QR codes – small, black and white square barcodes (or large, colourful fancy barcodes, depending on your brand), are codes that can be scanned using your smartphone to display a whole host of information about your business, and more importantly, your brand. QR codes used to be used exclusively by high-end businesses, but they are…
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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.
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9 CV Tips Every Jobseeker Should Know
When applying for a job, it’s important to get your CV right when you send it off. Here are 9 top tips to make sure your CV is perfect: Know What the CV is For: First thing you need to know about your CV is what it is for. The CV is not what gets…
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Beginner’s Guide to Online Job Hunting
The internet has revolutionised the job-hunting process over the last decade; instead of pounding the streets with a stack of CVs and spending days hunched over a well-worn phone book, many of us can now apply from the comfort of home, altering cover letters to suit each employer and editing the CV at a moment’s…
There has been a lot of coverage recently of the high youth unemployment rates in the UK and around the world. The national unemployment rate is 7.8% while the youth unemployment rate is 20.5%. If these statistics have not scared you enough, what about the billions in lost wages that UK youth will experience over…
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How to Use Facebook to Get You a Job
When it comes to Facebook, most career advice sites are unanimous: The best practice, they say, is to avoid using the social network at all, or at the very least to keep your profile private. It is not difficult to understand how this conventional wisdom came to be. After all, we have all heard the…
Do you have the skills that would make employers want you? This infographic (from Youtern) shows what the employers want, and what the candidates need to get. Takeaways: Strategic perspective is the most valued skill by an employer. Many hiring managers believe skills can be learned. 70% of hiring staff rate interview skills as necessary…
Having a professional presence on social media is important for college students and graduates. Why? This infographic (courtesy of Tribe) shows why. Takeaways: 37% of employers use Facebook to pre-screen applicants. 86% of recruiters are likely to look at social media profiles. On Facebook, keep your personal information private, and have a professional profile picture. Tweets…
Trying to attract employers is a difficult task in itself but a great method is to use a tried and tested strategy from the world of marketing – only in this case you aren’t marketing a product, you are marketing yourself. AIDA is an acronym for the stages which occur when a potential consumer engages with a…
If you’re searching for a new job, you must be ready for an interview via video. More than 63 percent of human resources managers stated their company often conducts employment interviews via video, up from just 14 percent one year ago. So how can you ensure you impress the hiring manager via webcam? Check out…