Earlier this year, retail giant Target settled a $3.7 million discrimination lawsuit, as reported by USA Today. The suit alleged that Target’s criminal background-check process was biased against minority candidates. The litigation, spearheaded by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, has since led Target to set up a process for…...
Top 3 Mistakes Fast Growing Companies Make and How to Avoid Them
Rapidly expanding companies require strong and skilled teams to support them during their time of growth. Typically the biggest challenge that fast growing companies face is the urgency they feel to hire ‘A’ players for critical roles within their team, that arise when demand for their products or services increases.…...
Infographic; 10 Tips to Increase your YES rate!
In every executives heart of hearts, there is always a 'Dream Team'; a list of highly qualified individuals that he or she would love to have on their team. One would assume that when introduced, those candidates and those hiring managers would be a match made in heaven, right? Wrong.…...
Can Sales Success Be Predicted?
Since our inception in 1999, our sales recruiters have been asked thousands of times how to best predict sales success. We used to say that the best indicator of future behavior is past behavior, so would target candidates that had achieved success in prior sales roles. Thanks to dramatic…...
“Reverse Interviewing Techniques” Produce Substantial Results
With the competition for top talent intensifying every year, innovative companies are turning to reverse interviews to sell their companies to prospective employees. While the process is gaining traction as a way to show coveted candidates what the company can do for them, reverse interviewing also gives the hiring…...
Infographic: Are You Aware There Is A New Law That Prohibits Hiring Managers From Asking About Prior Earnings?
Have you heard about the law that now prohibits employers from asking about compensation history that has gone into effect in 9 states, with more to follow? This new legislation has earned a surprisingly low level of publicity, so we thought it may be helpful to put together some…...
What is Included in an Employment Background Check
Why do employers want to check your background or even your credit? It could be for one of several reasons. For instance, if government security clearances are required for the job you are interviewing for, an employment background check may be required. For positions involving accounting or financial responsibilities, credit…...
