Hiring for the IT industry comes with it’s own tricks: computer-savvy tech support and programmers have their own lingo and live in a completely different world than those not in IT; the IT industry is it’s own culture, from languages (HTML, C++, VisualBasic…) to sense of humour to dress style to acceptable attitudes. Hiring those [...]
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Five Guidelines for Hiring IT Professionals
Posted by Admin on January 19, 2011
http://www.hiregroundsoftware.com/blog/tips-to-get-good-candidates/5-guidelines-for-hiring-it-professionals/
Good Candidate Karma
“People want someone that they can open up to and being too professional can cause awkwardness between recruiter [or hiring manager] and candidate. They want to know that you are truly listening to them and not just there for the business. If a candidate tells you that they don’t want to relocate and you later [...]
Posted by Admin on January 11, 2011
http://www.hiregroundsoftware.com/blog/human-resource-managers/good-candidate-karma/
HR Blogs for December
Every month we want to promote great HR people we think you should follow, and why. Last month we chose which blogs to follow, and it was a huge success! So here we go again: Hiring Juice: run by a division manager and recruiting manager, Hiring Juice has great advice for hiring managers 1.00 FTE: [...]
Posted by Admin on December 30, 2010
http://www.hiregroundsoftware.com/blog/human-resource-managers/hr-blogs-for-december/
Millions of dollars wasted on failed recruitment
That’s the title of an article by Michael Stones, which focuses on how poor recruitment practices have cost the United States pharmaceutical industry millions of dollars – JUST the pharmaceutical industry. Mary Driscoll, president of PharmaLogics, said this: “A common mistake is failing to identify and prioritise key skills at the beginning of the recruitment process.” I hate [...]
Posted by Admin on December 3, 2010
http://www.hiregroundsoftware.com/blog/tips-to-get-good-candidates/millions-of-dollars-wasted-on-failed-recruitment/
HR Blog Recommendations
Every month we want to promote great Twitter users we think you should follow, and why. But THIS month we have a list of great blogs to follow: Think Beyond The Label: a partnership of health and human service and employment agencies with federal grants, this company raises awareness that hiring people with disabilities makes [...]
Posted by Admin on November 25, 2010
http://www.hiregroundsoftware.com/blog/human-resource-managers/hr-blog-recommendations/