The Downside of Hiring Lower Wage Workers

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Assessing the Dark Side of Your Candidates

(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-36052328-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); setTimeout(“_gaq.push([‘_trackEvent’, ’15_seconds’, ‘read’])???,15000); A recent doctoral study of 3200 candidates by Christian Enger Gimsø at BI Norwegian Business School found

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Candidates May Lie But Statistics Don’t Lie

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What HR & Hiring Managers Can Learn From Warren Buffett & Jim Rogers on Hiring the Right People

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