Articles associated with topic: hr

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  How to Treat Candidates Throughout the Hiring Process

  Job candidates talk a lot. Whatever experience they've had with a company – good or bad, successful or unsuccessful – chances are good that person will relay it to their friends, family and potentially in the v…
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  6 Ways to Connect at #SHRM12

  You're gearing up for SHRM's Annual Conference in Atlanta – updating your business cards, mapping out "must-stop" booths and packing travel-size toiletries. Put these six ways to connect with Dice on your SHRM…
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  Hiring Humor: Who’s on First - Interviewer or Applicant?

  It’s like that old Abbott and Costello routine, “Who’s on First?” You know something is wrong when the candidate is asking you the questions and it’s not about the job. Instead, the poorly focused candidate is…
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  Hiring Humor: Pesky Applicants

  You again? Sometimes it’s tough for candidates to grasp the idea that it’s not “third time’s the charm” but more like “three strikes and you’re out” with follow-up communication. Have you had applicants drive y…
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  Get Ready for a Flurry of M&A Activity

  Companies are sitting on stockpiles of cash, so experts are predicting another banner year for mergers and acquisitions. But as these deals become more complex and broader in geographic scope, HR plays an incre…
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  Cost Per Hire: How Do You Stack Up?

  Companies are directing more of their time and recruiting budgets toward social media, but are those investments paying off? Only 1 percent of open positions were filled by candidates sourced through social med…
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  Retention's Not Just About Pay

  Among his 2012 talent-management predictions at ere.net, John Sullivan, a former Silicon Valley talent pro and now a professor at San Francisco State University, predicts that "retention issues will increase dr…
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  Replace Exit Interviews With Stay Interviews

  Why do top performers leave? Money isn’t the only reason prized employees run out the door. Inadequate career planning or a hasty and superficial performance-review process can leave valued employees feeling sl…
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  Maximize the Impact of Your Company’s Benefits

  Co-pays, premiums, PPOs: They may not be the most glamorous part of the HR professional’s portfolio, but in an increasingly competitive recruiting landscape, staying on top of your benefits is more important th…
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  Hiring Humor: Why your office has a dress code

  Wear shoes to work. That's just common sense, right? As an HR or recruiting professional, there are certain rules of employment that seem obvious enough - but candidates and employees can always surprise you. W…