Ellen Paris

Hate grilling candidates for the job? Give testing a try.

Tailor each employment application to the specific job.

Spotting e-business red flags

Does yours make the grade?

How to help your office wallflowers blossom

Don't let high interest rates squelch your growth plans.

Gather round the table . . . err, monitor.

Get first crack at skilled military vets <i>before</i> they hit the civilian labor market.

Don't underestimate the value of free food when seeking employees.

Your first assignment: Let employees telecommute.

Meet a few exceptions to the rule that women just don't do franchising--and why don't they anyway?

When recruiting, look to merger survivors-not their laid-off brethren.

So keep it that way--protect your proprietary information.

If you're waiting on the government or anyone else to do something about the rising costs of health benefits, face facts: If you want costs cut right, you have to cut them yourself.

What's in Mom's maiden name? Big bucks for crooks

Good employees leaving? It may be your manager.

Inventors invent. Big companies steal. And you can't fight it because you don't have the money to win--or can you?