American retailers are cutting back on the holiday hiring market, according to a survey from Richmond-based job-seekers’ website SnagAJob.com. The number of jobs is going down, while the number of people applying for jobs is going up. That means increased competition for fewer spots. And that means harder work for job seekers, who will have… Read more »
hiring
HR troubles
Have you heard the one about the startup that was so pathetic it couldn’t even hire an intern? Yeah, well, back off. Hiring an intern is harder than it sounds. We tried everything we could think of — spent approximately 30 hours of time – and struck out miserably. I emailed all the college newspapers… Read more »
Hiring an intern
BizSense is looking to hire a reporting intern for the summer. Turns out, it’s harder than we though it’d be. We’ve emailed all the journalism schools around Virginia and D.C., and emailed editors at the all the college papers we could think of. No dice. Can anyone recommend a way to hire a talented and… Read more »