A few weeks ago, I received a call from a placement firm checking references for a prior employee. This individual didn’t leave here on the best of terms so I had a bit of trepidation about what the recruiter would ask me and how I should answer her inquiries. Of course, the lawyers were telling [...]
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We recently had a team discussion over whether a company with 50 or less employees and no government contracts needed to abide by OFCCP, EEO and Uniform Guidelines in its hiring criteria. Who must comply and which federal guidelines should these clients follow in developing their selection standards? You might be interested in this discussion, [...]
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A few days ago, some of the folks at ECI were invited by a client to attend an HR Department of the Year awards dinner. We knew that our client and his wonderful team of Recruitment and Talent Management Staff was in the running for this prestigious award. Annually, companies apply and compete in a variety [...]
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One of the most frequent searches that leads to our website is “How do you answer Behavioral Event Interview questions?” Or more often, “How do you answer ECI interview questions?” For those of you who are in the job market, and it seems like there are a huge number of people looking for work these days, [...]
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Turbulent times cause companies a lot of problems, and sometimes opportunities. One question our clients ask is how to staff the current operation to support the business, without cutting out so much muscle that you lose the ability to grow or improve your profitability. There is a break point in that discussion and the answers depend [...]
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A critical aspect of constructing a Competency System is whether you have someone on site who can champion for the cause. If your company is smaller in size, and you have an HR professional who understands the rudiments of competency construction, you may be able to create the system yourself with a bit of help [...]
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A lot of the people who visit our website want to know the answer to the question “How do you build a competency system?” And of course the answer is, “It depends.” The things that determine how to approach building a system are really pretty simple: How many people are in your organization? 100 or less, 200 [...]
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