As you undoubtedly know, that’s easier said than done. From video resumes to online recruiting, and background checks to noncompete agreements, recruiting and hiring the best people is extremely challenging these days. And no matter how careful you are, you’re still rolling the dice much of the time: Forty-six percent of new hires leave their jobs by the end of the first year, a recent survey found.

Order this important, no-holds-barred audio conference recording, as our experts – experienced employment law attorneys who’ve guided their clients through many recruiting and hiring pitfalls – will give you candid pointers for avoiding nine costly errors in bringing new employees into your organization.

You’ll learn the legal do's and don’ts on topics such as background and reference checks, application design, supervisor interviews, and retention of hiring records.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• How to prepare job descriptions, listings, and ads that accurately define the skills and qualifications needed for each opening – without violating antibias laws
• The most common mistakes employers make when drafting job applications (and the questions you should never ask on these forms)
• How long you need to keep recruiting and hiring paperwork on file
• Why you should never accept unsolicited resumes for future openings
• The steps you can take to train your supervisors to conduct legal, effective job interviews
• When you should ask applicants about noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants involving their former employers
• The best ways to check resume information and references (and how to get around former employers’ reluctance to provide “official” references)
• Whether it’s legal for you to request transcripts and other data from an applicant’s educational institutions
• How to draft the perfect offer letter (and the biggest mistakes to avoid in the process)
• When new employees should be asked to sign your confidentiality and noncompete agreements, as well as your employee handbook
• The best ways to set up and conduct orientations for your new workers

Chad Layton, Esq., is a partner in the Chicago office of law firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney. He has a broad range of experience in many different aspects of employment law, primarily in litigation. He has written extensively about hiring and discrimination matters in workplaces. He earned his law degree at the John Marshall University Law School.

Gregory E. Rogus, Esq., is a partner in the Chicago office of law firm Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney. He has defended employers in federal and state courts and before numerous state and federal agencies. He has been named a “Super Lawyer” in Illinois for the past 4 years, and he speaks and writes extensively on many different labor and employment law topics. He earned his law degree at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI home page at www.hrci.org.

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