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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

Today, companies are ready to ramp up hiring once again, but candidates are in short supply and employers face stiff competition for top talent. In fact, a recent study from Jobvite found that a lack of qualified candidates and competition from other employers are the top concerns among recruiters today. year over year.

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What You Need to Know About Marijuana

InfoMart

In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana. Clearly outline your drug policies to candidates and workers; they need to understand that they shouldn’t smoke marijuana on their break or take an edible at lunch. Marijuana legalization is one of the most often discussed news topics today.

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Analytics in Hiring: 4 Ways AI Helps You Find Non-Obvious Talent

Eightfold

Hiring managers don’t always have the time to analyze hundreds or thousands of candidates to find the needle in the haystack, though. In doing so, they often miss out on candidates who may bring more to the position, and the company, with unique skills and abilities. This gives organizations a competitive edge in the marketplace.

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your job application was rejected by a human, not a computer

Ask a Manager

As the main users of ATSs, recruiters have extensive experience and years in talent acquisition, and will tell you they hear this all the time and they cringe upon its utterance. But if you want to know my opinion on why this “myth” has infiltrated the job seeking world, scroll past all the research and jump to the end.

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Your Job Candidate Has Criminal Record? Don’t Panic.

TalentCulture

It’s that alarming moment when the background check reveals that your top job candidate has a criminal record. Believe it or not, a criminal record does not mean that your candidate is over and done with. When a background check reveals that a candidate has a record, employers should review the EEOC guidance.

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Best Practices When Considering Candidates with Criminal Records

Sterling Check

From today’s top news stories to the current jobs landscape, background checks are a central part of the hiring process. At a time when the demand for more information about candidates continues to rise, employers are finding strong value in the content of the background screening results they receive.

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HR Best Practices: The 3 Cs of Background Check Policies

Goodhire

Editor’s note: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected background checks and hiring, so we thought it was time to refresh a popular blog that ran in 2015 to help employers determine whether they need to update their employment screening policy. That way, all candidates and employees are treated fairly and consistently.