hiring practices
Job candidate screening
Hiring practices are the methods and procedures an organization uses to recruit, evaluate, and select employees.
The term often appears in discussions of fairness and discrimination: The company was sued over discriminatory hiring practices.
Good hiring practices typically involve consistent criteria, structured interviews, and equal opportunity for candidates.
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- criminal recordLog of past convictions
- drug screeningTest for prohibited substances
- reference checksConfirming candidate credentials
- talent acquisitionSourcing and hiring employees
labor laws · interviews · panel interview · aptitude tests · recruitment · sourcing · anti-discrimination laws · affirmative action · employment contracts · at-will employment · skill assessments · probationary periods · portfolio reviews · career fairs · personality tests · bias · diversity initiatives · equal opportunity
- labor lawsemployment standards, OSHA, employee rights, FMLA, fair pay
- labor policylabor laws, worker rights, labor contracts, worker protections, job protection
- workplace inclusiondiversity officers, workplace diversity, inclusion policies, workplace inclusion, affirmative action
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- employment termslabor contract, salary, employment terms, internship, contract terms
- gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal rights, equal pay, gender parity
hiring practiceslayoffs
Mass job eliminations
downsizing · workforce reduction · staff cuts · redundancies · headcount reduction