Dave Anderson

Like anything in life, hiring success depends on planning and preparation. Recruiters and talent acquisition professionals have to use the right tools and resources in order to find and evaluate great candidates who can help the company achieve its goals. This article outlines 25 tools, documents and resources every recruiting team should have in their…

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when hiring is sitting back and waiting for candidates to come to you. You can post open roles on your company website and popular job boards but that doesn’t always mean the right person for the job will apply. If you hope to make a slam dunk…

The hospitality industry is currently experiencing a boom. The economy is healthy and many people are choosing to spend their extra income on leisure. That means hotels, restaurants, event centers, casinos and other travel and hospitality businesses have to expand their workforce to keep up with the demand. However, hiring the right employees for customer…

The internet gives us an unprecedented opportunity to share information about anything, including experiences working for, or interviewing with particular companies. Prior to the internet age, people could only tell others about a positive or negative interaction with an employer through word of mouth. But with the emergence of social media, Glassdoor and other sites,…

  Even though it has become common for companies to attract top talent with unique employee perks, most people value a solid and fair salary the most. Everyone has bills to pay and financial goals in mind and the right compensation is more often than not the main reason they accept a new job or…

In a perfect world, people would get hired based strictly on their work experience and the skills they bring to the table. However, that’s unfortunately not the reality. The biases recruiters and hiring managers have can cause decisions to be made based on other details unrelated to role fit.   What is blind recruitment? Blind…

Every company needs to have a team of great employees. But there are a handful of well-known brands that strive to hire the brightest minds available. Companies like Facebook, Google and Tesla have built seamless hiring processes for identifying top-tier talent among the mass of applicants they receive. If you recruit and hire for your…

Not long ago, human resources was the department you would meet with on your first and last day on the job. They would walk you through new hire paperwork and show you around the office when you joined and conduct your exit interview when you were leaving. Between those two milestones, you might have brief…

Matt Dale is the Support Team Coordinator for Illuminate Education. He was nice enough to share his thoughts on modern customer support and Illuminate Education’s process when hiring new support specialists. Can you provide an overview of Illuminate Education and how your support team operates? We’re a software-as-a-service provider for the K12 education market. School…

When following a standard hiring process, you first and foremost make sure candidates have the required skills, experience and education for the role. But after you find a few people who fit the bill, you should then consider if they’ll gel with their team members and the company as a whole. Every interviewer needs to…