Hiring & Recruiting

Hiring & Recruiting (213)

A Sign of the Times: Hiring Overqualified Job Candidates

It's always been a taboo in the HR world to hire overqualified (OQ) job applicants. So reports HR Morning.

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Chief Info Security Officer: a Growing Trend and the Job from Hell?

With corporate and government data breaches making headlines every week and cybercrime a global growth industry, it seems the Information Age has spawned an important managerial role: the chief information security officer, or CISO. So reports The New York Times and Fierce CEO.

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What's the Worst Resume Blunder?

With hiring finally on a long-awaited uptick, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of “red flags,” or common mistakes found on many resumes of prospective additions to staff.

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Even Better News for HR Pros Than Finally Adding New Hires

The most recent jobs report – the best since 2008 – may have signaled an official end to the Great Recession. It was certainly music to the ears of HR professionals who have gotten used to turning away prospective employees by the boatload. So reports Forbes.

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Mid-Year Surprise: Jobs Going Unfilled

Five long years after the Great Recession officially ended – culminating in probably the slowest recovery from an economic downturn since the Great Depression – it looks like the nation's economy is finally turning a corner.

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When a Successful Company's Founder Becomes a Liability

American Apparel is not the first high-profile American company – entrepreneurial or established – to fire its founder and CEO. Apple relieved Steve Jobs of his duties, only to bring him back some years later, at which point his abbreviated second act nearly eclipsed his first. So reports the Washington Post.

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Expansion of Gay Rights in the Workplace May Be Obama’s Legacy

Even though President Barack Obama has a full two-and-a-half years to go before he leaves office in January of 2017, he's approaching the traditional time frame (just after the mid-term elections in the fall) when many presidents try to establish a legacy for themselves.

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Is the Rate of Employment the New Unemployment Rate?

Among many innovations ushered in by the Millennium are seemingly endless metaphors of a comparative sort: "Orange is the New Black"; "60 is the new 40"; "Texting is the new talking".

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Looking for Workers with Transferable Skill Sets? Try Retirees

As HR professionals, we're accustomed to interviewing prospective employees who are anxious to transfer their knowledge base and experience to a new industry or business environment. So reports The New York Times.

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