Going to a job interview is probably one of life’s greatest ordeals, where you have less than an hour to sell yourself and get the job that may well change your life. Being under pressure can change the way we behave, think, speak. Don’t despair, recruiters are used to see people feeling stressed out and…
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Employee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard some variation of the phrase: “I majored in _______, therefore I feel my career options are limited.” That statement is not only illogical, but it couldn’t be further from reality. Regardless of what it says on your degree, you could and should still relentlessly pursue your…
We have all had one of these emails in our recruitment lives. So how do you deal with one? It happened today. First day back from my holidays and the night before you return, you drop all your placed candidates and pending starters a lovely text to say “Hi! I am back, how are things?…
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Top 5 Marketing Trends For Job Seekers
The job search is one of the toughest sales jobs you’ll ever have. Why not take a look at what businesses are doing today to promote and market themselves and lift some pages from their playbook? What are the main parallels between marketing and the job search? Companies have a product or service to sell.…
You’ve made it to the interview, and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your unique character. You dabble into your past work…
There are 2 types of people in the workplace. The productive ones, and the unproductive ones. Chances are you are working with these 2 types of workers, hopefully more of the former than the latter. Oftentimes, unproductive people aren’t putting down the amount of work the productive people do, and they stress they should be…
Recruitment is a two sided market, ripe for intermediaries to eliminate (or create) deadweight loss. Right now, there’s a lot of deadweight loss. There’s a major gap in the job market, starting with the U.S.’s 4.5 million job open positions and 9.8 million unemployed people. This SmartRecruiters infographic provides insight the depth of the hiring gap. Takeaways: 1…
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Why Positivity Breeds Success
New recruiters will often hear the phrase ‘positivity breeds success‘. But why is this quality so important, and how exactly does it help us at work? We take a look at this fascinating – and hugely powerful – quality, and the reasons for fostering it: It is infectious: When you feel positive and optimistic, it…
Are you struggling with your job search? Looking for a new career can be a job in itself and unless you dedicate yourself to the task it will only become harder. Especially now that the job market will be flooded with graduates and leavers. Here is some key points to keep in mind: 1) Organise:…