Job Tips - Category: Hiring Best Practices

There are best practices for attracting quality candidates. Gain expertise from the team at Corridor Careers who look at 100s of job postings each month.

Spotlight Your Company Culture and Attract Top Talent

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The Gazette’s Company Spotlight is an exciting new way to showcase your company culture to attract top talent. You can unlock the power of storytelling and showcase what makes your company an exceptional place to work. The Gazette’s Company Spotlight offers a unique platform to highlight your company’s culture, values, and career opportunities to a community of engaged local talent. Call 319-368-8600, or email us to get started.

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How artificial intelligence is transforming HR departments

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Human resources departments are finally shedding stereotypes of being a company's unofficial paper-pushers: They're now at the forefront of integrating artificial intelligence. While many HR professionals have traded filing cabinets for cloud storage, the transition to digital has unlocked vast amounts of "juicy, rich, people data," Will LaSala, field chief technology officer for the cybersecurity firm OneSpan, told HR Brew. This data fuels AI-driven processes with the potential to streamline hiring, training, and managing employee experience and performance.

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Updated: Relocating to Cedar Rapids? Fear Not.

Relocate to Beautiful Cedar Rapids

With its low cost of living, good schools, many job openings, and recreation options, it’s no wonder more people are relocating to Cedar Rapids. Yet, if your spouse or partner is the one with the job move, you may be understandably apprehensive.  Sure, the homes are affordable, and the schools seem pretty good - but it’s in the middle of the Midwest! And you’re wondering what you’re getting yourself into.

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Business email compromise attacks are on the rise. Here’s how to avoid getting duped.

Cyber attacks to business emails on rise

Business email compromise attacks are on the rise. Here's how to avoid getting duped. Cases where criminals pose as a co-worker to steal money from companies have been on the rise since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These cyberschemes—known as business email compromise, or BEC—are sinister because they involve lying and deceit, and they come from real humans looking to cash in on workers' negligence to verify information.

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