Whether you’re the interviewer or the interviewee, on-camera time doesn’t come naturally to most of us. There are very few Shirley Temples in the world that seem to have been born to be in front of a camera. The rest of us need a little help. Here are some pointers for bringing your A-game to the interview, regardless of which side of the camera you’re on.

Sit Up…

Business travel is simply a part of many of our professional lives. Whether you enjoy getting out of the state for a bit, or dread the time away, traveling today presents its stressors for everyone. HEC and Carlson Wagonlit did a pretty rad job of putting this infographic together by gender and professional level on the stresses of…

School is getting out and another wave of young professionals is slated to roll in the door of your booming business. Are you prepared for them with targeted recruiting efforts and a tailored hiring process? Do you have a hiring process that will send them running back to Google, or one that is designed to invite them and capture their attention?

Mobile…

LinkedIn is always good for a survey on the latest recruiting and HR trends! Recently they polled 800 professionals and over 13,000 talent acquisition leaders to gauge the importance of mobile recruiting today.

I wasn’t surprised to see just how high…

Let’s get something straight right away, “selling the company” isn’t something that an organization does just to attract candidates. Selling the company fortifies the employer brand, creates fans and customers and tells the company culture story. In this respect, hiring managers are doing a lot more than just hiring, but they might not be aware…

“Compliance”-that one word constantly on the mind of HR professionals everywhere. HR is tasked with maintaining compliance in so many different areas, using different tools and software. It doesn’t matter what medium a company chooses (phone, video, digital, simple resume screening) to screen and interview candidates, compliance and…

Candidate emails, social media posts, the company blog and job listings are just a few of the points in your recruiting initiatives that should always, always, always include a call-to-action of some sort. Candidates, customers and clients need to know the next steps, what is expected of them and what they can expect from you.

Lucky for us, Dan Zarrella at HubSpot (…

Retention is quickly becoming a major concern for organizations of every size and in every industry. According to PayScale’s 2014 Compensation Best Practices Report, in 2009, only 28% of companies considered employee retention a main…

They’re just plain good at what they do. Consider asking your candidates to sign on for four years; each position might be a tougher sale. It’s a battle for military recruiters, but they have always seemed to have the resources and tactics to get the job done. Here’s what we can learn from military recruiters.

Branding

Everything from the uniforms, down…

We’re cleaning out our garages, homes and probably Dropboxes; so why not the recruiting process? Recruiters can add all the great new recruiting tech to their processes, but maintenance and upkeep are just a fact of life. Don’t let your recruiting process get cluttered with old practices, redundancies and inefficient ways of getting to your goals.

Are your canned…

We’ll cut right to the chase; yes, it does matter what has been posted about your company on Glassdoor. With over 6 million company reviews, CEO approval ratings, salary reports, interview reviews and questions, office photos and more, this transparent career…

Do you remember reading about Robert Crandall, former head of American Airlines, calculating that if they removed just one olive from every salad served to passengers, nobody would notice, and the airline would save $100,000 a year? Innovative thinkers like Crandall have made telecommuting their olive. The larger the…

Very recently Google announced their acquisition of Nest Labs, the maker of high-tech thermostats and smoke detectors, for $3.2 billion. You may be thinking, “So what, Google bought some thermostats?” Well it’s actually a pretty big deal; to be exact, it is the second largest deal in Google’s history.

eMarketer reports that the …

BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device is a new-ish workforce trend. When employers support their employees to bring their own devices it can increase productivity. BYOD industry leader, Cisco conducted a study that found …

There used to be speculation about video interviewing encouraging discrimination. Some were worried that seeing candidates face-to-face earlier on in…