Ninja Gig Blog
One popular trend is using assessments to hire better employees. Assessments can help you find the best employee for the position and work environment. Applicants can look impressive on paper, but hiring someone that is the right fit for the job is essential to reducing overhead costs associated with advertising and turnover. Companies also want […]
If you have a cleaning company, chances are that you know the challenges of keeping and maintaining good housekeeping staff. Furthermore, if you’re like many small businesses right now, you’re probably in the process of rehiring employees. If you fear a mountain of paper applications and what types of questions you can’t ask, Ninja Gig is […]
If you’re like a lot of small businesses right now, you’re probably hiring and have several employment ads posted online. As an HR professional, you likely have questions about what you legally can and can’t say in an online job application. Ninja Gig will help highlight some basic online job application rules. Basic Online Job […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted life as we know it and changed everything about the workplace, including communication. This new workplace development doesn’t necessarily mean that we throw out the old rules and styles of communication, but we need to improve and build upon traditional communication techniques. We’ve put together a list of our top […]
The art of recruiting is taking a turn, focusing on treating candidates more like customers. Companies want to groom and entice applicants because studies show that our current job market is candidate-driven. Skyrocketing unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic has made it challenging for employers to rehire and fill vacant job openings. This new trend indicates […]
Most large companies offer some health-improvement programs, especially in our pandemic-driven era. Whether it’s education, weight loss, biometric screening or walking programs, there are wide varieties of wellness programs that are very easy for businesses to administer. However, these types of plans may seem beneficial to companies, but employers need to avoid health incentive compliance […]
Did you know that there are 1.4 million more job openings currently than people are looking for employment? So if you’re trying to attract the best applicants for your job openings, how do you stand out among the crowd in today’s vast sea of employment opportunities? There are 10 million job openings across the U.S., […]
More and more workers are pausing their job searches in favor of staying on unemployment with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 Delta epidemic. This means that with employers struggling to fill jobs, companies are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to operate at full capacity. Since 2021, job postings that contain “hiring urgently” have doubled […]
It’s tempting and easy to take a job applicant’s data and quickly type in a search in social media programs, such as Facebook and Instagram. Employers can quickly get inside applicant’s uncensored heads and learn more about potential applicants. But is this type of employment screening legal? There are two sides to the controversial topic of […]
Research shows that if companies use the wrong words in a job description, it may detour highly qualified female candidates from applying. It’s important that companies write gender-neutral job descriptions and applications in a gender-neutral tone. For example, remove all feminine or masculine vocabulary to help increase the likelihood of qualified men and women applying for […]