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12 Recruiting Stats That Will Change the Way You Hire

Hiring can be a difficult and time-consuming process. It can cost a lot of money, and also be extremely successful – for the recruiter and the candidate. However, if you take note of some of the stats outlined below (by Officevibe), it can help improve your hiring process. How do you get around these stats? Let…

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Understanding Generation Z’s Expectations of the Working World

The new workforce generation, known as Generation Z, will bring a wealth of emerging talent to organisations across the UK. While it’s too early to know exactly how these digital natives, born from 1995 onwards, will want to work, it’s not too early to start understanding more about their expectations. Analysts at Goldman Sachs believe…

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How to Launch a New Professional Staffing Brand

How do you go about launching a new professional staffing brand? And is it important to set brand guidelines and maintain consistency when building your reputation? What works on social and digital in the staffing world? I spoke to Ian Grundy who is Head of Marketing and Communications, APAC at Adecco Group and he talked…

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5 Digital Trends Small Businesses Need to Focus on

What digital trends do small businesses need to focus on in 2016 in order to improve their business? From analysing data analytics, to embracing new social media platforms, new advice is being dished out all the time, so what should small businesses take on board? This infographic by Cube provides small businesses with everything that…

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How to Inject Creativity into Your Social Media Strategy

Recruiters are having to behave more and more like marketers these days, and with digital marketing becoming ever more visual, how can they ensure that they stay ahead of the trend? I’ve had a chat with Jordan Roland of Shutterstock to find out all about the latest creative trends and what platforms and tools he recommends. You can…

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How to Inspire & Motivate Employees With a Strong Values-Driven Culture

It’s sad to see that McKinsey research shows that during transformations, 86 percent of senior executives believe that they are actively demonstrating the change they want employees to make, but only 53 percent of employees do*. Workplace values drive the attitudes and behaviours that make your team effective or otherwise. These values might include respecting…

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Top 10 Songs to Cheer Up a Dreary Monday

Monday morning – the office is quiet, most people are moody. There’s only one thing for it…get those tunes going! Music is a sure fire way to improve the mood of you and those around you. We’ve compiled a list of our top ten happy tunes, guaranteed to get the office grooving on a Monday…

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Is the Power of Social Media Marketing a Myth?

Are consumers and candidates by social media? Or is it all a myth? I spoke to Scott Monty of Scott Monty Strategies to find out what his thoughts are and what companies ought to be doing to have real results from social media. Be sure to subscribe to the Employer Branding Podcast and never miss an…

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Paid Parental Leave: United States vs. Rest of the World

In most countries around the world new parents can expect to be given paid time off work to spend time with their baby and adjust to life as a parent.  The U.S, however, is lagging far behind in terms of parental leave and in 2016 still does not offer any mandatory maternity leave. Column Five and Jobvite…