Editor’s Note

The fight for the best and brightest talent in the world is heating up, especially now when there is an increasingly demanding workforce that has more choice and opportunities than ever before. In 2015, we discussed in length about social recruiting, attracting and retaining Millennials, use of technology in hiring, and background checks, among others.

Cross-Border Background Screening: How to maintain a compliant program in multiple jurisdictions?

The proliferation of laws, regulations, bylaws, rules, and guidelines around background screening is overwhelming. While a small employer operating in one location can easily understand local laws and work within them, an organization operating across multiple jurisdictions in North America – say, several states in the U.S. and provinces in Canada – has a lot more to keep track of.

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Contract Employee And Contractor: What’s the difference?

“Hiring” has always been a challenge for organizations that comes with a potential risk. What if after all the efforts and spending time plus money on recruitment, you get an incompetent and illiterate workforce! All of this must be considered; therefore, hiring right help for your business comes with specific considerations that you shouldn’t ignore. Determine whether you need a full/part-time employee either for long or short-term!

Closing Japanese Candidates: What is transparent offer process?

While much has been written about the difficulties foreign firms face in hiring Japanese talent, relatively little has been written about how to close candidates once they are in your recruitment pipeline in Japan. A transparent closing process to be shared by the employer, recruiter, and potential employee is critical in ensuring success for your firm in Japan.

Fair Chance Hiring Policy: Why you should care

For many job applicants, having a criminal record means applying for a job is pointless. For the 70 million U.S. adults who have a criminal record, and the 600,000 people released from prison every year, the criminal history shuts doors before they open.

Hiring For The Holiday Shopping Season: How to avoid the bias trap?

Holiday shopping is in full swing, and even if you have started staffing your retail stores early this year, you’ve inevitably got gaps to fill in your seasonal ranks. You’re interviewing people from all different backgrounds, and you can’t help but see evidence of age-based stereotypes right in front of your eyes.

OFCCP Audit: Key questions to assess your readiness

Can you relate to the many organizations that tend to quickly write their Affirmative Action Plans without securing time to clean the data and ensure accuracy? Then, when the audit notice arrives, there is a scramble to clean and submit the data.

Recruitment Predictions: The future of HR technology

Modern processes of recruitment still come with downsides in terms of time, cost, or even outcome in quality hire. Long hours screening CVs and interviewing candidates? Lack of qualified candidates for the role? High costs in advertising vacancies? Coping with such reality in an ever-increasing competitive market is a challenge for even the most dedicated recruiter.

Rebuilding Your Internal Recruiting Program: What you need to consider

As a business development professional employed by an RPO solutions company, I have the opportunity to speak with experienced, senior-level talent acquisition leaders on a regular basis.While it’s always my hope that a burning desire to engage in an RPO partnership prompts them to take my call, I more often find individuals that are carrying the cross of rebuilding broken internal recruiting programs.