In an age where businesses are competing in the global marketplace, employees are expected to deal with foreign partners, clients, suppliers and investors. Business executives are increasingly required to be global in the way they think and function. Read more...

In an age where businesses are competing in the global marketplace, employees are expected to deal with foreign partners, clients, suppliers and investors. Business executives are increasingly required to be global in the way they think and function. Read more...

Our users have given us great feedback over the past year and we’ve incorporated your suggestions to make HiringThing even easier to use. This redesign is all about a *friendlier, easy to use HiringThing* that we hope you will find to be an upgrade of our platform. Read more...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and sometimes abbreviated as PPACA or just ACA, passed in 2010 amidst a ton of hype. Read more...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and sometimes abbreviated as PPACA or just ACA, passed in 2010 amidst a ton of hype. Read more...

Why do businesses expend the time, effort, and cost to perform background checks on their employees? Fifty-two percent do so to reduce their legal liability for negligent hiring, 49% wish to guarantee a safe workspace for their employees, and 35% want to prevent criminal activity Read more...

As years pass, the skills and qualifications for most jobs continue to increase and require more education and training, especially in light of new media and technological advancements. This may make the decision to change your line of work or start job hunting seem unrealistic, or that it's simply too late. Read more...

LinkedIn is a reliable and affordable way to increase your visibility with qualified job seekers when you are hiring. The social network provides great tools to help job seekers search for jobs and get a feel for companies that are hiring. Employers can also reach out to their network to help spread the word about open positions. Read more...

HiringThing was started a little over a year ago, and from the beginning we had a vision of building a virtual organization. No central office, everyone on the team working from their own preferred locations and heavily using online tools to collaborate. Read more...

HiringThing was recently featured in a article on MBAOnline that focuses on three companies with radical management ideas that drive results. Read more...

Adding a logo to your HiringThing account is an easy way to give your job listings page the same look and feel as your company's website. Here's a sample job listings page before we add a logo. Read more...

Newsflash — Americans are living longer. Okay, so that news isn't really groundbreaking. According the the Department of Health and Human Services, we currently have approximately 50 million residents over the age of 65. That number is expected to soar over 72 million by the year 2025. Read more...

We're pleased to announce that today marks the launch of our new customer referral program. The program is simple – any current HiringThing customer will receive a $50 Amazon.com gift card for any new paying customer they refer. Read more...

As an industry, we talk quite a bit about the art and science of building good software. Concepts like responsive design, patterns and frameworks are all key building blocks, but, at HiringThing we feel like something is missing from the discussion. How do you quantify the way users feel about your software? Read more...

HiringThing is excited to announce the addition of Rachel Bell to our growing team. Rachel brings over fifteen years of marketing and market research experience, including eight years of experience at other start-ups. Read more...

When hiring new employees, it is important that you adequately vet their history and experience. In order to gain the most complete and relevant picture of a potential hire's history – and therefore, their future performance – you may perform a reference and/or background check. Read more...

Ok, so maybe I'm a little late to the game with predictions for 2013. But unlike so many resolutions that occur at the beginning of the year, I wanted to analyze the recruitment trends to make sure that the chances for these results fare better than your attempts to make more visits to the gym. Read more...

Here are HiringThing, we're working hard on creating a culture of personal responsibility and mutual trust, and we wanted our vacation and time off policy to reflect that. After some reflection, we decided to adopt an Open PTO Policy which allows our employees the flexibility to take time off when they need it. Read more...

We're are happy to announce our recent partnership with Direct Employers, a network of job board sites. Read more...

Every company faces the challenge of how to motivate employees to perform at their full potential. This challenge seems even more daunting for small businesses that are operating on leaner budgets. Let me share with you some motivational concepts that are being taught in business schools across the country that won’t break the bank (which is more than many of us who paid for those business degrees can say). Read more...

Maybe you are a new franchise owner, eagerly anticipating your first customers in your new store. Or maybe you are an experienced veteran, with a long history of successfully managing multiple outlets. Regardless of your experience level, I can guarantee that recruitment will be an issue that will need to be dealt with. Read more...

HiringThing is committed to helping our clients get the word out about their job openings. To that end, we are happy to announce our recent partnership with Trovit, a leading job search engine. Read more...

A few days ago, I was sitting in a Barnes & Noble in downtown Chicago killing time before I had to get on a flight out of O’Hare and I came across a great book called “Have a Nice Conflict” by Tim Scudder, Michael Patterson and Kent Mitchell. After settling myself at a cafe table, I read through the book and gleaned its primary takeaway... Read more...

Hiring is the one of the most important functions for new organizations, yet I still see smaller companies devote very little time and resources to their recruitment function. Newly formed firms really need to make recruitment a pillar to building an effective company. Here are a few tips... Read more...

HiringThing is committed to helping our clients get the word out about their job openings. To that end, we are happy to announce our recent partnership with Bright, a leading job search engine. Read more...

It is late October, and Halloween is right around the corner. But the true terror of this time of year for some retailers and call centers is managing recruitment plans for seasonal workers. Read more...

According to recent data referenced by the Society for Human Resource Management, 50% of all hourly workers leave their new positions within 120 days of hire, and 50% of all externally hired senior managers leave within the first 18 months. What do these alarming statistics mean for You? Read more...

Any company, if it's been around long enough, has had the unfortunate experience of hiring the wrong employee. Despite a good interview, it’s not uncommon for some folks to just not fit into a new company or role. Read more...

HiringThing is dedicated to making the recruitment process easier for smaller organizations. As we continue to improve upon that quest, we are looking for ways to offer assistance in market fields that have tended to overlooked and underserved. In that quest, we have come across a number of fabulous clients that are helping us shape the future of our software. Read more...

Why do we need another tutorial on writing job descriptions? After all, there are a countless number of articles that focus on writing a great job description right, so why add to the pile? In my career I’ve seen a lot of job descriptions come by my desk. Through viewing all those postings, I now can determine, within a matter of seconds, which descriptions will work, and which ones will fail. Read more...

The world of online job postings is large and complex, and it may seem overwhelming and confusing to decide what job boards to post to, and how to devise a process to do that. If you have never posted, or are just starting out in the virtual recruitment environment and need help in knowing where to post, then this is for you. Read more...

Here at HiringThing, we talk to a lot of hiring managers and recruiters. The universal refrain is that hiring takes so much time. Why is that? Read more...

HiringThing is committed to helping our clients get the word out about their job openings. To that end, we are extremely proud to announce our recent partnership with SimplyHired, a leading job search engine. Read more...

When you find that perfect new employee and you're ready to bring them on board, it's important to take step back and consider your new employee process. There are several documents you'll want your new employee to sign, some of them required, and others simply a good idea. Read more...

HiringThing's latest feature provides two-way applicant messaging Read more...

HiringThing is pleased to announce a new partnership with Indeed.com. Read more...

HiringThing held its first user group meeting May 23rd at the Davis Street Tavern in downtown Portland. Thanks to all our great users, partners and supporters who attended. Read more...

The OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) is working to add additional guidelines and regulations to its rulebook. A recent congressional hearing was held with regard to these proposed regulations. Read more...

I've been interviewing and hiring web developers for many years now. Along the way, I've made a few bad hires, and some fantastic ones, and those experiences have helped me develop a specific approach to the technical interview. Read more...

One could be forgiven for feeling a bit of confusion about the overall job market as it stands today. It seems like for every report that paints a positive picture about the future employment outlook, another report comes out almost immediately that seemingly refutes that assumption. Read more...