Article Tag: hiring

The Ultimate New Employee Orientation Checklist

Published March 20, 2018 by William Delong - Guest Contributor; Updated on September 22, 2022

You might be an HR manager, but you’re also an employee. And that means you were once a new hire yourself. Now try to imagine this scenario: You labored over your resume and revised it several... Continue Reading

Hiring the Right Talent

Published July 7, 2022 by Laurenzo Overee - Guest Contributor

Hiring the right talent for a specific role can be a significant challenge for many companies. Rather than hiring candidates manually and training them to fit a given role, you can improve the chances of locating... Continue Reading

The 6 Stages of Career Development, and How To Guide Employees Through Them

Published June 9, 2022 by Sierra Rogers

In Capterra’s Toxic Culture Survey* from early 2022, we asked over 950 HR professionals to rank 14 factors that influence their employees’ job satisfaction from most important to least important. Compensation and work-life balance were seen... Continue Reading

The Pros and Cons of a Contingent Workforce

Published March 2, 2022 by Sierra Rogers

Considering hiring contingent talent? Know the pros and cons first. Gartner research from late last year found that an overwhelming majority (83%) of organizations are expected to increase their use of contingent workers (full content available... Continue Reading

Is Contingent Staffing Right For Your Organization?

Published February 3, 2022 by Sierra Rogers

Make an informed decision about whether contingent staffing is right for your organization by digging into the two essential considerations below. In a Capterra survey conducted last year, we polled over 300 employees with recruiting responsibilities... Continue Reading

4 Tips for Recruiting Diverse Candidates From a Small-Business Owner

Published March 17, 2021 by Sierra Rogers

Striving to achieve better workplace diversity? Take a few hints from a small business finding success with its diversity recruiting strategy. Entrepreneur Sofya Polyakov’s background makes her a passionate advocate for diversity in the workplace. As... Continue Reading

How Software Can Help You Hire for Cultural Fit

Published May 22, 2019 by Brian Westfall

Using technology to hire for cultural fit may sound counterintuitive, but it’s your best bet to remove ambiguity from the process. What factor do job seekers value in their next job more than any other, besides... Continue Reading

How to Respond to the Impact of the Gig Economy

Published May 21, 2019 by Tirena Dingeldein

Is the gig economy good or bad for businesses, or is it even happening? In 2016, experts said the gig economy was going to overtake traditional business models in the near future. People started paying closer... Continue Reading

Recruiters Beware: AI Can Discriminate Too

Published April 10, 2019 by Brian Westfall

If you think AI will magically make your biased hiring decisions disappear, think again. Note: This article is intended to inform our readers about business-related concerns in the United States. It is in no way intended... Continue Reading

The 5 Human Resource Buzzwords I’m Begging You to Stop Using

Published July 25, 2018 by Halden Ingwersen

Update 7/25/18: This post has been refreshed to reflect more recent terms and definitions. By some estimates, there are three-quarters of a million words in the English language. We have words on loan from other languages,... Continue Reading