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Pay Scales and Job Descriptions: Two Ways to Break the Bad Hire Blues

Amy Chulik — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:11:47 +0000

It’s true that your company, no matter what other aspects you may excel and grow in, is only as good as its people. Yet, your people are only as good as your process of selecting them. As a company currently growing or preparing for future growth, how can slow down enough to reverse the cycle and improve your selection process to bring in better people–and see better business results? Continue reading

What CareerBuilder’s Big Game Investment Means for Employers

Amy Chulik — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:30:46 +0000

It’s coming: The onslaught of buffalo chicken dips, foam fingers bigger than most people’s heads, shushing of those talking during the game, shushing of those talking during the commercials, vintage jersey envy, and a whole lot of whooping, shouting, and possibly even “pulling a Tebow” (hey, things can get emotional–I’m not judging). Continue reading

Relocation Nation 2012: How Workers and Employers Are Making a Move

Amy Chulik — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:50:55 +0000

We’ve talked recently about how voluntary turnover is on the rise this year. As it turns out, many of those workers may not be remaining anywhere near their own backyard when they leave their current job.

A whopping 44 percent of workers say they’ll relocate this year for the right job, according to a new CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive© among more than 3,000 hiring managers and HR professionals and nearly 8,000 U.S. Continue reading

Is Your Company Prepared for a Growth Spurt? Start by Getting the Right Policies in Place

Amy Chulik — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:18:37 +0000

Growth can obviously be a huge boon to your company, but it can also lead to some stumbling blocks you weren’t exactly prepared to encounter. Well, detach the nails that you’ve just dug into your office chair in panic: CareerBuilder and Inc. Continue reading

“I Had a Personal Call from the Governor”: Employees’ Strangest Late-to-Work Excuses

Amy Chulik — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:34:16 +0000

Just when we thought we’d heard it all — employees getting locked in the car trunk, dogs swallowing cell phones, and Botox appointments taking longer than expected — the results of this year’s CareerBuilder survey on employees’ unusual excuses for arriving late to work arrived — and we saw that this year, even a state governor was involved in an employee’s excuse for being late (more details about that one below). Continue reading

Gen Y on Facebook: Where Work and Personal Habits Collide

Amy Chulik — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:18:05 +0000

As we’ve talked about before, many members of Generation Y look at work a little bit differently than other generations. ”I love my job, but I love my life more” is something you might hear Gen Yers say. Although members of Gen Y (the generational group comprised of those 18 to 29 years of age) have no problem with working hard, as a general rule, their job will never be the whole of their identity. Continue reading

36% of Companies Are Leaning on Temporary Workers to Support Slim Staffs

Amy Chulik — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:05:15 +0000

It’s 2012. The year of presidential elections; the year of the world’s end, if you ask some; and, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive© of more than 3,000 hiring managers and HR professionals, the year of the temporary and contract worker?! Read more

The Most Head-Turning Workplace Stories of 2011

Amy Chulik — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:03:19 +0000

It was the best of after-work happy hour, it was the worst of “if my co-worker gives me the side-eye again, I am quitting on the spot” — or so the ancient saying goes. A lot happened in the workplace in the last 12 months, not the least of which involved Occupy Wall Street and the death of Steve Jobs. You’ve probably seen a great deal of coverage about stories like those — but some others might have slipped past your radar. Read more

Back to the Future (of Recruiting): Is Your Company Prepared for What’s Ahead?

Amy Chulik — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:15:18 +0000

In CareerBuilder’s recent webinar, Future of Recruiting, hosted by Beth Prunier and Chuck Loeher, area vice presidents at CareerBuilder, it became clear just how much recruitment has changed since — well, since shows like M.A.S.H. (you ‘ll just have to listen to know what I mean). Read more

Not Getting the Right Candidates? You May be Due for a Facelift

Amy Chulik — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:42 +0000

You don't know what you're doing wrong: You've spent hours writing a lovely, heartfelt job description, you've painstakingly posted it on CareerBuilder and taken advantage of all our free job posting tools, and you've even managed to pop thank-yous in the mail to everyone who's applied -- but you're still not getting the right candidates. Wait, that's not usually how it happens? Oh, right. You've been given the task to post a job on top of your million other tasks, and you were supposed to do it yesterday, there's no way you have time to personally respond to every candidate, and that job description is turning out to be more "heartache" than "heartfelt." But that last "not getting the right candidates" part? Yeah, that's pretty accurate -- particularly during the holidays and 2012 recruitment preparations. So, what can you do?

It's the little things

You know the cliché that little things can really make a big difference? Well, with job postings, that's actually true. While you may think you have a perfectly fine job posting, you may actually be missing key information, using terms candidates aren't searching for, or leaving candidates clueless about your company culture or benefits -- or something else entirely. It may be something very fixable, but just out of your reach. The majority of job seekers spend less than three minutes viewing a job posting--so you can't take chances with your first impressions. We've already talked about the cost of a bad hire, and tips for attracting better hires, but beyond that, sometimes you just want an expert to step in and do the work for you. If so, Job Enhancement may be smart for you to consider.