Skills-based hiring is gaining momentum as employers prioritize job-ready skills over degrees. Explore benefits, risks, and practical steps to improve hiring outcomes.
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Identifying the True Cost of Terminating an Employee
Employers: Is your organization prepared to handle everything that comes with terminating an employee? Let’s discuss how to get a firm grasp of the true cost.
How Employers Can Create Job Postings That Actually Work
Learn how to create job postings that attract top talent. Discover common mistakes, candidate turn-offs, and best practices for clarity, transparency, and engagement.
Thinking About Layoffs? Here’s What Employers Need to Know
Considering layoffs in 2025? Learn how to evaluate costs, navigate legal requirements, and avoid common mistakes before reducing your workforce.
How Skills-Based Hiring Could Expand Your Applicant Pool
Some organizations are expanding their applicant pool by dropping the college degree requirement and instead adopting a skills-based approach to hiring.
What a Good Enough Hiring Process Looks Like
The last few years have proved challenging for employers trying to fill positions. Struggling employers may have been tempted to look for a “magic bullet,” that one thing sure to get them more candidates.
Making the Most of Job Interviews
When interviewing job candidates, time is critical. The time you spend talking to candidates adds up quickly, especially if you have a lot of great candidates. That has a cost—you’re not getting other important work done. That time also goes by incredibly fast. Within the span of a brief discussion, you have to gather the […]
Why You Should Care About Your Employer Brand
Lots of HR leaders today are talking about the importance of using marketing techniques to build an effective employer brand. What is an employer brand? To answer that question, it may be helpful to go over what a brand is in general. A brand is a name, image, or some other feature that distinguishes your […]
What are Protected Classes?
Protected classes — also sometimes called protected characteristics — come from anti-discrimination law. We talk about them with respect to employment laws, but they also come into play in housing and education. The classes and characteristics protected by federal law include race, color, age (over 40), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, religion, disability, national […]
When You Need to Hire Workers, But Nobody Likes the Work
Learn some ways you can approach hiring workers for some undesirable positions.