Topic
Recruiting
240 published works
Winstead Business Divorce
Making Your Business Prosper, Not Just Survive: Hiring All-Stars and Avoiding Bad Apples on Your Team
By Ladd Hirsch
Hiring the wrong people can quickly push a company off course, especially a growing private company. This seems obvious, yet statistics show that companies do a remarkably poor job of…
Prosecution First Blog
Applicants These Days: Who are they? And, How Can they be Changed?
What’s the situation?Read more
Smooth Transitions
Recruiter Checklist for 2016
By Rob Radcliff
Here are a few thoughts for placement professionals to consider going into 2016: Be familiar with the Texas Occupations Code and all it requires and its implications. Here is a…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The OnRamp Fellowship Supporting Women’s Reentry into Practice
By Tracy Thomas
The OnRamp Fellowship--A Pipeline Back Into PracticeAccording to a 2010 study by the Center for Work-Life Policy, nearly 75 percent of women attempting to return to the workforce after voluntarily…
Employment Law Watch
Guidance on the Recruitment and Retention of Transgender Staff in the UK
By Joanna Powis
The UK Government has published new guidance for employers regarding the recruitment and retention of transgender staff. Its stated aim is to make sure employers are equipped to create an…
Employment Law Worldview
Mind your language – European decision reinforces recruitment best practice
Maybe surprisingly for a country which has traditionally overcome its limited second language capability by slowing its speech and raising its voice, it is not the UK which is in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Re-entry Program for Women Lawyers Expands
By Tracy Thomas
Re-Entry Program for Women Lawyers ExpandsThe OnRamp Fellowship, which connects women lawyers who have taken a hiatus for at least two years with jobs at law firms and companies, is expanding. The…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Announces New General Counsel and Deputy Chief ALJ
On September 1, 2015, FERC announced that Chairman Norman Bay had named Max Minzner as general counsel to the Commission. Prior to being named general counsel, Mr. Minzner served as…
Employment Discrimination Report
Top 5 Interviewer Mistakes
I see a lot of posts focusing on mistakes that applicants make in an interview, but in my line of work, I see the consequences of what happens when employers…
Business Risk Management Blog
How to minimize risk when hiring an employee from a competitor
The talent market is increasingly fluid, with many businesses following the talent development mantra “if you can’t beat 'em, hire 'em.” Poaching from a competitor is not without risk. However,…