The right way to check references before hiring employees

When companies make a bad hire, it can cost a lot of time and money to correct the situation. Many of these bad hires could be avoided simply by checking references of potential employees. But, for reference checks to yield valuable information, managers should know the process to follow and the right questions to ask…

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How to retain employees – 5 ways to keep your high-performers

Successful business leaders know that to remain profitable, they must try to retain their best employees. While competitive salaries and benefits go a long way in recruiting industry stars, those rewards aren’t always enough to keep them. A 2017 Nielson survey of 1,600 American and Canadian employees, done for the international HR technology firm Ceridian,…

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Despite high demand, finding the best candidates in high-competition fields is possible

What do these professions have in common? Information technologists, marketing managers, HR managers, product managers, accountants and auditors, civil engineers, industrial engineers and mechanical engineers. Professionals in these white-collar positions are among the workers most in demand by the job market as we enter the year 2017. The growing need for their talent, along with…

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