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Weekend Roundup: Legislation and HR compliance

Jan 19, 2015 | Weekend Roundup

Jan. 17—Jan. 18, 2015 This week, the focus in on legislation. The issue of discrimination, specifically transgender discrimination, has been on everyone’s radar for the past two weeks, and there are several court decisions in the queue that will likely affect many...

Are You Doing Individualized Assessments?

Jul 30, 2014 | Criminal Background Checks

Recently, a House Subcommittee heard from the EEOC on individualized assessments and criminal background checks as a matter of policy. An attorney representing the U.S. Congress alleged that the EEOC’s guidance is faulty. Evidence of this was made clear when the EEOC...

Assessing the candidate: Integrity

Mar 13, 2014 | HR Best Practices

      I like to get off of behavioral questions for a minute and get the candidate comfortable again by asking one of the usual, “I see you were at such and such company for so many years, why did you leave that company?” but this is only so that I can...

Assessing the Candidate: Interpersonal Skills

Mar 6, 2014 | HR Best Practices

Do you have a lone gunman or a team player? Once you’ve assessed where a candidate’s motivation comes from, their ambition and self-esteem, it’s time to see if they have the tools in their tool box to get the job done. In this case, you’re looking for how well they...

Assessing the candidate: Results-focused

Mar 4, 2014 | HR Best Practices

(3 Results-Focused) At this point I usually get into asking more specific questions about their resume, like “why did you leave here?” and “what did you like best about this job?” so that they relax again.  Pay close attention to the body language before they answer. ...

Assessing a candidate: Honesty

Feb 19, 2014 | HR Best Practices

When I am assessing a candidate’s outlook and general attitude, I am looking for their perspective, integrity, and honesty. It’s impossible, even for a seasoned interrogator like myself, to tell if someone is being honest right off the bat, but you can use behavioral...