<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>BioSpace.com News</title><link>http://www.biospace.com</link><generator>BioSpace RSS Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:05:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><image><url>http://rss.biospace.com/images/BSPLogo.gif</url><title>BioSpace.com</title><link>http://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=1</link></image><copyright>Copyright (C) 2011</copyright><item><title>Key to Attracting the Passive Jobseeker  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=299436&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker22.jpg" alt"Key to Attracting the Passive Jobseeker" name"Key to Attracting the Passive Jobseeker" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Take Your Best Shot First&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Passive, high caliber talent have the attention span of a gnat. Such...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Ways to Improve your Biopharma Hiring Process  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=298482&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/scientist-160.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"5 Ways to Improve Your Biopharma Hiring Process"&gt;Attract the best candidates with &lt;a href"http://careers.biospace.com/employer/EmployerLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl%2femployer%2fEmployer%2fPostJob.aspx"&gt;Biospace Job Postings&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href"http://careers.biospace.com/employer/EmployerLogin...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where is the Demand for Scientists?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=295914&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/scientist-woman-160.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Where is the Demand for Scientists?"&gt; Attract the best candidates with &lt;a href"http://careers.biospace.com/employer/EmployerLogin.aspx?ReturnUrl%2femployer%2fEmployer%2fPostJob.aspx"&gt;Biospace Job Postings&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href"http://careers.biospace.com/employer/EmployerLogin...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Factors That Motivate Passive Job Seekers to Apply  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=292727&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/jobseeker.jpg" alt"5 Factors That Motivate Passive Job Seekers to Apply" name"5 Factors That Motivate Passive Job Seekers to Apply" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Peter Weddle for &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Application Triggers for Passive Prospects&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Given the workload of &lt;a href...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Job Boards Trump Social Media  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=290123&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/online_jobs_160.jpg" alt"Why Job Boards Trump Social Media" name"Why Job Boards Trump Social Media" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Angela Rose, &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;News tickers, newspapers and news magazines seem to be full of headlines about the latest and greatest aspects of ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Walk Softly but Speak With Big Data  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=289753&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job-interview-general2.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Walk Softly but Speak With Big Data"&gt;By Peter Weddle for &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lets be honest.  Hiring managers are not our customers.  At best, they are our allies, and at worst, they are our enemies.  They hold the power...</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Employees Quit Their Jobs  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=288707&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/interview6_160.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Why Employees Quit Their Jobs"&gt;By Donna Fuscaldo, Glassdoor.com &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The expense of losing an employee is more than the cost of bringing one on board, yet companies continually let good workers slip through their hands. The reasons employees leave vary, but one thing...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Do Biopharma Professionals Prefer to Job Hunt?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=287088&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job-search-resume-160.jpg" alt"How Do Biopharma Professionals Prefer to Job Hunt?" name"How Do Biopharma Professionals Prefer to Job Hunt?" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Angela Rose, &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To say the &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/company_segment.aspx"&gt;biopharma industry...</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 5 Toughest Conversations for HR  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=284611&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/interview4_160.jpg" alt"Top 5 Toughest Conversations For HR" name"Top 5 Toughest Conversations For HR" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Jessica Miller-Merrell, &lt;a href"http://www.Glassdoor.com/" target"_blank"&gt;Glassdoor.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Kids have it easy. If something doesnt look right, smell right or seem right, kids...</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Hiring Risks Biopharma Employers Overlook  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=284399&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/scientists_clapping_160.jpg" alt"3 Hiring Risks Life Science Employers Overlook" name"3 Hiring Risks Life Science Employers Overlook" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Angela Rose, &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/"&gt;BioSpace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/jobs/search-results/?Keywordsenioranalytical...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Become a Best Place to Work - it???s Not Just About Compensation  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=282704&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker12.jpg" alt"How to Become a Best Place to Workits Not Just About Compensation" name"8 Reasons to Consider Quitting Your Job" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Donna Fuscaldo, &lt;a href"http://www.Glassdoor.com/" target"_blank"&gt;Glassdoor.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; As talent wars heat up, many companies look within to figure...