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OFCCP Week in Review: January 16, 2015
COMPENSATION UPDATE: OFCCP started the new year aggressively in audits by making increasingly more detailed and more numerous compensation data requests of contractors. The latest we have seen is a 29-point questionnaire up from the originally published 14 point...
What is a TLD? 90 Second Video
A lot has happened in recruitment marketing over the last decade. Social media and job aggregator sites have replaced traditional advertising methods such as in-column classified ads, and the technology now available to target and engage candidates has exploded. You...
The Keys to Effective Outreach and “Positive” Recruitment as OFCCP Continues to Headhunt Contractors for Inadequate Outreach
The following post is a conversation between Candee Chambers and John C. Fox discussing effective outreach and recruitment for federal contractors. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Candee, what are your DE [DirectEmployers] Members doing to satisfy OFCCP that they have undertaken...
OFCCP Week in Review: January 9, 2015
Welcome to the first installment of a new OFCCP compliance tool we have created for our Members and are calling “OFCCP Week in Review.” Candee Chambers and I are partnering to bring this to you on the DirectEmployers (DE) website every Friday. In case you were...
How to Customize Who Sees Your Facebook Posts
How many friends do you have on Facebook? Half of all adult users have more than 200 friends in their network.[1] But let’s be honest – are all of your updates relevant or even appropriate for all of your connections? While you’re thinking about that, consider that...
OFCCP Issues FAQ Clarifying Reporting Requirements for the New Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing
The OFCCP recently released a new clarification FAQ relating to reporting requirements for Items 9, 10, 13 and 14 in the new Itemized Listing. This clarification is specific to those federal contractors who are six months or more into their affirmative action plan...
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Happy Holidays from DirectEmployers Association! Can You Find Delf?
Happy holidays from DirectEmployers Association! This year’s video features a very special guest, Delf, the DirectEmployers Elf, being mischievous around Indianapolis. See if you can find Delf in each scene and guess his location. If you can’t figure it out, we have you covered with the answers below. Enjoy!
DOL Publishes Final Rule on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor takes a major step forward in the march toward full equality by publishing a final rule barring federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. A press...
Unplugged with Vantiv’s Tom Poole: Social Media and Customization Best Practices
Member company Vantiv is the nation’s largest PIN debit acquirer (The Nilson Report, March 2013) and one of the nation’s fastest growing technology firms. You might not realize it, but they’ve driven many of the changes that prompted the shift from cash to electronic payments.
Vantiv is also an innovator when it comes to customization and social media recruiting. Director of Recruiting Tom Poole sat down with us and discussed how the company developed a highly social recruiting model that has increased referrals, reduced agency spend and increased quality without adding headcount or incurring additional costs: