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Resume Screening Is Useless (Here’s What to Do Instead)

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Let’s face it; everyone sucks at screening resumes. One of the reasons why people are so terrible at resume screening is bias. This article explains why resume screening is useless. The reason that resume screening is useless, is that most information on a typical resume can trigger all sorts of cognitive biases.

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5 Best Practices for Pre-Employment Assessments Hiring Managers Should Be Tracking

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Pre-employment assessments are excellent tools that provide a wealth of data, and much needed objectivity, when used correctly. But those same pre-employment tests can perpetuate bias if hiring managers aren’t paying attention to the whole story. And that, of course, includes your subjective gut instinct.

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How Hiring Collaborative Talent Breeds a Creative, Scaleable Organization

Entelo

Since then, those trends have accelerated, making tools like Salesforce, Slack, and Google Docs essential solutions for millions of businesses. They offer two main solutions: establishing clear expectations via management for collaborative, cross-functional processes and adopting collaborative software that promotes increased collaboration.

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I’m supposed to do a 90-minute presentation an interview, no one at work acknowledges my life events, and more

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(Fill in the blank with the closest thing you have that would work, like a redacted version of a previous presentation or anything else you have that will get close to what they’re likely trying to assess.) My father died in 2015, and only one person in the office offered any condolences (a card was signed by about half the office).

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The Evolution of Talent Acquisition with GitHub's Maisha Cannon

Entelo

When I began my career, the recruiting industry was very employer centric. We found that setting up 2-3 company provided laptops and doing quick 10-minute pre-screen interviews on-site during these half-day sessions eliminated the lags in communication. What I love about recruiting is the listening, learning, assessing, and consulting.

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5 Reasons Talent Acquisition Is About More Than Luck

Spark Hire

A 2015 Adecco survey found that 47 percent of respondents said sourcing candidates is one of the biggest problems HR is currently facing. Our hiring plan involves extensive and even tedious screening before we ever meet the candidate face to face. But in reality, being able to consistently find great talent has little to do with luck.

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Guide to Hiring Employees in Liberia

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However, navigating the employment landscape in Liberia requires an understanding of its unique legal, cultural, and practical considerations. Legal Requirements for Hiring Employees in Liberia Before hiring employees in Liberia, employers must be aware of the legal framework governing labor relations.