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Articles by Mariah DeLeon
What Employees Really Want From Onboarding
Imagine it’s your first day at a new company. You have a knot in your stomach and you feel nervous. You walk in the front door of your new office building and as you grab the handle, you pray that the knot in your stomach is not a confirmation of your greatest fear — that you will be disappointed by this opportunity. As a new employee, what you really want in the onboarding process is confirmation that you made the right decision.
Why You Should Want Your Employees to Love Each Other
Join us at Entrepreneur magazine's Growth Conference, Dec. 15 in Long Beach, Calif. for a day of fresh ideas, business mentoring and networking. Seats are limited--Register now to secure your spot and receive exclusive reader rate (expires 12/8). If you frequently observe team members hugging, laughing or even saying, “you rock” or, “I so appreciate you,” you are witnessing healthy workplace love.
Attract More Millennials Using These 4 Workplace Tweaks
Millennials are quickly outnumbering the rest of us: There are now more than 75 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 34, according to Pew Research, and that figure outnumbers the numbers for Generation X. Related: Why Millennials Are Immature, Entitled and the Best Hire Besides the numbers millennials offer, they're coming into their own in the workforce at a time when older workers are leaving.
The Fresh Approach of Google's Star Recruiter
The old methods of recruitment and job search just aren't working well enough. Talent shortage is the top hiring challenge today for companies of all sizes, according to the Glassdoor Recruiting Outlook Survey, conducted online by Harris Poll among 515 hiring decision-makers. Almost half of the survey respondents said they did not see enough qualified candidates for open positions, and almost one-quarter said they did not actively use social media to recruit talented candidates.
4 Ways to Level the Playing Field of Small Business Recruitment
Last month saw the observance of Small Business Week, celebrating the role that small businesses play by employing almost 60 percent of the country’s workforce and writing 44 percent of the country’s paychecks. And that's all very well and good. Shutterstock But even as entrepreneurs and small businesses provide innovative products and services to keep our country moving forward, their most important contribution may arguably be one of their most difficult tasks: jobs.
5 Reasons Your Interviews Are Taking Too Long
Does it feel like the candidate interview process is taking an increasingly longer time? It’s not your imagination. A new Glassdoor Economic Research report titled “Why is Hiring Taking Longer?” by Glassdoor Chief Economist Dr. Andrew Chamberlain found that the hiring process, based on candidate feedback, is now taking 3.2 to 3.6 days longer than it did in 2010. Now the big question is: why?
10 Ways to Win with Recruitment Marketing
Every employer, large or small, has a unique brand, mission and culture to employ in the never-ending war for talent. Recruitment marketing—now the subject of a new Dummies® eBook from Glassdoor—can be your talent acquisition ace in the hole, helping you amplify your company story to the top candidates you want to attract and hire for your organization.
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence at Work
Scholars may have coined the term “emotional intelligence” in the early 1990s, but business leaders quickly took the concept and made it their own. According to emotional intelligence, or EQ, success is strongly influenced by personal qualities such as perseverance, self-control and skill in getting along with others. Much has been written about how to improve employees’ EQ, but hiring managers are likely to make better hiring decisions when they look for people who already possess high EQ scores.
The Importance of Emotional Intelligence at Work
Scholars may have coined the term "emotional intelligence" in the early 1990s, but business leaders quickly took the concept and made it their own. According to emotional intelligence, or EQ, success is strongly influenced by personal qualities such as perseverance, self-control and skill in getting along with others. Much has been written about how to improve employees' EQ, but hiring managers are likely to make better hiring decisions when they look for people who already possess high EQ scores.
What Really Happens When You Hire the Wrong Candidate
April 9, 2015 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. No business owner wants to hire the wrong person for a job. Not only because they'll need to find a replacement candidate sooner than they'd like but also because making a bad hire drains energy and time and can cost a business in a number of ways.
A Culturally Diverse Workforce Could Be a Boon to Your Business
Embracing diversity in your organization isn’t just the right thing to do. It may be good for your bottom line. Shutterstock Each year, Diversity Inc.
How to Recruit More Female Executives
Women make up 61 percent of the U.S. workforce, earn almost 60 percent of all undergraduate degrees and 37 percent of all MBAs, yet many companies continue to lag in placing females in executive positions. According to the Center for American Progress, women make up only 14.6 percent of executive officers, 4.6 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and hold just 16.9 percent of Fortune 500 company board seats. Yet recruiting highly qualified female executives can be valuable for organizations.
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