Job Posting Essentials
Should You Include Data Reporting Duties in a Job Description?
Do You Know How to Use a Job Description?
The Function of Job Descriptions in Maintaining Organizational Control
Why You Shouldn’t View Job Descriptions As Limiting Change
9 Common Problems You Might Be Facing With Your Job Descriptions
Employer Articles
Hiring Advice
Perspectives of Keyword Use in Scanning Resumes
The use of keywords in resumes is a relatively recent phenomenon – one that is concurrent with the rise of digital search technology and the adoption of applicant tracking software by businesses. + read more
Should You Hire People Based on Passion Over Experience?
For today's hiring advice article, we decided to find out what hiring managers, recruiters, and anyone else in charge of hiring thought about this question: Should people hire based on passion over experience? We received quite a few responses to this question, and we are excited to be able to share these thoughts with you. After reading through these, if you want to add your own thoughts, feel free to do so in the comments below the article. + read more
Pros and Cons of Job Posting in the Technology Age
We asked several experts what they thought about how posting jobs has changed in today's age of technology. Here is what they had to say: + read more
Q & A with Susan L. Combs: ObamaCare and New Jobs
We asked Susan L. Combs, President of Combs & Company, a few questions about ObamaCare and new jobs, and wanted to share her responses with you. Here are the questions we asked her, and below are her responses. + read more
When to Hire an Expert for a Full-Time Job and When as a Consultant
You got a resume before you that says you ultimately have the top expert with sufficient domain experience to solve problems in your organization. But as a recruiter, you need to find out at the interview table the fresh load of problems the expert might be bringing into the organization along with preconceptions. + read more
Ways Job Posting Has Changed in the Last 10 Years
We spoke to several experts about ways that job posting has changed in the last decade. Here are their thoughts: + read more
Taking a Risk on a New Hire
When you are meeting with candidates to fill an open position, how willing are you to take a leap of faith and hire a person who may seem perfect for the job but is missing a particular qualification? Perhaps the applicant did not finish their doctorate, or has a large gap in their employment. What can be overlooked in a candidates background? What circumstances would allow you to overlook a single or multiple problems for a candidate in the hiring process? + read more
How Technology has Changed Job Search over the Last Decade
Robyn has been in academic advising, career counseling and business development for nearly 10 years. She takes great joy in sharing a student or alum's success in securing a job or internship, as well as providing interactive workshops and events to our students and alumni. + read more
Excerpts on the Impact of Technology on Jobs from Future Jobs: Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis
Excerpts on the Impact of Technology on Jobs from Future Jobs: Solving the Employment and Skills Crisis.
Technology and global business practices have continuously raised the employee knowledge bar for most jobs. Yet the education-to-employment system has remained the same. We have failed to respond to the challenge of creating a larger talent pool of skilled people in our communities. + read more