Trakstar Hire Blog / Human Resources

When you’re surrounded by a certain peer group for an extended period of time, you tend to communicate very well with each other. However, after transitioning from one group to another, certain lingo doesn’t often get received in the same manor. For example, a veteran telling a recruiter or interviewer what his job responsibilities were…

While other recruiters are cleaning up their data and creating functional CRMs , are you still working in excel, trying to create searchable fields, tracking down information that others have gathered but haven’t added to profiles? There really is an easier way to keep records . If a company’s HR department isn’t organized, what hope…

With the turning of the seasons comes a new budget for many companies – nongovernment organizations receive their new budgets in October after the beginning of the fiscal year. With a rearranged or increased budget, there’s a good chance you’ll have the opportunity to create a new position. At the very least you’ll be able…

The battle always results to finding talent. Therefore, good recruiting should lead to qualified candidates. And while good candidates are hard to catch, they can be even harder to keep. Recruiters shouldn’t lie to acquire coveted talent, or they run the risk of seeing them leave in 3-6 months when the truth to the exaggerations…

When it comes to productivity, one of the most time consuming activities that most employees do during the day is check and respond to email. While it is a necessary evil when it comes to getting work done, it can also contain unnecessary time wasters. It all boils down to unsubscribing when possible and applying…

In the first installment of this series, we spoke with Andrew Crawford of the Founder Institute , a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur training program and startup incubator with chapters across 75 cities and 30 countries. Hiring comprises a significant portion of Andrew’s responsibilities as the Founder Institute’s finance manager. He shared with us advice for founders…

LA and Philadelphia are the Two Best American Cities to Find Young Talent Cities vary widely in terms of architecture, geography, climate, atmosphere–and talent. Cities like San Francisco and New York have high-demand for candidates recently out of college, but also a high supply. Not so with Philly and L.A., which have high supply but…

The Psychology of Hiring: Liking Someone Doesn’t Predict a Good Hire Hiring managers are human, and humans are prone to bias–both negative and positive. But you can put steps in place to make your assessment of candidates as objective as possible. source: ERE Media’s TLNT blog What to do When You Can’t Find Good Candidates…

Recruiters: Don’t Risk Your Credibility Because You Hate Giving Bad News Unless you’re a sadist, it sucks to deliver bad news, right? But let’s face it, the vast majority of candidates in your pipeline aren’t going to get an offer. If a candidate in the interview stage reaches out to you for updates, give them…

Did you know that 22% of new hires will resign after only 45 days on the job? In fact, a recent study shows that only 35% of candidates actually have the experience necessary to qualify for the position that they applied for. That is why the process of screening candidates is so essential to a…