 words)

  
 Hiring Process and Job Description Business Tool
Hiring is one of the toughest elements of small business management.
What makes hiring even more challenging than bookkeeping, business planning, or many other business challenges is that help with the hiring process is difficult to find.
Throughout the entire hiring process, you also need to evaluate candidates to determine how they will mesh with your company culture and the team members you have in place.
www133.americanexpress.com /osbn/tool/hiring/intro.asp   (413 words)

  
 Legal Interview Questions and Hiring Guidelines
Fair hiring laws were enacted to give every candidate a fair shake in the interview and selection process.
The planning process described in Part 1 of this series prepares you to ask candidates about only the essential skills and qualifications required, and helps prevent you from asking off-the-cuff questions that could be illegal.
As an HR professional, it is your job to train and guide hiring managers and other company interviewers in fair hiring practices.
hiring.monster.com /resourcecenter/legal_interview.aspx?ecomad=rcalegalinterview   (856 words)

  
 Media Matters - CNN reportedly hires radio host Glenn Beck
Hiring Glenn Beck to promote the conservative agenda anywhere is like hiring Archie Bunker........reasonable people see right through their hyperbole and over the top comments for exactly what they are - ratings and attention grabbers.
Either CNN is hiring someone who doesn't fit with their viewers needs, showing that they have a right-wing bias that overwhelms their obligations to journalism, or a disproportionate number of their viewers are "unreasonable".
Beck's hiring, close on the heels of Bennett's is once again proof positive CNN is determined to shed the label of "Clinton News Network" it earned during his administration.
mediamatters.org /items/200601170001   (2271 words)

  
 TriMetrix Assessment System - Sales Assessment For Screening & Hiring
Hiring mistakes are especially painful when it comes to sales positions…not only in terms of monetary cost, but also in terms of training time, lost opportunity cost and the potential of losing valuable, hard-won clients.
Hiring managers often make a fatal mistake – they base their hiring decisions on job skills and selling skills.
Once you identify and hire the RIGHT person, and you know exactly how to manage that person, you won’t have to struggle to keep them motivated and you won’t have to worry about them leaving your organization.
www.brooksgroup.com /assessments/screening-assessments.htm   (1601 words)

  
 Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
A 2% hiring rate might be unremarkable in other fields, but not in one in which there is supposed to be a ``desperate'' labor shortage.
It's not reasonable to say on the one hand that they are ``desperate'' to hire, and on the other hand complain that they have so many applicants that they need ways to winnow down their pile of re'sume's.
IEEE-USA then hired Paul Donnelly as a consultant, whose job was ``to help wean the organization from its outright opposition to immigration.'' (The New Republic, June 19, 2000.) Donnelly is the former staffer with the Congressional Commission on Immigration Reform described in Section 2.3.4.
heather.cs.ucdavis.edu /itaa.real.html   (17519 words)

  
 How Employers Hire - The Hiring Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The more you know about How Employers Hire, the more successful you can be at Scheduling Interviews and Interview Tips.
Exceptions may be when hiring for an entry-level position, when the company has many positions open, or when the position is in the Human resources department.
Therefore, it is best to treat everyone with whom you have contact as though he or she were the hiring authority.
www.iseek.org /sv/41341.jsp   (311 words)

  
 Manpower survey - Mar. 25, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This is the third consecutive quarter that employers reported an uptick in hiring.
Hiring will be strongest among construction employers, who have not been as optimistic about adding to their payrolls since 1978.
Forty-two percent of construction firms expect to increase hiring in the second quarter of the year.
money.cnn.com /2004/03/15/pf/manpower_survey/index.htm   (546 words)

  
 Hiring Technical People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hiring technical people and being hired isn't necessarily easy, no matter what the economy is doing.
If you're a hiring manager, read Mike's Life Is A Hire Way: 5 Tips For Startup Hiring.
One of the questions you can ask is, "What would it take to make you say yes to an offer?" Some hiring managers are afraid of that question, thinking it leaves them open to outrageous sums of money or other perks they can't provide.
www.jrothman.com /weblog/htpblogger.html   (1502 words)

