Finding market-rate salaries can be difficult, especially as pay rates increase rapidly in entry-level jobs. We know that you’ll make more money if you jump companies, which makes no logical sense–your current company should pay up. But they don’t increase salaries enough for current employees, although they will
Earlier this year, Indeed made a significant change in what information it gives candidates — that all job postings must have salary ranges even if the employer doesn’t want that. And now the job board is implementing another significant change: a shift from a pay-per-click to a pay-per-application pricing plan. Instead
One of the cruel realities of life is that the internet is forever. Even if you delete it, it’s coming back to haunt you. Even if you were right in the first place. Here’s a case in point: Adam Guild, co-founder, and CEO of Owner.com, posted a quick
I truly love Halloween. It’s a great holiday without family or guilt obligations. It’s candy and costumes, and what could be better? Nothing. But what could be worse? Oh, dear me, a whole lot worse than I could have imagined. So terrible that I hope this is fake.
Job hunting is hell. When you search for a new perfect person to fill a vacancy, remember that your candidates go through hell to find a new job. Who should be grateful that they are willing to do it? You should. Yes, as a hiring manager, you should
In 1991 moviegoers watched Sally Field portray Betty Mahmoody in Not Without My Daughter. In real life, Mahmoody was trapped by her Iranian husband in Iran, and she could not leave with her American-born daughter. The Swiss embassy helped Mahmoody smuggle her daughter out. How horrible, people said.
A Florida-based company wanted its Netherlands-based employee to keep his camera on all the time. The Dutch employee balked and, in a manner lawsuit-happy Americans should be proud of, sued. TechCrunch reports that the employee won “court costs, back wages, a fine of $50,000,” as well as the court invalidating
It’s the most horrible time of the year! For recruiters, that is. It’s the time when talent acquisition departments have to hire hundreds of temporary workers to get through the holiday season. Hiring holiday employees is a tradition that probably goes back to when the Three Wisemen had
I’ve been with my company for five years. I’m a Senior Recruiter in the Human Resource department. We were under a Talent Acquisition Manager before, and it was wonderful! He left, and they never replaced him. Now I report to the HR Director. It’s been a terrible experience,
