Bad Hires Are Widespread, and Costly
These are the main takeaways from a new CareerBuilder survey, which finds nearly three in four employers, 74 percent, have been affected by a bad hire and the average cost of one bad hire is $14,900.
Tag: recruiting
Recruiting for Soft Skills
When recruiting for any role, naturally, it is important to ensure that the candidates being considered have the technical skills, expertise, and experience required to do the job. But what about the other skills that will help that individual be successful? How can you identify who will be a good team member or a good […]
Hiring in 2018: Why Neurodiversity Matters
Earlier this year, more than 250 CEOs from America’s leading businesses signed a pledge to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. In today’s political and social climate, it is encouraging to see a top-down commitment to fostering corporate cultures that encourage dialogue, collaboration, mutual learning, and sharing of best practices.
5 Biggest Employment Disruptors of 2018, According to Glassdoor
Glassdoor’s chief economist, Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, has revealed five trends in the labor market that will disrupt the way companies attract, hire, and retain employees in 2018, as well as the biggest job trends—from the power of whistleblowers to the demand for informed candidates—that shaped 2017.
Get Out of Your Recruiting Rut
Another year is almost in the books, with another on the horizon. If your response is “ho hum,” it’s time to shake things up. Recruiting is a dynamic field, with tremendous opportunity for improvement.
Survey: Job Seekers More Interested in Money and Career vs. Culture
A new survey found that employees are more interested in “career pathing and professional growth”—and making more money—than workplace culture, chemistry, and perks. This was among the findings of Addison Group’s fourth annual Workplace Survey, conducted among 1,000 white collar employees across all industries.
REAL ID Act—Will January 2018 Compliance Deadline Affect Your Operations?
As 2018 approaches, the federal REAL ID Act has returned to the spotlight. You may even have seen a (hyperbolic and inaccurate) social media alert warning U.S. travelers that they’re all going to be required to get passports for themselves, their kids, and the family dog before they can fly to Disney World next year. (Not true.)
Anatomy (and Costs) of a Bad Hire
A new survey conducted among over 2,200 full-time hiring managers and HR professionals discloses the multitude of reasons why employers make bad hires.
Employers Have Very Optimistic Hiring Plans for Q1 of 2018
The most recent edition of ManpowerGroup’s quarterly “Employment Outlook Survey” indicates that the first quarter of 2018 will be very strong in terms of staffing, reporting “the strongest hiring intentions in 10 years” according to a survey press release.
Bestselling Author and CEO of Influence & Co. to Headline RecruitCon 2018
BLR® is pleased to announce that RecruitCon 2018, the premier recruiting event of next year, will be headlined by none other than John Hall, CEO of Influence & Co. and bestselling author of Top of Mind.