Human Resources 101

Barbara Reinhold says that recruiting is too important to be left to recruiters. She’s right! Too many managers want to push the job of selecting a new employee to someone else. Get HR to build the short list, then take over the process following these 10 simple rules.

Rule number one is clear, but very [...]

For more than 40 years Robert Half has given readers a chance to submit funny resume gaffes to Resumania. However, it’s not just the candidate that can mis-speak. Sometimes the job ad misses the mark. One company recently posted an opening for an “aminisative assistant.” Another organization proved it certainly was in need of proofreading assistance with [...]

Paul Senzee gets a unique recruiting pitch from Red 5. Senzee 5: Red 5’s Pitch
Tags: recruiting

The CV Writing web site provides tips, examples and information on preparing for, and carrying out, the job search.
CV writing – CV ideas and tutorials on how to write the best CV for your situation.

Four Ways Supervisors Frustrate Their Employees – From Michael Hyatt: The four most common employee complaints about their supervisors.
The Resume Experiment – Day 1 of 5 – JibberJobber gets experts to weigh in on improving a resume:

Introduction
First Impressions/Reactions
Formatting
Content is King
Wrap-Up

Introducing Lifehacker’s Job Board – Lifehacker adds a job board to the mix.
Create a Winning Management Team [...]

I read the eDragou blog for his productivity and mind-mapping posts. He is currently running a contest with a free license for MindManager 6 as the prize –a $349.00 value.
To enter the contest, you have to create a resume using a mind map. (If you’re not familiar with the concept, you can read this entry [...]

Finders & Keepers: Recruitment and Retention Strategies (pdf 2384 KB) is a 63-page handbook published by Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry. The book is written for employers to help address skilled labour shortages in an increasingly tight labour market.
While the handbook is written by the Alberta Government, for employers in Alberta, there is lots of useful [...]

I suspect a number of employers overlook the potential labour pool available  through the Aboriginal community. Ripple Effects provides awareness training of the potential available in Aboriginal communities across Canada.
Learn how to successfully employ Aboriginal people. Come learn best practice strategies that will improve your capacity to recruit, hire and retain Aboriginal employees.
Register online the following upcoming [...]

The following is an extensive list of sample questions that can be used in a formal interview process. Interview questions should never be set in stone. A good recruiter tailors the questions to best fit the position being filled. A good recruiter also uses the questions as a starting point knowing when and how to drill [...]

Last week, Fortune released its list of the 100 best companies to work for in the US. This week, Hewitt Associates’ listed the 50 Best Employers in Canada 2007:

1 Wellington West Capital Inc.2 EllisDon Corporation3 Edward Jones Canada4 Bennett Jones LLP5 PCL Constructors Inc.6 Sleep Country Canada7 Envision Financial8 Farm Credit Canada9 JTI-Macdonald Corp.10 [...]