Do you like where you work? Would you say it’s the perfect office space? This slidedeck by OfficeDesk.com outlines what makes up the perfect office. Takeaways: 70% of American employees work in open plan offices. Open plan offices are disruptive due to lack of privacy and uncontrollable noise. Mark Zuckerberg’s new office plan is the…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
Forgetting to give candidate feedback is one of the most common mistakes made in the recruitment industry, more often than not it’s not even considered a mistake. In fact many employers just hope that their candidates will ‘get the message’ when they don’t hear anything a few weeks (or months) after the interview, but guess…
Another year has come and gone. It’s 2014, and the world is changing. Some changes are good, and some are bad, and some are just dependent upon whom you ask. I can tell you one change that’s been making front-page news in the U.S. lately: legalized marijuana in Colorado. As of January 1st 2014, Colorado…
Job boards – are they obsolete? eQuest think they aren’t! Read this infographic by them to see why. Takeaways: Recruiters need to use the best mix of marketing channels in their online sourcing – including job boards. Job boards are the go-to resource – 2/3 of job seekers use job boards to find positions. Recruiters…
When working in a team environment, many managers reasonably assume that treating people differently is a bad thing, and showing favouritism, bias or nepotism is never going to help – in those regards it certainly is. However some of the best managers I have come across are those who have been able to understand how…
As we welcome in a new year, LinkedIn decided to take a look at the data from the profiles of their half a billion members, and see which jobs didn’t exist in 2008. Do you have any of these titles? How long have you had your job for? Takeaways: iOS development began in 2008, meaning that…
Are employees of small businesses satisfied and happy with their jobs? GFI conducted a survey and this infographic shows the findings. Takeaways: 81% of small business employees are satisfied with their job. 72% say social media at work has no effect on their productivity. 43% have used a mobile computing device to connect remotely to…
Ever wondered how employers in Europe use social media for recruitment? Our friends at Stepstone recently released a study called “Recruitment via social media: fact or hype?” which is based on research carried out in seven European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. So for once we have interesting social recruiting data…
In 2013, what did the UK’s employment landscape look like? This infographic by Hiring-Hub.com looks at all the facts and figures. Takeaways: There are now 29.95 million people in work. The average weekly pay is now £475. 2.47 million people are unemployed. The youth unemployment is at 21% currently. Unemployment is due to drop 6.8%…