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Predictions for 2013: Top Trends in Life Science Recruiting  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=282558&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/scientist-160.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"5 Predictions for 2013: Top Trends in Life Science Recruiting"&gt;By Angela Rose, BioSpace.com &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While its impossible to open a newspaper, cruise Googles news, or turn on the television with hearing dire predictions about the potential results of the dreaded fiscal...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Win Back Good Employees  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=281857&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/jobseeker.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"How to Win Back Good Employees"&gt;By Angela Rose, BioSpace.com &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/"&gt;biotech industry&lt;/a&gt; employed 96,000 more workers in 2010 than it did in 2001, according to the &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/company_profile.aspx?CompanyId1311...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Build a Post-Social Online Career Center  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=281560&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/networking_online_160.jpg" alt"How to Build a Post-Social Online Career Center" name"How to Build a Post-Social Online Career Center" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Peter Weddle for  &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com"&gt;Biospace.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Todays typical online career center has all of the appeal of a brick.  Its...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Reasons Employees Resign  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=280358&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img name"10 Reasons Employees Resign" hspace"5" alt"10 Reasons Employees Resign" vspace"5" align"left" src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker21.jpg" /&gt;By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Good managers know very well how expensive employee turnover can be and work diligently to keep those costs at a minimum. It is a fact that not every employee can be retained...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Post-Social Recruiting  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=279516&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/social_media.jpg" alt"Recruiting Analytics: How Do You Measure Up?" name"Post-Social Recruiting" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the past five years, social &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_subject_all_results.aspx?CatagoryId40075"&gt;recruiting&lt;/a&gt; has primarily been implemented...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruiting Analytics: How Do You Measure Up?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=275982&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker13.jpg" alt"Recruiting Analytics: How Do You Measure Up?" name"Recruiting Analytics: How Do You Measure Up?" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Optimizing the Recruiter's Experience&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Economics has been called the dismal science.  &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news...</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 Metrics Every HR Manager Needs to Know  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=271409&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job-interview-general2.jpg" align"left" vspace"5" hspace"5" alt"8 Metrics Every HR Manager Needs To Know" name"8 Metrics Every HR Manager Needs To Know"&gt;By Jessica Miller-Merrell, &lt;a href"http://www.Glassdoor.com/" target"_blank"&gt;Glassdoor.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The human resources department is not income generating.  We measure our value...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>9 Ways Social Media Is Used By Employers And Job Seekers  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=270377&amp;full=1</link><description>From liking to tweeting and pinning, social media is being used in the job market.  Employers are using it to find top talent and job seekers are finding ways to stand out from the competition.  How are you using social media in your career?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/hec/images/infographic/9-ways-social-media-is-used-by-employers-and-job-seekers.jpg"&gt;&lt;/center...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New: 2012 Employee Benefits Survey  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=270111&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker17.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Employers Increase Benefits that Improve Employee Health and Wellness: Society for Human Resource Management Survey"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Employers Increase Benefits that Improve Employee Health and Wellness: Society for Human Resource Management Survey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Benefit offerings stabilized...</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3 Reasons We Can Stop Spending $5 Billion to Recruit Scientists  </title><link>http://www.science20.com/science_20/3_reasons_we_can_stop_spending_5_billion_recruit_scientists-91840</link><description>Sometimes Science 2.0 has to swim against the stream. The stream, in this case, has been the long-standing irrational belief that America 'needs' more scientists.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There are two reasons I have always had for going against the grain of science media mantra about recruiting more and more students into science:  The first reason is that creativity in science is one instance where quantity does...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Tips to Improve the Candidate Experience  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/five-tips-to-improve-the-candidate-experience</link><description>There is currently a lack of top talent; and with Baby Boomers retiring one every six seconds, the competition for top talent will continue to increase. It is more important than ever to improve the overall candidate experience, whether you hire them or not. A disgruntled candidate can blast your company to hundreds or even thousands of individuals by utilizing social media.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Your reputation...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Incorporating Sales Skills into Recruiting  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/incorporating-sales-skills-into-recruiting</link><description>Due to such factors as globalization, a rise in contingent labor and heightened competition for talent across all industries, organizations find themselves in a new reality; one in which human potential is at the center stage of economic growth. In this new era  the Human Age  talent has become the key competitive differentiator, and an individuals strengths and potential drive companies forward...