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Phone Interview Tips

By Barry Shamis

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You will learn a number of phone interview tips and tools in this article to help you get the most out of your employee screening. As you move through the candidate screening process your goal is to gather as much useful data as possible. And, you need to reduce the number applicants to a manageable […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing Tagged With: candidate screening, employee recruiting, hiring advice

College Interview Questions

By Barry Shamis

College Interview Questions College interview questions are a little different from your normal employment interview questions.   You are addressing people with little or no work experience. Before I jump into the discussion of how they are different though, let’s take a minute to understand how they are the same.  Your goal in a college […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting, Hiring Advice Articles, Interview Questions Tagged With: hiring advice, interview questions, recruiting

Pre-Employment Background Check

By Barry Shamis

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Pre Employment Background Check An employment background check is no longer an option prior to hiring new employees.  Screening potential employees has become a necessity to avoid lawsuits and costly hiring mistakes. Background checking is the most popular method of pre-employment screening. Over 96% of HR professionals report that their companies do background checks of […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

Employee Recruiting Metrics

By Barry Shamis

recruiting metrics

Employee recruiting metrics and economics can be confusing.  But, a good grasp of how to measure the success of your employee recruiting activities goes a long way to improve your hiring. Unfortunately, you can waste a lot of money on various recruiting activities.  Advertising is expensive, on-line postings can be a time drain, and headhunters […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting Tagged With: candidate screening, employee recruiting, employee-selection, hiring advice

Employee Recruiting Strategy

By Barry Shamis

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A good employee recruiting strategy is the best way to avoid having recruiting turn into a time-draining, money-sucking activity.  We have all run an ad and been inundated with unqualified people who eat up time and resources.  It doesn’t have to be this way. The key to effective employee recruiting is having a recruitment strategy […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting, Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, hiring advice, recruiting

Employee Recruiting

By Barry Shamis

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The employee recruiting process is one of the more critical aspects of running a successful business.  As a business owner or manager you need good employees to address critical business needs.  And yet most everyone treats hiring as a necessary evil only to be done when it is absolutely necessary. Adopting a different philosophy about […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, hiring advice, recruiting

Employee Referral Program

By Barry Shamis

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An effective employee referral program should be an integral part of any employee recruiting process.  There are many recruiting sources that can be used for your employee recruiting and it is not necessary to limit activities to any single source.  Referrals from existing employees have been shown to be some of the best employees.  Study […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee recruiting, hiring advice

Pre-Employment Screening

By Barry Shamis

Business Woman Skills

Pre-employment screening serves two purposes. First, it allows you to reduce the number of applicants to a more manageable group. Second, it starts the process of adding the critical data necessary to make quality hiring decisions. Once you start your employee recruiting , you are presented with a flow of candidates. Most likely you generate more candidates […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

Selecting The Right Interview Training

By Barry Shamis

hiring leaders

Interview training may be the best investment you ever make in yourself and your company. No other single skill has a greater impact on your personal success than the ability to choose successful employees. The reason people are hired is to satisfy specific business needs. A positive return on the transaction is realized when the […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing, staffing

Employment Testing

By Barry Shamis

employment testing

Use of employment testing can be valuable for your hiring process when implemented properly. Any process that adds quality data to help you make better hiring decisions should be considered. Employee tests and other assessment tools sometimes contribute greatly to your decision data. What is Employment Testing? Generally, testing is the practice of administering written, […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

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