Recruiting Metrics to Track to Improve Your Hiring Process

In a job seeker’s market, attracting and hiring qualified candidates is more competitive than ever before. As an employer, you may be feeling more motivated to take a closer look at your hiring process and make sure you’re competing at a high level!  Just as marketers and sales teams keep up with key performance indicators […]

Franchises: Providing Employment Resources Without Being a Joint-Employer

Franchises provide their franchisees with a playbook of best practices that can help their business flourish. But one thing that is often missing from that playbook is the chapter on hiring the right people.  Franchisees must make their own employment decisions like controlling their hiring/firing decisions, managing employee documentation, and compiling an employee benefits package. […]

Why Being a Responsive Employer Matters in Recruitment

As a business owner or manager, you’ve probably got an always growing to-do list, and hiring new employees is just one task of many you need to check off.  It can be hard to give the hiring process the attention and focus it needs, and keeping track of where every applicant is in your process, […]

What’s the Recipe for Consistently Great Hires?

CareerPlug helps you create a recipe to consistently make great hires

If you make consistently great hires, your business is more likely to be successful. And as a small business owner or leader, the first hurdle is learning how to hire great people yourself—you are the first ingredient in the recipe. But not every leader knows what exactly that recipe is. Many of us improvise when […]

What Can Your Sales Leader Teach You About Hiring?

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Hiring a superstar to join your team could be your company’s most important sale. Revenue is critical, but your people will make or break your company. Superstar hires can multiply your sales—even if they are not in a sales position. Poor hires will do the exact opposite while driving your superstars away. Think about the […]

How Many Stars Would You Give Your Hiring Process?

The four essentials to building a hiring process that identifies the best and brightest

Better yet…How many stars would your applicants give it? How about your hiring managers? Or your leaders? Your new hires? All of these ratings matter, so sweat the details. It’s the little things that you do as an organization that make you who you are and have helped you succeed with your customers. Too often, […]

Do Candidates Know (and Care) About Your Jobs?

Building Your Talent Magnet

Thousands of companies are hiring at this very moment. Some of them are your direct competitors. But this isn’t your only competition. Does Domino’s Pizza compete with Uber? Maybe not directly in business, but they definitely compete when it comes to recruiting employees. What are the most important hires that you need to make? Who […]

The Best Places To Post Your Jobs

Fishing for the Perfect Hire The right candidate will rarely walk through your front door right when you need them.  That would be like a fisherman waiting for the catch of the day to jump into the boat!  A skilled fisher knows that having the right equipment and the right location matters in making that […]

How The Job Search Process Has Changed

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The Job Search Process Has Changed Remember when it was common for companies to hang a “Help Wanted” sign in their storefront when they were looking to hire? Yeah, a lot has changed in the last ten years. In today’s fast technological times, where one can order a car or food instantly from their smartphone, […]