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Recruit Top Talent Away from the Competition  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=266772&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/jobseeker.jpg" alt"How to Recruit Top Talent Away from the Competition" name"How to Recruit Top Talent Away from the Competition" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Treat Your Talent Pipeline As a Rest Stop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What's the number one problem with today's talent pipelines?  Attrition...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beware: Employers Behaving Badly  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=260503&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/job_seeker6.jpg" alt"Beware: Employers Behaving Badly" name"Beware: Employers Behaving Badly" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Candidates are people too. And in todays world, people are more social than at any other time in human history. They interact in two different worlds, one...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Handling Those Initial Telephone Screening Interviews  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/handling-those-initial-telephone-screening-interviews</link><description>In todays busy world of business the notion of doing things faster and more efficiently makes telephone interviewing an attractive tool to help screen candidates for job openings. Telephone interviews also save travel costs, while serving as a powerful initial screening tool. The individuals conducting telephone screening interviews include in-house human resources staff, typically members of the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Advice for Successful Recruiting  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=260501&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/hand_shake.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Some Advice for Successful Recruiting"&gt;By John Featherstone, &lt;a href"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN1456734318/biospaceA/" target"_blank"&gt;Start Hiring Winners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hiring people is a task most managers face.  In small businesses there is seldom the chance to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruitment Sourcing Magic: What???s in a Title?  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/recruitment-sourcing-magic-whats-in-a-title</link><description>When you are sourcing candidates, do you source by title, skills, or both? When recruiters tell me they search by titles only, they may be attempting to recruit the wrong candidates. Why?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In the US we sometimes seem too concerned about titles and not enough about the work to be accomplished. Therefore, janitors become maintenance engineers. Then maintenance engineers in LEED Certified buildings...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Social Media an Ineffective Recruiting Tool?  </title><link>http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2012/03/20/55-hr-directors-believe-social-media-ineffective-recruiting-tool</link><description>&lt;b&gt;55 Pct. of HR Directors Believe Social Media is an Ineffective Recruiting Tool&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Research by recruitment firm Robert Half has found that 55% of HR directors believe that social media platforms are an ineffective recruiting tool, or are not sure how effective it is, with only 30% using social media to find candidates.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The survey of 200 HR directors found that 63% believe that...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Tips to Tune Up Your Interview Strategy  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253761&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/interview5_160.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"5 Tips to Tune Up Your Interview Strategy"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How to Develop a Unique Approach that Works Best for Your Organization&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For all the ink that has been spilled advising &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/jobs/homepage/"&gt;job&lt;/a&gt; candidates how best to perform in an...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Maximizing Your ROR - Your Return on Recruiting  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253763&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Maximizing Your ROR  Your Return on Recruiting"&gt;By Peter Weddle&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What works best when sourcing top candidates?  Thats the key question, isnt it?  Sure, its interesting to explore new ideas and techniques.  But, at the end of the day, &lt;a href"http...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Expanding Social Presence Can Have Positive Impact on Business Operations, New CompTIA Study Finds  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253768&amp;full=1</link><description>Lessons learned from &lt;a href"http://www.facebook.com/biospacecommunity" target"_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href"http://twitter.com/#!/BioSpace365" target"_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href"http://linkd.in/rMOdk5" target"_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; can help companies improve internal and external processes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;New research released today by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HR Trends Report Reveals Most Organizations Want to Connect Talent Decisions with Business Outcomes, But Less Than Half Actually Do  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253767&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;b&gt;SHL 2012 Annual Global Assessment Trends Report: Hundreds of HR Professionals Disclose Top Talent Priorities and Practices&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SHL, the global leader in talent measurement solutions, today released its highly anticipated Global Assessment Trends Report (GATR) - offering a comprehensive view into how organizations around the world view, assess, and measure talent throughout the entire...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Start Hiring Winners  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253762&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/interview8.