Posts Tagged ‘interviews’
In-Person Interviews: Sweat the Small Stuff
If you are interviewing in this job market, you need to sweat the small stuff. Your attention to detail demonstrates to others that they can trust you to deliver big projects. On-site interviews are coming back. This is the checklist of details that are not to be missed. Plan your route to the office accordingly.…
Read MoreHow Many Interviews Will Candidates Endure Before Calling it Quits?
Candidates have largely driven the hiring market over the past few years. However, in 2024, employers have lengthened the hiring process, ensuring that they are hiring the right person the first time around. Employer expectations are high. Candidates are enduring multiple rounds of interviews from junior level programmers to senior engineers. Yet, at what point…
Read MoreHiring Transparency Translates to Filling Jobs More Efficiently
The Talener team has been speaking with more technology candidates recently who are on the job market for the first time in years. Whether they’re actively seeking new employment or were part of some of the technology layoffs this past year, none of them are looking forward to the interviewing process. It’s daunting to find…
Read MoreIts OK to be Wrong: Bad Policies Drive Away Talent
Hiring is a dynamic process. Negotiations, budgets, career goals- they are all moving parts that change the outcome every single time you bring on a new employee. Everything from market conditions to global pandemics affects how we approach finding, on-boarding and retaining top talent. Most recently, companies have made a push for hybrid & back-to-office…
Read MoreEliminating Professional Gaslighting
Staffing is always a wild ride, and this year was no exception. Phrases like ghosting and quiet quitting flowed freely within recruiting, talent acquisition and people operations. Then another word made headlines as Merriam-Webster named gaslighting as its word of the year in 2022. Solidly in 2023, the candidate-employer relationship continues to be complicated. Most…
Read MoreWhy Are Job Applicants Ghosting You?
In today’s job market, companies face numerous challenges when it comes to hiring the right talent. One growing phenomenon that has perplexed employers in recent years is job applicant ghosting. It is frustrating when candidates suddenly and inexplicably cut off all communication during the hiring process. Yet, if we dive deeper into the process, there…
Read MoreVideo Interviews: Live Applicant Coaching
When hiring managers encounter or suspect that a candidate is receiving live coaching during video interviews, it can present a challenge in assessing the candidate’s true abilities and suitability for the role. As an organization, it is imperative that internal expectations are put into place. Is a candidate suspected of live coaching automatically disqualified? Is…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Consequences of Salary Transparency Laws
Salary transparency laws have been cropping up over the past several years. States and cities across the country have acknowledged that there are persistent wage gaps that have limited lifetime compensation largely for women and POC. However, there are consequences and challenges to these laws that leave many with mixed feelings. Overall, these laws create…
Read MoreFaking D&I: Wells Fargo’s Farce Damages Everyone’s Credibility
“What did Wells Fargo do this time?” – as if we’ve just come to expect to the scandals that come to light from some of the nation’s largest companies. Though the spotlight is once again on Wells Fargo, the credibility of the entire effort towards diversity and inclusion hiring has been damaged. We’d like to…
Read MoreBalance or Optimize: Is the Grass Green at All?
The grass is greener on the other side. This quip is meant to encourage you to water your own lawn; that all isn’t as it appears over the fence. But what happens when both sides are filled with such anxiety and burnout that there are only tiny tufts of grass that everyone is scrambling to…
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