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The Delicate Art of Choosing Part-Time vs. Full-Time Workers

Homebase

It’s an easy exercise with the potential for a huge payoff. Training costs: Dealing with constant turnover among part-time employees may result in higher training costs, as new hires might need more frequent onboarding. But have you ever sat down and defined part-time vs. full-time work at your business?

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In defense of Palantir… or why the Department of Labor got the wrong man

Aline Lerner

Department of Labor filed a suit against Palantir Technologies, alleging that Palantir’s engineering hiring practices discriminate against Asian applicants. I don’t have any salacious insider information about this suit, but I do have quite a bit of insight into how technical hiring works. How did I arrive at this conclusion?

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Employers Can’t Fire Employees for Placing Rebuttal in Their Personnel File After All

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Last March, we wrote about a surprising ruling in which the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded employers in the state aren’t legally prohibited from firing employees for exercising their right to file a rebuttal in response to a negative document placed in their personnel file. In November 2010, Medical Information Technology, Inc.

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Douchebag Candidate of the Week: How NOT to Respond to a Rejection

Staffing Talk

As you will soon see, the candidate’s response is a total and utter failure from the moment he begins with “High Susan,” thereby presuming that his employer takes mind-altering substances on the job, to the bitter end of his rant-like plea for Congress to interrupt the email proceedings and mandate that he be hired.

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How to Make a Business Case for Onboarding Process Improvement

ExactHire Recruiting

But is your boss convinced that the new hire onboarding pain is palpable enough yet? A helpful exercise is to organize potential items in a SWOT (Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats) four-square grid. Think about the types of activities that will result in positive outcome change for your business.

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Best interview questions to ask candidates (and how to evaluate answers)

Workable

But when you get them right, you’ll gain better insights into candidates and make smarter hiring decisions. To do this, first determine what qualities you want to see in your new hire. For example, you could ask content writing candidates to submit their answers to an editing exercise. Could you tell me more about that period?

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How to Prevent Your Employees from Leaving: The 5 P’s

Jobvite

Allow employees to come into work late or leave early once a week for a yoga or group exercise class. Huhman is a career expert, experienced hiring manager, and founder & president of Come Recommended , a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for job search and human resources technologies. What did you do?

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