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Start Hiring Winners"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interview Questions to Help You Hire Winners&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By John Featherstone, Start Hiring Winners&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Before you conduct your next interview, you should take a look at these interview questions composed by John Featherstone, author of ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Don???t Believe In Fairy Tales  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=253764&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Dont Believe In Fairy Tales"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dont Believe In Fairy Tales&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For decades, economists celebrated the rational person.  It was their view that people would always make the intelligent choice  do what was in their best interests...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: Four Employment Trends for 2012  </title><link>http://talentmgt.com/articles/view/survey-four-employment-trends-for-2012/print:1</link><description>Employers expect to add new jobs in 2012, but are waiting to see how the economy shapes up before turning up the volume on hiring, according to CareerBuilders annual job forecast.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Nearly one in four hiring managers plans to hire full-time, permanent employees in 2012, which was similar entering 2011. Employment trends among small businesses, which account for the majority of job creation...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Makes Online Networking Work?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=246597&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" alt"What Makes Online Networking Work?" name"What Makes Online Networking Work?" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There have been countless articles published about how to find candidates on the Web.&amp;#160; The tools and techniques they describe are...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What 11/22/63 Can Teach Recruiters  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=246596&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" alt"What 11/22/63 Can Teach Recruiters" name"What 11/22/63 Can Teach Recruiters" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stephen King has another best seller out called &lt;i&gt;11/22/63&lt;/i&gt;.  Its a time-travel story about a man who ventures back to that date ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>4 Tips for Post-Holiday Recruitment Success    </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=246598&amp;full=1</link><description>You've sang the last chorus of "Auld Lang Syne," swept up the streamers and confetti, and put away the last champagne glass. It's the New Year -- and it's a great time to supplement your staff with new talent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Decades of market research indicate that the first month of a new year is almost always a very active period of recruitment. Jobseekers looking to make good on their career resolutions...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mercer's Top 10 Tips to Employee Engagement  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=246599&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;h2&gt;Having a tailored engagement strategy ensures employees are motivated to deliver results for themselves and for the organization&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id"article_body"&gt;&lt;p style"text-align: center"&gt;&lt;img border"1" name"Mercer's Top 10 Tips to Employee Engagement" alt"Mercer's Top 10 Tips to Employee Engagement" src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/engaged_employees_120711...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Behavioral Job Interview Questions You Must Ask  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=240090&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/mel_kleiman_100x100.jpg" alt"5 Behavioral Job Interview Questions You Must Ask" name"5 Behavioral Job Interview Questions You Must Ask" align"left" hspace"3" vspace"3"&gt;&lt;font face"arial" size"2"&gt;By &lt;a href"http://kleiman.ning.com/profile/MelKleiman" target"_blank"&gt;Mel Kleiman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Problem with Behavioral...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Hire Applicants Who 'Fit In' Your Organizational Culture  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=240444&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/michael_mercer_100x100.jpg" alt"How To Hire Applicants Who 'Fit In' Your Organizational Culture" name"How To Hire Applicants Who 'Fit In' Your Organizational Culture" align"left" hspace"3" vspace"3"&gt;By Michael Mercer, Ph.D.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pre-employment tests clearly tell you if a job applicant could 'fit in' your company's culture...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Recruiters Can Learn From Politicians  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=239863&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"What Recruiters Can Learn From Politicians" name"What Recruiters Can Learn From Politicians"&gt;November 16, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are, of course, in the silly season of politics.  Despite the verbal gaffes and awkward photo opportunities...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Making Recruitment Mistakes  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=240085&amp;full=1</link><description>November 16, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Richard Navin&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The price of making mistakes in the recruitment process can be huge to companies and also to the economy. Hiring the right person at the right time and every time is virtually impossible but there are many basic errors employers still make and simple steps that can be taken to prevent this. Companies of all sizes do make errors but whether they are...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strategic Recruitment: Workplace Branding and Employee Satisfaction  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=240087&amp;full=1</link><description>November 16, 2011&lt;br&gt;Suzanne V. Benoit, HR and Organizational Consultant&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Years ago, I attended a breakfast hosted by the Northeast Human Resources Association where a management consulting firm discussed recruitment that emphasized employer branding. I had been considering a more strategic look at recruitment and this presentation solidified it for me. The following outlines one way of...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Face-off: Social Media Site vs. Corporate Website  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233897&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;i&gt;Should Brands Refer to their Social Media Sites or Corporate Website?