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Recruiting Advice

November 24th, 2008

Hire a student | Tips to help you hire a student

Hire a student | Tips to help you hire a student

When you hire a student, you tap into inexpensive, motivated labour with fresh ideas. Hire a student and gain enthusiasm that can spill over to your other employees.

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November 24th, 2008

Search resume database systems with ease

Search resume database systems with ease

Search a resume database with ease and improve your recruitment processes. From Google to resume databases, online searches have become an everyday part of human resources management.

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November 24th, 2008

Recruiting for small companies

Recruiting for small companies

Recruiting for a small company involves creative thinking. To compete against big businesses with big budgets, you need to convince superstar employees and job candidates that your company offers something the big companies don’t.

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November 24th, 2008

Company culture as a recruiting technique

Company culture as a recruiting technique

Company culture can help your firm recruit and retain top employees. Just as any group has shared values, beliefs, rules and practices, so does a company. Company culture or the “company vibe” spans the voice, values and practices of members of a company.

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November 24th, 2008

The next generation: how to manage and motivate young workers

The next generation: how to manage and motivate young workers

It’s often said that kids today aren’t what they used to be. But is this next generation of young workers really so different than previous generations?

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November 24th, 2008

Job reference checks: avoiding pitfalls in the job reference check process

Job reference checks: avoiding pitfalls in the job reference check process

Job reference checks may seem like old hat to some hiring managers. After all, job reference checks tend to be done at the last minute, after an employer has already decided on a candidate. But, by incorporating reference checks into earlier parts of the interview process and planning ahead, it’s possible to avoid making a poor hiring decision.

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November 20th, 2008

Self Assessment and Reality Checks

Self Assessment and Reality Checks

Most of the contemporary literature on hiring and gaining corporate advantage stresses the importance of recruiting top performers to drive companies forward. In the upcoming “war for talent”, so the story goes, successful companies will be the ones who are staffed with “thoroughbreds” who can quite simply out-perform other employees and competitors.

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November 20th, 2008

Employment assessment test tools catching on

Employment assessment test tools catching on

Employment assessment test tools help employers select top performers – from entry-level workers to high-flying executives. With an employment assessment test, it’s possible to screen for knowledge, personalities, past behaviours, and job fit.

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November 20th, 2008

Hiring people with disabilities: a large group of workers with special creative skills

Hiring people with disabilities: a large group of workers with special creative skills

Hiring people with disabilities can help you overcome the challenge of finding skilled workers. By hiring people with disabilities, you can tap a unique group of non-traditional employees who are often unrecognized.

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May 28th, 2007

Hire Smart: Staffing Strategically for Cost Effectiveness

Hire Smart: Staffing Strategically for Cost Effectiveness

Effective management of human resources is one of the most important elements of a competitive business. In lean times and periods of economic uncertainty, it’s especially critical to carefully monitor and manage your biggest expense: labour.

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