Recruiting & Hiring Blog for HR Professionals

It’s no secret finding the right candidate for a job is often anything but easy. Entry-level positions can be particularly difficult to fill, as applicants customarily have little (if any) related work experience to help your decision making. So when you find a quality person for an entry-level job, you want him or her to stick around for years to come.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, young employees between the ages of 20 and 34—the ages you typically see for entry-level applicants—will only spend an average of 2.3 years with an employer. Some sources indicate employees will decide in as little as 10 days if they intend to stay with an organization or begin looking for a different job! This means successfully onboarding entry-level employees can reduce turnover. 

As an HR representative, the bulk of work associated with onboarding often falls on you. Now is the time to create a positive onboarding experience for entry-level employees. These tips will help you get started. 

Too many candidates. Too little time. That’s what life is like in HR these days.

Sure, not every one of those candidates is qualified for the job (in fact – identifying that mythical “qualified candidate” can seem like an impossible task), but the sheer quantity of applications the average HR pro needs to sift through can be overwhelming.   

Here at Hyrell, we know that it's important to take time to stop. Smell the roses. And learn to laugh a little more. So check out today's Friday Funny: Pitfalls of the Hiring and Recruiting Process... 

Finding top talent can be an ongoing struggle for any business. But while hiring talent from outside the organization is a great tactic to bring new skill sets into the company and give you a leg up on the competition, there are many benefits to hiring from within as well.

Interviews allow you to make the most informed hiring decisions, but we all know conducting them can be a substantial drain on your time and resources—especially if there are multiple candidates you need to interview.

Creating a collaborative recruiting process is essential for any organization looking to fill a vital role. However, as with most things in life, success is not guaranteed. So before you dive into endless meetings filled with needless indecision, check out these four steps to creating a successful selection committee: 

Last week we shared a clip featuring a the interview scene from the film “The Internship,” in which Vince Vaughn’s and Owen Wilson’s characters conduct a memorable interview likely to make most hiring managers cringe. We also asked a few experts to weigh in and share how they’d handle the interview if put in a similar situation. 

We’re continuing the series this week with another clip, featuring two candidates who took “dress to impress” to a whole new level:

What’s the actual cost to your company if you hire the wrong candidate? ...$10 ...$1,000 ...$100,000?

“Bad Hire” cost estimates are all over the board and can vary dramatically by industry, job type and company. Some organizations rely on extremely complicated and in-depth formulas to examine the far reaching effects of this slightly intangible cost. While others just have the intrinsic sense that the number is most likely high, and should probably be avoided if at all possible.

Since most companies don’t have a resident cost of hiring algebra savant readily available, we asked a few members of Team Hyrell to share their thoughts on what they think is the biggest “cost” of a bad hire:

We recently shared some of our favorite hiring stories, from rejected candidates asking to bum a few bucks off the hiring manager to applicants leaving angry voicemails for recruiters. The list of hilarious hiring moments goes on and on—and some would say these types of hiring stories could be meant for the big screen!

Because we felt so inspired by the hiring stories our clients, colleagues and recruiting experts have shared, we started thinking about some of our favorite hiring moments in pop culture history. The first one we share today depicts a pretty memorable scene in which two job applicants conduct a video interview. Let’s cut to the clip:

Happy Fourth of July!

Here at Hyrell, we know that it's important to take time to stop. Smell the roses. And learn to laugh a little more. So check out today's Fourth of July themed Friday Funny, and remember to “kick back and pursue a little happiness…”