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/social_media_vs._brand_website.jpg" alt"Social Media Site vs. Corporate Website" name"Social Media Site vs. Corporate Website" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Suvarna Sheth. BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;More and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do Job Boards Still Work?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233895&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Do Job Boards Still Work?" name"Do Job Boards Still Work?"&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Though disparaged of late in conference presentations and the blogosphere, job boards remain the #1 external source of new hires according...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Staffing Shortages? Maybe You're the Problem.  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233899&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/jeff_mowatt_100x100.jpg" alt"Staffing Shortages? Maybe You're the Problem." name"Staffing Shortages? Maybe You're the Problem." align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" border"0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Jeff Mowatt&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When I speak at conferences about customer service strategies, I often hear managers discuss how hard...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red Shirt Relationships  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233898&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Red Shirt Relationships" name"Red Shirt Relationships"&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The art of social recruiting involves the development of two kinds of candidate relationships.  The first  blink relationships  establish...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Be Great at Picking People  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233900&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/alan_fairweather_100x100.jpg" name"How to Be Great at Picking People" alt"How to Be Great at Picking People" hspace"5" vspace"3" border"0" align"left" /&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Alan Fairweather, &lt;a href"http://www.themotivationdoctor.com/" target"_blank"&gt;The Motivation Doctor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Do you really know what you're looking...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Successful Managers Don???t Get Stressed  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=234071&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/alan_fairweather_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Successful Managers Dont Get Stressed" name"Successful Managers Dont Get Stressed"&gt;September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Alan Fairweather, &lt;a href"http://www.themotivationdoctor.com/" target"_blank"&gt;The Motivation Doctor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;First, we need to consider...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Easing the Interview Process for New Managers  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=233907&amp;full=1</link><description>September 19, 2011&lt;br&gt;By Theo Gilbert-Jamison, &lt;a href"http://www.psbydesign.com/" target"_blank"&gt;CEO of Performance Solutions by Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With becoming a new manager comes a lot of responsibility. You need to know or learn how to effectively lead, motivate, engage, and coach your team to drive stellar performance. Most important, in growing your team you must be skilled in bringing...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Do HR Managers Look for in Executive Level Talent?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=232337&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/erin_kennedy_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"What Do HR Managers look for in Executive Level Talent?" name"What Do HR Managers look for in Executive Level Talent?"&gt; By Erin Kennedy, Executive Resume Writer, Career Consultant&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;HR Managers like to develop relationships with potential executive...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Myths About the HR Professional as the Candidate in the Job Interview  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=229723&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/carole_martin_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"Myths About The HR Professional As The Candidate In The Job Interview"&gt; By Carole Martin &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most people would think that the job interview as the candidate would be a slam-dunk for the HR Professional who knows everything there is to know about the...</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Ways to Fire Before You Hire  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=227223&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/dave_anderson_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"5 Ways to Fire Before You Hire"&gt;By Dave Anderson&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;The TKO Interview: Five Ways to Fire Before You Hire...and Find the Right Person for the Job&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hiring new employees can be challenging, confusing, and, in the long run, expensive...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Employee Training May Increase Turnover  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=227228&amp;full=1</link><description>American businesses spend billions of dollars training employees to produce a better, more productive workforce. But a new study by University of Iowa researchers finds that many of these programs might actually increase turnover while driving up a firm's costs.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The study found that employees feel little compulsion to stay with an employer that provides professional development if they don...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Manage Challenging Employees?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=227226&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/michael_feuer_100x100.jpg" border"0" align"left" hspace"6" vspace"3" alt"How to Manage Challenging Employees? "&gt;By Michael Feuer with Dustin Klein&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Can't Live with Em (But Cant Live without Em): How to Manage - and Motivate - Challenging Employees&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;You have some reliable and outstanding performers...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attracting Passive Candidates?  