4 Simple Tips to Take Your Project Staffing to the Next Level
Project staffing can be an especially tricky balancing act. You want to have enough people to do the job right, but you also can’t afford to invest in too many contractors. You have to bring in professionals with the abilities that best suit your end goal, but that means prioritizing certain skills over others. How […]
What Do Recruiters Actually Do?
Though recruiting has recently come to be more important than ever, many people are confused or unaware of what recruiters actually do. On the surface, it seems simple enough: they find people to fill roles. But there is a lot of work that goes into the steps it takes to hire the right talent for […]
The Pros and Cons of Recorded Video Screening
After thousands of phone and in-person interviews, I thought there was nothing left to learn about interviewing. I was wrong.
Our First Ever B Corp Day
Jun 25, 2015 B Corp Day is the day when employees of the world’s 1,307 B Corps in 41 countries volunteer in their own communities – across the globe!
The 75 Best Meaningful Work Quotes
Meaningful Work Quotes Our meaningful work at Raise is to connect more people with meaningful work. Accordingly, we’re quite obsessed with the subject, which also happens to be a topic that most of the world’s influential thinkers have had something to say about.
Increase Hiring Success 9x with Behavioral Interviewing
There is a simple and easy way to dramatically improve your chances of making a good hire.
Contract staffing – where do I begin?
Contract staffing, consulting, freelancing … once you’ve determined what to call it, how do you begin with contract staffing?
Is schooling matching real world requirements?
While the number of degree holders in North America continues to grow, over-educated prospective employees are being forced to settle for work either below their level of education, for less money or in unrelated fields. Should this problem be entirely blamed on job market saturation or are university students simply choosing the wrong majors?
Celebrating a culture of giving
Wow, it’s already 2015! With the end of another calendar year we’re taking a look back to highlight a few things that happened before the whirlwind of the holidays.
Exploring female underrepresentation in tech, engineering and leadership
A recent report revealed that seven in 10 Google employees are male, while women compose just 21 percent of the tech titan’s leadership. Women make up 48 percent of non-tech positions within the company, but the gender discrepancy becomes much more acute among engineering, tech and management roles, according to CNN. In fact, only one […]