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4 Ways to Reduce Turn-Over in Young Employees
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4 Ways to Reduce Turn-Over in Young Employees

4 Ways to Reduce Turn-Over in Young Employees

Young employees present a few unique challenges to the employers of today. They are unlike any other employees throughout history in their motivations and even in their work ethic. It isn't that they lack a work ethic, only that it's different than those of previous "generations". Gone is the era of the young work-a-holic over-achiever. The new generation of workers is dedicated but in a self-serving sort of manner. Once you understand what really motivates them, it will be much [...]

Enhance the Appeal of Your Listings with These Five Inexpensive Job Perks
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Enhance the Appeal of Your Listings with These Five Inexpensive Job Perks

Enhance the Appeal of Your Listings with These Five Inexpensive Job Perks

People like perks. It's a proven fact. They'll spend countless thousands of dollars in interest on a credit card to get a $200 perk or reward. With the same line of thought in mind, employees will take jobs that offer less money up front if the right perks are dangled in front of them as an incentive. The really great news for employers is that these perks do not necessarily need to be expensive perks for you to offer. Here [...]

Why you Shouldn
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Why you Shouldn

Why you Shouldn

It's a sad truth that there used to be a stigma against hiring the unemployed. It was thought that the unemployed job candidate had more weaknesses or deficiencies than someone that was gainfully employed. In other words, somehow being unemployed equated to being less valued in the eyes of recruiters. But in today's economy, that argument simply doesn't hold water. With the recession, massive company layoffs, and the highest unemployment rate seen in recent years, unemployment -- and quite often [...]

Red Flags to Watch out for During an Interview
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Red Flags to Watch out for During an Interview

Red Flags to Watch out for During an Interview

The job market today, in many ways, is a buyer's market. It's one of those rare times when there are far more qualified candidates for every available position than there is demand for these quality candidates. Still there are also many people out there who might not be the best choice to make when it comes time to consider people for employment. Here are a few "red flags" you'll want to be on the lookout for during your hiring process. [...]

5 Things to do When an Employee Resigns
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5 Things to do When an Employee Resigns

5 Things to do When an Employee Resigns

Whatever the reason for an employee's resignation may be, taking the proper actions after the resignation has been received is vitally important. Not only can taking the proper actions help protect your company from future potential legal action but also can make the separation process much less painful for the company and the leaving employee. Here are five important tasks that should be at the top of your list. 1)

Are Phone Interviews the Best Option for Narrowing Down Candidates?
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Are Phone Interviews the Best Option for Narrowing Down Candidates?

Are Phone Interviews the Best Option for Narrowing Down Candidates?

Job openings today are few and far between. In a market where there is considerably greater supply than demand, employers are willing to consider new and creative means to narrow down the field of candidates to find people who are best suited for the job at hand. When you're dealing with a wide range of candidates from across the country, phone interviews may seem like the most expedient choice. But, are they the best choice to help you narrow down [...]

Seven Hiring Trends We Expect to See in 2012
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Seven Hiring Trends We Expect to See in 2012

Seven Hiring Trends We Expect to See in 2012

2012 is shaping up to be the real start of the economic recovery

Treat Your Candidates Right: Build Good Will with Rejection Letters
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Treat Your Candidates Right: Build Good Will with Rejection Letters

Treat Your Candidates Right: Build Good Will with Rejection Letters

As a hiring manager, you understand, all too well, that no one enjoys being rejected for a job. That's part of the reason it's so difficult to write a rejection letter to candidates that simply aren't a good fit for the position you have available. It's not fun being the bearer of bad news, after all. This leaves many businesses skipping the important step of touching base with job candidates who do not "fit the bill" for whatever reason to [...]

Top Employers of 2011
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Top Employers of 2011

Top Employers of 2011

CNN Money recently released a list of the top employers of 2011. If your company did not make the list, it is time to find out why. The winners were those companies that offered great benefits, big paychecks and created an environment people wanted to be a part of each day. Many of these companies are hiring. For those who are their competition for talent, it pays to find out what they are doing and what you should be doing [...]

The Current State of the Employment and Economy in Arizona
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The Current State of the Employment and Economy in Arizona

The Current State of the Employment and Economy in Arizona

The recent economic downturn initially hit Arizona hard. In fact, areas like Phoenix were hit with a nine percent loss of area jobs. Phoenix was among the hardest hit cities in the US. Phoenix certainly wasn't alone in taking on huge losses of private sector jobs. Among the nations 938 metropolitan and micropolitan areas, 91 percent of them experienced job losses during the heart of the crisis in 2008 and 2009. Fourth Quarter 2011 Job Growth But things are beginning [...]