

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...
Gabe Gurman
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 27, 20233 min read
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Where did the headstrong women leaders go?
Gender diversity increases productivity and creativity, it curates “greater innovation, better products, better decision-making, and...
Sally Doan
Nov 18, 20194 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 7, 20191 min read
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Which has more ghosts? Halloween or Hiring?
This Halloween season has come to an end, but in hiring the haunting never seem to end.
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 4, 20193 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
May 20, 20193 min read
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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 15, 20192 min read
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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.
Melissa Dobbins
Apr 1, 20192 min read
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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....
Melissa Dobbins
Feb 28, 20191 min read
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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 25, 20194 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Feb 11, 20193 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Jan 28, 20195 min read
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You sell what?!?!!
Sue is a Sex Toy entrepreneur but started her career as a Health Sciences Educator...
Gabe Gurman
Jan 21, 20193 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Dec 10, 20185 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Dec 3, 20181 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 19, 20184 min read
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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...
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Nov 9, 20182 min read
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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...
Blaine Phelps
Nov 2, 20181 min read
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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...
Melissa Dobbins
Nov 1, 20181 min read
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