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Screening Job Seekers on Social Networks: How Far Is Too Far?
The days are gone when a hand-delivered or snail-mailed resume is enough information to decide whether or not hire a job applicant. Just as the Internet has changed the way we distribute job postings,...
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Why Your New Hires Are Unhappy
It’s been a few weeks since your new hire started. He hasn’t voiced any complaints, but you can tell that he isn’t as bubbly and outgoing as he was in his interviews. It’s possible that he faked his...
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You Made a Bad Hire. Now What?
The process of bringing a new person into your organization is not always cut-and-dry. Once credentials, references, and skills are verified, next on the agenda is finding out if the habits and...
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Featured Jobs Friday: HR Edition
I’ve had fun putting together our “Featured Jobs Friday” posts this month. We’ve featured jobs from global corporations, national restaurant chains, and awesome startups. As I sat and pondered what the...
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The Ugly Resume: Top 5 Most Common Resume Killers
When you are applying for a job, a recruiter will take about 20 to 30 seconds, max, to skim your resume. In this 20- to 30-second second span of time, the recruiter will decide if they should place...
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How to Engage New Hires From Day One
More candidates with less effort? Yes, it’s possible. Learn how » Engaging new employees is challenging but critical. They often lack the confidence, experience, and alignment that long-term employees...
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Boost Your Results With CareerBuilder (New!), Monster, & More
When you post jobs through ZipRecruiter, we put them on over 40 of the web’s leading job boards. You know that already. But did you know that we also offer a number of opportunities to boost your...
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Introducing Advanced User Roles for Your Hiring Team
Do you want to control who can upgrade your ZipRecruiter subscription? How about which team members can purchase Monster or CareerBuilder postings? Our new advanced user roles will let you do that and...
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This Week’s Top HR Advice
What is the Purpose of an Interview? “I find it interesting that most hiring managers will spend more time thinking about and evaluating which car, refrigerator or TV to buy, than interviewing and...
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5 Steps to Determine the Salary for a New Position
You just created a new position, but how much do you pay someone to do a job that does not exist? If you set the salary too low, you drive away qualified applicants. If the wages are too high, you...
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4 Quick Tips for Writing Job Descriptions
A few of us ZipRecruiter recently answered the question, “What is your #1 tip for job applications?” Today we’re going to offer advice to the other side. Question: What is your #1 tip for writing job...
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Why Hiring for Personality Alone Is a Very Bad Idea
Did you hire an employee based on personality only to realizes they are not the right candidate for the job? Let’s say you are hiring an executive administrative assistant for a VP. The Vice...
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See Social Recruiting for What It Really Is
When you’re buying a product or a service, usually you get what you pay for. So what are companies supposed to make of social recruiting, which seems to promise access to all the best candidates for...
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A Job Candidate’s Potential Can’t Be Measured By Numbers Alone
In today’s guest post, Brad Pettiford makes the case that years worked is not always an accurate prediction skill level or performance potential. Every job seeker gets that feeling. The sudden shift in...
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On-boarding New Hires: A Checklist for Maximum Engagement & Success
Employees join an organization but they leave a supervisor. Supervisors have a tremendous impact on employee job satisfaction and productivity, setting the tone and creating and maintaining the...
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Job Seekers: You Must Quantify Your Performance to Get Noticed
Search millions of new job openings » If you’re not getting any bites on your resume, then today’s career expert Q&A might be just what you need. Laura Lee Rose joins us to explain how job seekers...
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Job Interviews Are Like Dates. Are You a Good Suitor?
Which makes you more nervous, a job interview or a first date? Regardless of your answer, the two have a lot in common. One such commonality is the importance of telling good stories — an ability that...
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Is Employee Recognition Less Important Than Employee Engagement?
“Employee Engagement” has been steadily growing in popularity over the past 8-10 years. “Employee Recognition” on the other hand has been steadily shrinking in popularity over the same amount of time....
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How to Manage Difficult but Talented Employees
Even if you have a dream team, being an effective manager has its challenges. When you oversee difficult employees, the challenges grow exponentially. In this expert Q&A, Ms. Luba S. Sydor, founder...
View ArticleZipRecruiter Adds Automatic Candidate Scoring
Identifying quality applicants on ZipRecruiter just got a whole lot easier. In partnership with Bright.com, all of your candidates are now instantly scored based on work experience, skills, and...
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