Here at Spark Hire, we want to help companies utilize the power of online video to find the best candidates. We get a lot of questions from readers about best practices for using online video in the hiring process...
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How Long Will Candidates Wait for a Job Offer?
This post was updated in February 2020. So, you have a couple of great candidates waiting in the line-up for your new position. You interviewed with them a week ago and are still evaluating with your co-workers and the...
Hit Snooze: Is Napping Good for Company Culture?
Are your workers lagging and sluggish? This might sound crazy, but encouraging a little napping on the job might be the answer. More companies — from Google to online newspaper The Huffington Post — are...
Importance of Employee Appreciation #Infographic
We have been hitting employee appreciation pretty hard lately here at Spark Hire. Clearly it’s an important part of business and being a business leader, but also because feeling appreciated is what matters most...
Internships: To Pay or Not to Pay
According to Ross Perlin, the author of a book titled: Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy, there are about 1.5 million internships in the U.S. each year, nearly half unpaid...
The Best Mobile Apps for Busy HR Professionals
Savvy HR professionals know mobile is here to stay. With 85 percent of Americans owning a cell phone and 45 percent of those owners owning a smartphone, mobile recruiting is on the rise. According to a 2011 survey, 19...
Spark A Conversation: Representing Your Company in Video Interviews
Here at Spark Hire, we want to help companies utilize the power of online video to find the best candidates. We get a lot of questions from readers about best practices for using online video in the hiring process...
Maximizing Your Job Description for the Best Candidates
Unless they have been keeping an eye out for your company and have wanted to work for you for quite some time, the first thing job seekers see about your company is the job description. You post jobs and with it always...
Looking Past the Nerves in a Video Interview
This post was updated on 5/14/2020 For even the best candidates, the video interview can be a nerve-wracking proposition. With unemployment rising sharply among all major worker groups to 14.7% in April, according to...