The next form of workplace discrimination: the technologically challenged… you may laugh reading this sentence but it’s actually a reality. How? Aren’t computer skills necessary for certain positions? It’s not discrimination if applicants can’t perform the job...
Look closely at this picture. Notice anything, or more accurately, anyone familiar?In a not-so-surprising move, Edward Snowden appeared via satellite robot (middle and far right screen) from somewhere in Russia at yesterday’s 2014 TED conference in Vancouver, reports...
Pre-employment testing – we have all been subjected to it at one point or another. Whether it was proving you could add and subject for that cashiers job you got at 16 or that personality test you took when you applied to be a sales person after college. Maybe...
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!As we all think about our first pint of green beer sure to be coming later today, we turn our attention to this annual celebration of Irish heritage, culture and religion. But how much do we really know about St. Patrick and why we wear green...
We write often about the dreaded bad hire. A bad hire takes time, money and resources most companies just don’t have. What if I told you a good or even great hire could do the same thing? I’m crazy right, but before you knock my theory think about promotions. Has that...
By now, you’ve heard of Edward Snowden. We covered the abominable gap in his background screening process and the resulting lawsuit not that long ago.There is consensus that Snowden is a high-profile and alarming case study for all employers but less-reported cases...
