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Although hiring costs vary by industry and region, it is always surprising to see the bottom-line figure, after all of the line item costs have been factored in. The total cost of hiring one new employee could be as high as $5,000, or more, in a professional or manufacturing industry. Even hiring a new employee…

When you have a job opening at your company, it is important to be able to recruit the best candidate for the position. However, if you are unable to create an effective job description, you will have a tough time finding the best talent available. There are a number of necessities to include in a…

Congratulations! You’re thinking about hiring internationally! At some point in a company’s life, they’re going to have to consider hiring someone from outside their own country, and there are many factors to consider. Are you willing (and able) to deal with the different kinds of visas necessary for someone from outside the United States to…

A few days back, I watched a program on wild elephants. That episode showed the activities of a herd of elephants with a month-old calf. The elephants kept grazing and moving the entire day. The highlight of the episode was about how the baby elephant faced a real big challenge for the first time in…

How can you attract steady and growing stream of visitors to your blog every day? Why would someone visit your blog while there are millions of others on the internet? What would you do to charm your readers and make them come back for more? It takes much more than just creating a blog to…

Recruiters are responsible for bringing in candidates who are the best of the best. However, they can only gather the most innovative and proficient talent pool to select from if they have the right tools. Even if they are the right tools and skills, there is always the chance they could be used better. Technological…

Remember when you got to go to camp or on a field trip as a kid and there was always that handy dandy checklist to help you pack? Wouldn’t it be nice if that were something that you got in real life too? Just like we talked about last week, we’re doing a great series…

It’s the end of the workweek. Some people in the office leave a little early to get a jumpstart on their weekend plans; some people didn’t even come in because of their flex schedules. Friday for the average professional is a godsend. For job postings on the other hand, the end of the week doesn’t…

The steps, the paperwork, the bits of information, the calls and emails can start to pile up and get messy, fast. Streamlining the hiring lifecycle facilitates a better candidate experience. When a hire is done efficiently and quickly the candidate feels like they are in good hands from the get-go. Streamlining the hiring lifecycle also…

Blake Mycoskie started his shoes company in 2006 with a noble cause. He promised to provide a new pair of shoes to needy poor children in Argentina for every pair of shoes bought from his company, TOMS. Here is what Blake has got to say for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business with…