

Melissa Dobbins
Jul 29, 20195 min read
Five questions to ask when creating minimum ‘must have’ job requirements
Minimum ‘must have’ requirements are those skills, knowledge, experiences, traits, and abilities that candidates must have in order to do...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jul 15, 20192 min read
Assessments don't lie, but people do!
When used correctly, good assessments can give far more insight than an individual telling you how great they are. Though sometimes the...
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Robert Hudson
Jul 8, 20192 min read
This time, the Ghosts are real!
Not only will a short evaluation process cut down on Ghost candidates, it also helps push reliable candidates that want the job to...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jul 1, 20194 min read
My brain is what gender?
The social constructs of what it is to have a female or male brain (i.e. to act like a man or a woman) result in inaccurate biases for...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 28, 20192 min read
No Degree, No Way: Why Companies Need to Rethink Educational Requirements in Hiring
What’s important is what the candidate got out of their educational (or any other) experience, not the fact that they checked the box...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 6, 20191 min read
Assessments - Choosing the Right Company Is Like Choosing the Right Candidate
The world of pre-employment assessments is confusing at best. There are hundreds of options measuring countless...
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 29, 20192 min read
The Secret to Closing Pay Gaps Isn’t Raising Salaries
A one-time wage hike to establish pay equity won’t matter in the long run if bias continues to impact starting salaries, raises, and bonuses
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 15, 20192 min read
What the College Admissions Scandal Can Teach Us About Hiring
And they may graduate with a degree in programming, but if you watch them flex their skills, they may prove less talented than a self-tau...
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 8, 20192 min read
Are Gendered Job Titles Holding You Back from Making a Great Hire?
There are gender-neutral alternatives to all the examples mentioned here—sales associate, firefighter, sales rep, flight attendant, and so o
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 1, 20192 min read
Job Titles Don’t Matter. Skills Do.
At the end of the day, past job titles matter a lot less than a candidate’s ability to do the job.
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Melissa Dobbins
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Are Your Promotion Decisions Free from Bias?
In 2018, only 24 of the companies that made the Fortune 500 could boast female CEOs. Despite women making up roughly half of the U.S....
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Melissa Dobbins
Mar 18, 20192 min read
More People, Less Bias: Why Candidate Evaluation Deserves a Team Approach
And the value goes beyond the interview, evaluating candidates with a team throughout the hiring process—from their first submission to...
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Melissa Dobbins
Feb 25, 20194 min read
Pre-Employment Assessments Can Reduce Bias & Discrimination and Enable Compliance
For every science-backed assessment that tests technical ability or gauges hard-to-spot soft skills and traits, there are many poorly concei
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Melissa Dobbins
Jan 28, 20195 min read
Three Common Methods for Qualifying Candidates That Lead to Bias and Bad Hires
Finding the best person for the job becomes a near-impossible task, dragging the process out and draining your resources while you try to...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Data: a key ingredient in the recipe for diversity and inclusive hiring practices
Mix in Data to drive diversity and inclusive hiring practices
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Melissa Dobbins
Dec 10, 20185 min read
The Year in Diversity: 2018’s Biggest (and Most Costly) Discrimination Disasters
Let’s start with the good news. While plenty of companies made the news in 2018 for all the wrong reasons when it came to diversity and...
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Melissa Dobbins
Dec 3, 20181 min read
The Anatomy of a Compelling Job Description
Career.Place has made it a mission to not only remove bias from the hiring process, but to also help human resource professionals attract...
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Melissa Dobbins
Nov 19, 20184 min read
ROI in Hiring: How Do You Define Success?
Thinking carefully about what constitutes ROI for you is crucial if you want to measure and optimize the effectiveness of your hiring...
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Melissa Dobbins
Nov 12, 20185 min read
Three Types of Benefits That Will Make Your Job Stand Out
Open enrollment season is here, and with employees and job seekers thinking carefully about their health insurance, there’s never been a...
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Alexandra Desmond
Nov 5, 20183 min read
The case for HR Departments being Change Agents
Time and again we see organizations being sued over bad decisions made about topics that - generally - fall under "employee relations"....
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