Interview Questions
Looking for ideas for Interview Questions? Our resources section for job seekers includes questions and explanations that many employers use. Please look over the sample interview questions at the bottom of our Interviewing Tips for Job Seekers page.

Employee Turnover
The cost of employee turnover, can be significant. Some costs are fairly obvious and direct, i.e., hiring and training replacements, but there are other, indirect costs, such as lost business and lowered productivity. There are many research white papers that discuss this topic, as well as tools to calculate the associated costs, and suggested ways to reverse it, available on the Internet.

Knowing What You are Looking For
Writing a good job description can make all the difference between a position
that sits unfilled, and one that is filled quickly. Symptoms of a poorly written job description, are that it brings few or no submissions, or goes unfilled for an unreasonable period of time. There are a number of common problems that could cause this situation, separately or in combination.

PROBLEM: Looking For the Moon
A job description may combine too many responsibilities and skills to find in one person. In extreme situations, you may actually be combining two totally disparate skill sets, highly unlikely to be found in one individual. For this type of problem, one obvious solution is to re-analyze core needs and rewrite the job description, for two individuals if necessary.

AVVAL offers a guide for writing job descriptions that uses a 3 step process, with a comprehensive 6 point check list of important content details to help you create a job description that will get results.

PROBLEM: Money
Another problem in filling a position could be that the salary range being offered is out of line with the market rates for the type of position and skills, or that the position has attributes such that it requires a greater monetary incentive.

Market Information on Current Salary Rates can be obtained from:
Professional organizations
Websites, like salary.com, CareerInfoNet.org or Jobstar.org
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' "Wages, Earnings and Benefits" section, at BLS.gov