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/attracting-passive-candidates</link><description>When I attend recruiting conferences and human resource meetings nationwide, inevitably the conversation works its way to attracting the Holy Grail of recruitment  the passive candidate.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is valuable to listen carefully to that persons definition of who the passive candidate is. Generally companies define the passive candidate as someone who is doing a job at a high level within another...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Deal with Job Seekers Who Keep Things Close to the Vest  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/keep-things-close-to-the-vest</link><description>It can be very frustrating to identify an outstanding candidate who is not willing to share the pertinent information you need. When this happens you have two choices:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;1. Walk away and recruit another candidate</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruit or Retain?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220869&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/iain_jessup_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId220869"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recruit or Retain?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Iain Jessup, Director, UK and Ireland, i3 Pharma Resourcing&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Practical Tips on How to Recruit and Keep Good Staff&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In today...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Secret To Making Employees Energized (Not Exhausted) By Difficult Work  </title><link>http://www.fastcompany.com/1752902/the-secret-to-making-employees-energized-not-exhausted-by-difficult-work</link><description>If there were something you could add to your car's engine, so that after driving it a hundred miles, you'd end up with more gas in the tank than you started with, wouldn't you use it?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Even if nothing like that exists for your car just yet, there is something you can give your employees that will have the same effect ... interesting work.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Talent Anyway?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220872&amp;full=1</link><description>Every recruiter on the planet knows that were waging a War for Talent.  We use the term so frequently, its become a part of our professional jargon.  But what is talent?  We all probably have at least a subliminal definition of the word, but more often than not, those definitions vary widely even within the same organization.  And, when they do, our recruiting results suffer.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The prevailing...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting a Second Opinion  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220874&amp;full=1</link><description>An important adjunct to learning how applicants rank themselves and their capabilities is learning how their present and former employers rank them. Seeing applicants as former employers have seen them can help prevent many a hiring blunder, so always ask applicants to bring copies of the performance reviews they've received. If applicants don't have copies, they can still tell you how they were rated...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's Your Turn to Question Me  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220877&amp;full=1</link><description>The first rule of achievement-based interviewing and evidence-based selection is this: Never stop asking for more information. Even when you offer applicants the opportunity to trade places with you and ask for the information they want, you can do it in a way that gets you even more hiring intelligence.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;In &lt;a href"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/rhw/newsletter/lights-camera-action.htm...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Termination Procrastination  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=220875&amp;full=1</link><description>Profit covers many sins. That means that many of us may have become a little complacent and tend to procrastinate when it comes to problem employees... Maybe we didnt quite run our business following absolute best practice. Maybe some of us overlooked less than the best performance expected from our employees. Maybe we were a little too compassionate regarding employee effectiveness and as a result...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three Hiring Practices That Should Be Illegal
  </title><link>http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/05/09/three-hiring-practices-that-should-be-illegal/</link><description>Finding a job is hard enough these days, as evidenced by the stubbornly high unemployment rate in the U.S., which ticked up to 9% in April 2011, according to the Labor Department. As if massive downsizing, intense competition for jobs and outsourcing weren't enough, American workers must also contend with misguided hiring practices that are prevalent in virtually every industry in the country.  Following...</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asking Job Applicants for Their Facebook Log-ins and Passwords?  </title><link>http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=533334037</link><description>A Maryland employer recently suspended its policy of asking job applicants for their Facebook log-ins and passwords after pressure from an applicant and the ACLU. Experts debate its legality as well as its implications for recruiting top talent. Click to read more below.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Niche Job Boards: How They Are Integral to a Successful Recruitment Strategy  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213844&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/suvarnasheth_100x100.jpg" border"1" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213844"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Niche Job Boards: How They Are Integral to a Successful Recruitment Strategy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Suvarna Sheth, BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Theres been a lot of contentious chatter...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Recruiter Who Kicked the Hornet???s Nest  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213843&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213843"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Recruiter Who Kicked the Hornets Nest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The third novel in Stieg Larssons global blockbuster of a trilogy, &lt;i&gt;The Girl Who...