  
 Hiring Temporary Employees - Human Resources - Tufts Univ.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The hiring manager should discuss the process for paying temporary workers with the Human Resources Assistant as the Department, not Human Resources submits pay period time cards for their temporary worker.
The hiring department will be responsible for calling the agency, describing the temporary assignment, and making hiring arrangement with the agency.
Hiring Managers should be aware that agencies may charge a fee for hiring a temporary worker as a regular Tufts employee and should consult with their Human Resources Representative regarding this.
www.tufts.edu /hr/employ/hiretemp.htm   (590 words)

  
 THE CHAIRMAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The actual cost of hiring the wrong person for a job—including wasted salary, benefits, severance pay, training costs, and hiring time—can be up to three times the employee’s salary.
Another common complaint about the hiring process is that it is not applicant-friendly.  The process is difficult for applicants to understand and places too much burden on applicants.
Decentralization has added to the complexity of the hiring process.  Twenty-five years ago, the process was burdensome to the applicant but simple.  OPM centrally administered hiring.  Applicants went to OPM offices, filed a standard application, took a centrally administered test, and waited to hear for what positions in which agencies they were qualified.
www.mspb.gov /studies/rpt_09-06_reforming/reformingfederalhiring.htm   (2035 words)

  
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One good tactic is to ask a prospective recruiter to walk you through his or her process for finding and hiring a candidate, from the moment a job requisition is delivered until the actual hire.
For recruiters, quantitative goals, or metrics, can include the number of hires made, the time to hire (overall average time to hire, or time to hire for key positions), return on investment versus the recruiter's budget, and turnover in positions for which the recruiter hired.
If you're looking for key management-level hires, but a recruiter has significant experience hiring only for junior positions, the candidate is probably not going to have the experience (or contacts) necessary to help you.
www.wetfeet.com /employer/articles/hiring_recruiter.asp?pxID=130   (808 words)

  
 Hiring
Fifty-seven percent of hiring managers said they've caught a lie on a candidate's application or resume, and 93 percent of those.
If an employee refers someone who is hired by [Company Name], and he or she remains employed for at least [Number of Days] days, the referring employee will earn a finder's fee of $[Dollar Amount].
Employment applications are typically the gateway to your hiring process.
www.employeradvice.com /public/department47.cfm   (902 words)

  
 Managing Hiring Managers - Articles - ERE
Earlier surveys of hiring managers echo that their number one problem is also the lack of enough top candidates in timely fashion.
Instead, ask the hiring manager to describe what the candidate will be doing every day, or some of the projects he or she will be working on.
This is also the cause of the number one hiring mistake: hiring people who are competent, but not motivated to do the work required.
www.ere.net /articles/db/FF107AB0F1E2470FA1ADA628EF6AAE4B.asp   (1816 words)

  
 The new employee hiring techniques
She was less pleased that the test criteria hadn't been updated in six years and that some of the company's hiring managers didn't use the tests.
But he estimates the cost of hiring a bad consultant can be in the millions, considering not just salary but also missed sales and lost clients.
There will always be skeptics about this approach to hiring, people who believe their gut tells them more than any structured interview or test could.
www.rediff.com /money/2006/oct/13hiring.htm   (3763 words)

  
 Hiring the Best - Interviewing for Top Talent
Hiring is the most important decision most managers make, but interviewing and selecting candidates are often poorly developed skills.
Disgruntled applicants are far more likely to file claims, both with the EEOC and with the courts, if they don't think the selection process was fair.
This program includes your organization's policies and procedures, small group discussion, skill building exercises and extensive Q&A. Our instructors are seasoned attorneys, experienced trainers, and skilled facilitators who use personal stories and appropriate humor to make this topic fun and interesting.
www.fairmeasures.com /training/hiring/default.asp   (611 words)

  
 Hiring Employees
Whether building a team or adding talent to an expanding company, hiring decisions are among the most difficult and important choices to make.
These Fast Company features can help you identify the skills you need your employees to possess, find the employees you need, and how to link them up with the teams that will best bring out their potential.
Here`s a short course from John Sullivan, the Michael Jordan of hiring.
www.fastcompany.com /guides/hire.html   (365 words)

