It’s not just software firms that hire developers — people with coding skills are needed in all departments and industries, from marketing right through to finance and sales. However, the job listings for roles outside of the software industry rarely resonate well with developers. According to Stack Overflow’s developer survey, 68% of UK developers are…
Category: Employer Branding
Some of the world’s biggest companies use The Employer Brand Index to understand, improve and measure their employer brands.
Sofas. Probably the last thing you would imagine to be at the forefront of candidate experience but you’d be wrong. I recently caught up with Ben Gledhill who is the Talent Acquisition Manager at Sofology and creator of a very interesting model for candidate experience (see below). They are on their way to becoming a fully digital omnichannel…
There’s always one person in the office who never offers to make the teas or coffees, yet are the first to put their order in. Or that person who is always online checking their own social media accounts, playing games or indulging in a bit of retail shopping. A recent survey asked 10,000 respondents what their…
Recruiting is challenging in any industry, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find an industry where it’s more strenuous than in healthcare. The stakes are high and healthcare facilities can’t afford to onboard talent that doesn’t fit their specific needs. The major recruiting challenges facing healthcare Healthcare organizations don’t have the luxury of occasionally making the…
Our friends at INSEAD, The Adecco Group, and Singapore’s Human Capital Leadership Institute have published the fourth edition of their Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). The GTCI measures the ability of countries to grow, attract and retain talent, and provides a tool-kit for countries and companies to design talent strategies and tackle crucial challenges like…
We all love a good perk – and I’m not just talking about staff discounts against your company’s products or a company car – but REAL perks. An attractive salary will always tempt candidates to work for a particular company, but would you be willing to offer better perks to win over the best talent? Over…
We all know the feeling of waking up for work and just not wanting to get out of bed. Either a late night, a heavy schedule or even the thought of leaving the warmth of the duvet, are just some of the reasons why getting out of bed for work sucks. But sometimes even when you…
When it comes to hiring, there’s been an increasing reliance on algorithms to make decisions for us. We trust data to determine candidate fit, and the probability of their potential success in a position. The problem emerges when we forget technology is supposed to support us not replace us. Algorithms have built in biases that…
Partying too hard, not enough leave for that important family event, too embarrassed to show up late – there are many reasons people “pull a sickie” to get a day off work, and whilst you’d like to think most of the sick calls are genuine, it’s probable that a lot of them are not. Now…