Hiring Best Practices

Do you know how to identify the smartest and most versatile employees for your business? Use these recruitment and staffing resources to learn the best practices for planning, recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring employees.

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    The 7 Core Competencies Great Employees Have
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    When Can You Fire Employees Without a Performance Improvement Plan?
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    What Employers Must Know About Hiring Employees With a Criminal History
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    How You Quit Your Job Really Matters
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    How to Make a Job Offer to a Prospective Employee
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    Should You Rehire an Employee You Fired?
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    Interpersonal Skills Job Interview Questions
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    How to Respond to a Reference Check Request
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    Why Talent Management Is an Important Business Strategy to Develop
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    5 More Ways to Recruit Employees Online
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    Sample Employment Letters: Job Offer, Rejection, and More
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    Using Social Media for Recruiting, Screening, and Background Checks
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    How to Give Feedback to Your Unsuccessful Job Candidates
  • Man checks the references and background of a potential employee on the phone.
    Do You Know Who You're Hiring?
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    Why Employers Use an Application for Employment
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    Fair Promotion Practices Justify Promoting The Most Qualified
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    The Best Way to Review a Resume
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    Ask Right to Hire Right: Effective Interview Questions
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    Sample Termination Letters for the Workplace
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    Sample Letters of Termination for Cause
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    Sample Dismissal Letter for an Employee's Poor Performance
  • An employment letter for termination for cause is still sadly received although expected by the former employee.
    Termination for Cause: Sample Letters for Follow-Up
  • Writing a resignation letter is often a sad occasion but these sample resignation letters will help.
    Resignation Letter Examples
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    Candidate Rejection Letter Sample
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    Sample Letters to Reject a Job Applicant After a Second Interview
  • Businessman reading a rejection letter from a potential employer.
    Rejection Letter Samples Sent Following an Interview
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    Rejection Letter Samples for Unsuccessful Applicants
  • Businesswoman packing up box in office after receiving a termination letter.
    Sample Termination Letters
  • Black and white HR recruiters are welcoming new employee to her new job.
    Employee Orientation: Keeping New Employees on Board
  • How professionally you leave your job and burn no bridges really matters.
    How You Can Avoid Burning Bridges When You Resign From Your Job
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    Paying a Salaried Employee at Resignation
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    Top 10 Reasons Why Employees Quit Their Jobs
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    All About Video Resumes
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    How to Use Background Checks to Pre-Screen Prospective Employees
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    Top 10 Tips for Hiring the Right Employee—Every Time
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    10 Tips for Successful Employee Recruitment
  • 7 Factors to Consider Before Making a Job Offer
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    Sample Retirement Recognition Letters
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    Why Use a New Employee Welcome Letter?
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    Sample Human Resources Letters
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    What Are the 10 Best Practices If You Must Do Layoffs As an Employer?
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    Motivating Employees Who Remain After Layoffs
  • Tips for Compassionate Employee Layoffs
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    The Effects of Downsizing on Employees Who Survive the Layoffs
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    Outplacement Is a Service for Laid-Off Employees
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    Who Should Review and Sign an Offer Letter to a Job Candidate?
  • Are Employers Required to Notify Applicants Who Are Not Hired?
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    Interview Question Samples to Assess Planning Skills
  • Smiling HR managers with a female applicant at a job interview where they will ask questions to assess her decision making skills.
    Interview Questions to Assess a Candidate's Decision Making Skills
  • Attendees at a group job interview try to assess their candidate's conflict resolution skills.
    Interview Questions to Assess Conflict Resolution Skills
  • Interview Questions for Human Resources Jobs
  • You want to assess your candidate's answers to interview questions about motivation to determine if they are intrinsically motivated.
    How to Assess an Applicant's Motivation From Interviews
  • Employees participate in a second job interview to get to know the candidate.
    Why Should HR Schedule a Second Interview?
  • Woman in business casual clothing leading an interview.
    How to Interview Potential Employees
  • Businessman and businesswoman ask unusual, weird interview questions to catch their candidate off guard.
    Weird and Unique Job Interview Questions
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    Culture Fit Interview Questions and Answers
  • Businessman working at desk looking for red flags on an applicant's resume.
    Top 10 Resume Red Flags That Employers Must Heed
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    Temporary Employees
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    What Every Manager Needs to Know About Succession Planning
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    Why an Employer Might Want to Provide Severance Pay
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    Why Is a Resume Important for an Employer?
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