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January 27, 2016

8 Reasons Why You Should Hire a Veteran

Unemployment continues to plague many veterans once they leave the military. Despite their years of dedicated service and a wide variety of work and life skills, veterans are struggling to secure full-time jobs to support themselves and their families. According to Joseph Kernan, NS2 Serves Chairman and Vice Admiral (Ret.),…
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Hiring
December 28, 2015

The 4 Worst Hiring Mistakes You Can Make

Whatever duties your “real” job entails, few tasks are important as selecting, hiring and on-boarding top-level talent for your team. While a great hire adds tremendous value to your company, a disastrous hire chews up valuable resources (time, money, morale). Considering the true costs of hiring the wrong person, you…
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Hiring
December 9, 2015

5 More Common Interview Mistakes — And How to Avoid Them, Too

Read Taunee's initial post on interview mistakes here. When you are in an interviewing mode, stop for a moment, and think about the uncanny parallel between choosing the right job and finding a great marriage partner. If you make a good match, you will live with your spouse and your…
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Hiring
August 28, 2015

Don’t Get Testy with Salespeople

People frequently ask me about the advisability of testing sales people for pre-employment or succession planning. Don’t do it! I discourage the practice for several reasons. First, the skill set of salespeople differs from that of others in the organization. Certainly, the battery of tests I use would determine if…
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Hiring
July 2, 2015

Poverty Mentality Leads to Poor Decisions

We think of self-esteem, confidence and mindset as an individual’s internal locus of power and control. These factors determine and guide a person’s beliefs, behaviors and decisions—the combination explaining a person’s success. When we discuss this concentration of perceptions in an organization, we use words like “brand” and “culture,” but…
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Hiring
February 27, 2015

The 10 Compliance Interview Questions you MUST Prepare For

If you’re hiring a compliance officer, you need to be asking these questions. And if you want to be a compliance officer, you need to prepare for these questions in your interview. What are the compliance and ethics issues you frequently face in your current job? Your candidate has already…
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Hiring
February 11, 2015

6 Critical Updates for your Employee Handbook in 2015

By Beth P. Zoller, J.D., XpertHR Legal Editor In 2015, there are a number of changes an employer should take into account when updating their employee handbook to make sure that it is legally compliant.  Because an employee handbook is an ever-evolving document, it should be reviewed on an annual…
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Hiring
September 10, 2013

Is Your Talent Community Worth It?

Along with the boom of social media, the expansion of building talent communities has come about. Now that you have developed your talent community -- or maybe you are just starting to -- how do you know if your talent community is actually delivering? Here are three signs that your…
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Hiring
September 4, 2013

Tying Video Game Principles to On-Boarding? Yes, Please!

  Mindflash published an article recently re-envisioning the on-boarding process.  Traditionally a somewhat staid, tiresome undertaking for employer and new hire alike -- necessary though it is -- on-boarding can be more than an introduction to the company, Bill Cushard suggests. It can be far more engaging and enjoyable (even…
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Hiring
August 20, 2013

4 Steps for a Perfect Job Interview

Job interviews are harrowing enough for candidates without feeling like a downright interrogation. Many ideas have been tossed around on how to conduct the absolute best job interview, and the answers vary across the board. Shala Marks wrote on four ways to conduct the absolute best job interview. Hopefully, you…
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