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Structured vs. unstructured feedback

As experts in people, teams, and evaluating talent, we know there is no such thing as perfection. The best candidates are not the ones...

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Gabe Gurman

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Confessions of a Hiring Manager

How many great candidates did I trash due to this 6 second review? How many rock stars were lingering in that “no” pile that I never got...

From movies to HR, the reveal is everything

Melissa Dobbins

Oct 27, 20233 min read

From movies to HR, the reveal is everything

How many times did we ‘not see that coming’ after we hired someone that fit the vision of the job but didn’t succeed? How many more did...

Where did the headstrong women leaders go?

Sally Doan

Nov 18, 20194 min read

Where did the headstrong women leaders go?

Gender diversity increases productivity and creativity, it curates “greater innovation, better products, better decision-making, and...

Tip of the week: Be deliberate with background checks

Melissa Dobbins

Nov 7, 20191 min read

Tip of the week: Be deliberate with background checks

Many background reports do not distinguish between the small possession charge from twenty years ago and murder, at least not...

Which has more ghosts? Halloween or Hiring?

Melissa Dobbins

Nov 4, 20193 min read

Which has more ghosts? Halloween or Hiring?

This Halloween season has come to an end, but in hiring the haunting never seem to end.

May the Force be with you…as long as you have the right background

Melissa Dobbins

Oct 28, 20192 min read

May the Force be with you…as long as you have the right background

Shouldn’t we judge Rey based on what she has done, not what she is? After all, isn’t this what we would all want and deserve...

To pass or not to pass…that was the question

Melissa Dobbins

May 20, 20193 min read

To pass or not to pass…that was the question

Specifically, we advise organizations to use diverse teams when evaluating candidate responses to smooth out any lurking biases...

What the College Admissions Scandal Can Teach Us About Hiring

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...

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.

Tip of the week: Avoid assuming genders of significant others in conversation

Melissa Dobbins

Feb 28, 20191 min read

Tip of the week: Avoid assuming genders of significant others in conversation

Applicants in the LGBTQ+ community will be forced to choose between two potentially uncomfortable options. Either they correct you....

Pre-Employment Assessments Can Reduce Bias & Discrimination and Enable Compliance

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

Melissa Dobbins

Feb 11, 20193 min read

Surrounded by white men

When my co-founder and I started career.place, we did what many entrepreneurs do (because career.place wasn’t built yet), we surrounded...

Three Common Methods for Qualifying Candidates That Lead to Bias and Bad Hires

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...

Gabe Gurman

Jan 21, 20193 min read

You sell what?!?!!

Sue is a Sex Toy entrepreneur but started her career as a Health Sciences Educator...

The Year in Diversity: 2018’s Biggest (and Most Costly) Discrimination Disasters

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...

The Anatomy of a Compelling Job Description

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...

ROI in Hiring: How Do You Define Success?

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...

Nov 9, 20182 min read

Career.Place continues to make the hiring process easier by integrating with Slack™

Career.Place now delivers applicant activity to Human Resource channels Career.Place, removing bias one hire at a time, announced today...

Podcast - How to See Past Bias in the Workplace

Blaine Phelps

Nov 2, 20181 min read

Podcast - How to See Past Bias in the Workplace

Resume and bios are just long enough to feed assumptions without accurately representing the individual...Ms. Dobbins takes this heads on...

Melissa Dobbins

Nov 1, 20181 min read

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast: CEO Melissa Dobbins - Will technology be essential in removing bia

Listen as Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, gives her perspective on the hiring process and the role of Artificial Intelligence in...