  
 Good hiring practices | Biz.org.nz - Business Information Zone
Good hiring practices are an important way to reduce the risk of conflicts and problems later on.
Good hiring practices help ensure that employer and job candidates are communicating clearly, and understand each others’ expectations and limitations.
What was said during the hiring phase is very important as it can become pivotal later on if an employee brings a personal grievance claim.
www.biz.org.nz /public/content.aspx?sectionid=46&contentid=972   (426 words)

  
 SEOmoz | The SEOmoz Hiring Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For future hirings we'll probably either have the cover letter serve as the writing sample or request that applicants write up a small blog entry or something that is more closely aligned with the type of writing we would expect them to do for us.
We hired Jane not because we needed to meet our white-blonde-girl-working-at-SEOmoz quota, but because throughout the interview process she had a great personality, seemed passionate and eager to learn about SEO, displayed strong writing and critical thinking skills, was creative, and seemed like an all-around great gal.
We also hired her because, originally hailing from New Zealand, it's funny to her say "wah-tuh" instead of water, constantly lament about how a dingo took her baby, and tell us every day how The Lord of the Rings is the best movie in the whole world.
www.seomoz.org /article/seomoz-hiring-process   (7218 words)

  
 CareerLab® - Recruiting & Hiring
The purpose is to get away from hiring by "gut feel," or because we like someone, and to move to a more rational and structured selection process.
A poor hiring process can let disturbed or psychopathic people into your workplace--and then moving them out of the organization can be very difficult and dangerous, because they often make threats of physical violence to managers and workers.
A testing package is always designed for the specific position you're hiring, so it might be a good idea to talk to us personally about the specific position you have in mind.
www.careerlab.com /hiring.htm   (1408 words)

  
 AirlineCareer.com: Flight attendant career training, interview questions, resume, pay rates - Our Service
Quickly compare and contrast based on pay, minimum qualifications, union affiliation, annual revenue, number of flight attendants, number and location of domiciles, type and number of aircraft, etc. Click here to see actual corporate and employment data for Alaska Airlines, taken directly from the Members' Area.
When an airline changes to an active hiring mode, a status change will be posted on the "Who's Hiring?" chart and a hiring alert will be posted on the message board.
The "Who's Hiring?" chart monitors the hiring status at all 52 airlines and provides continuous updates on airline Open House dates, recalls and furloughs with direct links to the company web site for additional details.
www.airlinecareer.com /service.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Hiring Season Philippine Jobsite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hiring Season does the tedious work for you: screening out unqualified applicants and filtering in the applicants that you definitely want to have.
We are not a recruitment agency so you can easily hire the best person you want with no strings attached.
Hiring Season has a pool of sources that make up its jobseeker database.
www.hiringseason.com   (164 words)

  
 Small Business Hiring & Firing Advice: BusinessTown
The easiest way to create a terrific work force is to hire terrific people in the first place.
All hiring managers need to have a basic understanding of the legalities of hiring.
Hiring great people is one of the most difficult and most important challenges you face in running your business.
www.businesstown.com /hiring   (432 words)

  
 2.3 Recruitment, Hiring, Orientation
The goal of these procedures is twofold: 1) insure that proper personnel procedures and State/Federal regulations are followed in the hiring of temporary employees; and 2) recognize the limited period of time and transitory relationship which temporary employees have with the University, and therefore expedite the hiring process for temporary employees.
The intent of the ceremony is to instill in the new employee a sense of pride in and appreciation for Chapman, and to inspire employees to embrace Chapman’s spirit of family community and quality service.
All employees hired by Chapman University must present documentation establishing their identity and employment authorization in accordance with the immigration laws of the United States upon request prior to or during orientation.
www.chapman.edu /af/hr/handbook/sah2_3.html   (4816 words)

  
 Amazon.com: High Impact Hiring: How to Interview and Select Outstanding Employees: Books: Del J. Still   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
"High Impact Hiring" by Del Still is a must read for everyone from the President of a Company to the Dept. Manager charged with interviewing and hiring decisions.
Hiring the right individual is one of our Corporate clients greatest challenges so we have been giving this book to them to assist in facing the hiring hurdle.
With the assistance of the book they are capable of meeting the hiring challenge with confidence.
www.amazon.com /High-Impact-Hiring-Interview-Outstanding/dp/0965465985   (2277 words)

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