(TNS) — California bars employers from asking job applicants about their physical or mental health, at least until they've been offered a job. But an occupational health company requires job-seekers ...

WASHINGTON -- Companies using criminal records or bad credit reports to screen out job applicants might run afoul of anti-discrimination laws as the government steps up scrutiny of hiring policies ...

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Companies are more regularly using computer-screening tools to scan resumes and decide which candidates deserve interviews. (Getty Images) If your resume doesn’t impress a computer, it might end up in ...

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I need your help! I'm so frustrated. I'm the Office Manager for a branch of a national IT consulting firm, and because there's no HR person in our region I take on the HR duties, too. One thing I do ...

Most accounting jobs require candidates who demonstrate attention to detail and knowledge of routine accounting procedures; therefore, your preliminary screening will address those areas of the job to ...

If the idea of a company checking you out on Facebook before hiring you creeps you out, you're not alone. Researchers at North Carolina State University recently found that companies that screen ...

How to save more time (since time is money) when finding the best candidates. There’s nothing worse than filtering through hundreds of resumes, slogging through numerous phone screenings and then ...

I've been a police psychologist for 30 years; counseling, teaching, giving workshops, and writing books, both fiction and non-fiction. My fictional alter-ego, Dr. Dot Meyerhoff, has done a lot more ...