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Employment Law Updates to Know in 2024

Broadleaf

The Washington law prevents most employers from denying someone a job based on a drug screening that turns up traces of cannabis. Employees in the construction and building industries are excluded from the law, as well as those hired for positions that require federal background and clearance checks.

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Transferable Skills Are Valuable! Showcase Them During Your Interview Process With Waters

PowerToFly

You'll initially speak to a recruiter who is going to reach out to you to set up a phone screen. During this initial phone screen, they will be determining your basic eligibility for the position and dig into your background to understand if you are a fit. The next step is going to be with a hiring manager specific to the role.

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Presenting Records to Your Trading Partners

NPA Worldwide

So it’s important to talk to the hiring manager and get that additional value-add information for your partners. Include selling points & helpful screening questions, like: What size budget do you manage? Don’t just copy and paste… rewrite the job posting. How to present your A+ candidates to an importer: 1.

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4 Ways Pharmaceutical Companies Can Include More Women In Leadership

Eightfold

If increasing the representation of women in the industry is a “box-checking exercise rather than an overhaul of the industry’s culture, any progress won’t hold,” says Lisa Jarvis , senior correspondent for Chemical & Engineering News. . Hire People With Diverse Backgrounds and Experiences. Inclusion starts with diversity.

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Recruiting Engineers: Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical & More

Contract Recruiter

Hiring top-tier, experienced engineers can be challenging because there is more demand than supply in the field. Let’s talk a bit about the types of engineering and the challenges that companies often face when recruiting engineers before discussing some tips and tricks to help you out during the hiring process.

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The importance of hiring for skills and how AI can help

Eightfold

According to McKinsey , hiring for skills is five times more predictive of job performance than hiring for “check-the-box” qualifications like education and pedigree of previous employers. To build a more agile workforce, it’s not enough to hire top talent. Without the right skills to adapt, organizations could fall behind.

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Should you have Bar Raisers at your company?

Great Hires

‘If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs, but if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, Ogilvy & Mather will become a company of giants.’. They help with filtering and screening candidates. Do you feel that you are making too many bad hires?

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