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turn Over - Do You Really Pay Attention To It?  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213841&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/rick_johnson_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213841"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Turn Over - Do You Really Pay Attention To It?  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Rick Johnson&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have worked with numerous companies that have or had employee retention issues without any...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top Ten Trends in Employment Background Screening for 2011  </title><link>http://www.recruitingtrends.com/top-ten-trends-in-employment-background-screening-for-2011</link><description>For the past four years, Employment Screening Resources (ESR) has compiled a list of emerging and influential trends in employment background screening for the year ahead. For the Fourth Annual Top Ten Trends in Background Screening for 2011, ESR chose the following ten background screening trends to track during the coming year. Trend #1: Controversy over Whether Employers Using Credit Reports for...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruiting Non-Generational Talent  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213840&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peter_weddle_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213840"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recruiting Non-Generational Talent&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This column is the second in a two-column series which explores a contrarian idea: Rather than...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How To Hire The Best Job Applicants Based On The Number Rating They Give Themselves  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=213842&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/Mel_Kleiman_100x100.jpg" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;a href"http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?NewsEntityId213842"&gt;&lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;How To Hire The Best Job Applicants Based On The Number Rating They Give Themselves&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Mel Kleiman&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Psychologists say healthy self-esteem and work ethics are...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruitment Blogging That Works  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207807&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recruitment Blogging That Works&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To paraphrase Saul Bellow, &lt;i&gt;Its not enough to blog.  You have to have something worthwhile to say.&lt;/i&gt;  That, of course, is the central challenge...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hire Tough, Manage Easy  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207809&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/interview3-160.jpg" border"1" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hire Tough, Manage Easy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By &lt;a href"http://www.melkleiman.com/profile/MelKleiman" target"_blank"&gt;Mel Kleiman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.kleimanhr.com" target"_blank"&gt;www.kleimanhr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When you make it a practice to hire tough...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five Habits of Highly Effective Interviewers  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207811&amp;full=1</link><description>In most of the job search literature, the bulk of the burden of expectations usually falls squarely on the shoulders of the candidate. Among hiring managers and HR personnel, it is often assumed that the applicant is responsible for the success or failure of the meeting, and that this performance can be used as the primary basis for evaluating their fitness for the position.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How NOT to Manage the Internal Hiring Process: Steer Clear of these Promotion Pitfalls  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207812&amp;full=1</link><description>Youve just received word that a supervisory position in your organization will be opening up in the next few weeks. Although youve got your eye on a few high-potential employees who have expressed interest in the managerial track, all of them have a few skill gaps, and youre still not fully convinced that any of the candidates are ready to move up. What should you do?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In a few rare cases...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Employers Using Perks As Recruiting Tools  </title><link>http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article.php?RF_ITEM[]=Article$0@16402;Article&amp;css_display=print</link><description>Q&amp;A talks about benefit trends with Kelleigh Marquard, branch manager of Robert Half Internationals Hartford location. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Q: A new survey by Robert Half shows education and training top the list of perks companies will be offering their employees in 2011. Is something that makes you a more productive employee considered a perk? If so, why? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A: Anything an employer can offer to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Predictions for HR/Recruiting in 2011  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207808&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/news/recruiting-puzzle-160.jpg" border"1" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Predictions for HR/Recruiting in 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Suvarna Sheth, BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The recession has made 2010 a dismal year for HR and recruiting.  Many analysts didn't have a positive outlook going into 2010  across the board, from the hospitality...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recruitment in 2011 - Starting Right  </title><link>http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=207806&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;img src"http://enewsletters.biospace.com/images/columnists/peterweddle.gif" border"1" width"100" height"123" hspace"5" vspace"3" align"left" /&gt; &lt;font size"1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recruitment in 2011 - Starting Right &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;By Peter Weddle for BioSpace&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's human nature.  The new year has arrived, the economy appears to be strengthening, so action seems both right and fitting.  Besides...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>