

Melissa Dobbins
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Tip of the week: Be aware of and accommodate for major holidays
Being aware of all major holidays and accommodating for them whenever possible is a great way to show the organization is both knowledgeable
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 24, 20192 min read
What methods do you use to qualify candidates? Here's three...
The best methods for assessing candidates depends on what you want to ask and what type of response you want to receive. Here are three....
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 20, 20191 min read
Tip of the week!
What happens if someone’s religious beliefs or dietary restrictions keeps them from being able to eat at that restaurant or how...
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Blaine Phelps
Jun 18, 20192 min read
Posting a Job Anywhere and Texting!
With career.place, a job can now be posted to a single location, across a region, or anywhere in the United States.
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 17, 20192 min read
The technology made me do it!
This technology – that predicts the products you may want to buy, auto suggests language for an email, controls the air conditioning - is...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Creative Inclusion: The Best Kind!
Inclusion is not as hard as many think - adding creativity to your inclusion efforts break down barriers a lot quicker than most other...
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Blaine Phelps
Jun 6, 20192 min read
Career.Place and abilityJobs Partner to Support Disabled Job Applicants
Teamed with our solution, the opportunity for bias to occur during the hiring process is almost nil, allowing those with disabilities to...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 6, 20191 min read
Tip of the Week!
Don’t touch… hair, clothes, bellies, wheelchairs, prosthetics, etc.
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 3, 20192 min read
Pedigree vs. Potential: Should Alma Mater Influence Your Hiring Decisions?
Here’s an idea: why not let candidates prove whether they’ve got the right stuff—regardless of where they did or didn’t go to scho...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 30, 20191 min read
Tip of the week!
Don't judge a candidate if they have eye contact or not - especially if eye contact is not required to do the job!
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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 23, 20191 min read
Tip of the week!
The ‘gender pay gap’ and other demographic differences in compensation is a well-known phenomenon. These gaps are not just unfair and bad...
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Blaine Phelps
May 21, 20191 min read
Fairygodboss of the Week
Fairygodboss of the week - CEO Melissa Dobbins of Career.Place discusses what and why she does what she does.
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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...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 16, 20191 min read
Tip of the week!
“Where are you from?” While for the majority of jobs you should avoid the question (as it can lead to bias and liability), it does often....
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Melissa Dobbins
May 13, 20193 min read
You think compliance is what now?
Compliance is ensuring all applicants are fairly and equally evaluated for a position, independent of their demographics.
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Melissa Dobbins
May 9, 20191 min read
Tip of the week!
Consider this – how many people don’t see color, or race, or a disability? To say otherwise is...
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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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Blaine Phelps
Apr 29, 20191 min read
Candidate Experience & Audio Only Interviews
April, 2019 Newsletter 1. Boosting Candidate Experience Candidate attention is hard to capture and harder to retain. Without catchy...
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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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