Few topics in recruitment divide opinion quite as much as fee-splitting. Some believe it’s bad practice, and only serves to devalue the recruiter-client relationship. However, I personally believe there’s a lot of benefits to splitting fees. Allow me to explain. Fee-Splitting – The Conventional Opinion Suggest fee-splitting to some recruiters, and you’re likely to evoke…
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The purple squirrel – They’re hard to come by, but when you do you feel like you’ve struck gold! These rare, yet highly sought after candidates feel like an unattainable dream for many recruiters, however it is possible to catch them if you go about it the right way. From knowing exactly what qualities and experience…
Recruitment: Unless you work in the industry yourself, it’s a bit of a mystery to the outside world. Most people will have had contact with a recruiter for one reason or another and have probably formed some kind of idea about what the job entails; but just how accurate are their perceptions of the job?…
With 400 million users and 4 million companies on LinkedIn, it comes in top among the social networks for professional use. Whether you’re looking to connect with business prospects, engage your customers or market your brand, LinkedIn’s expansive network of users and professional features make it the perfect social channel for business. In order to make…
This article is sponsored by LinkedIn. We’re calling on UK recruiters to find out what they want to master in 2016 Ready to hear something surprising? Last month, at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect in London, Tanya Staples of Lynda.com highlighted a startling statistic: the useful shelf life of skills and knowledge has shrunk to just five…
Recruiting a new member of staff can be a time consuming task and hiring decisions shouldn’t be taken lightly. You need to think realistically whether your team have the time an expertise to find the best individual to join your business. If the answer is no, then you may want to consider outsourcing your recruitment.…
Nowadays everyone is using social media to source candidates, but few of us stray beyond the safety of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. As a result, there are a large number of other social networks out there, as of yet largely untapped for recruitment. Could some of the less publicised networks have great recruitment potential? Ever thought…
Think that a career in recruitment might be the right path for you to follow? If you’re prepared for a fast pace environment and consider yourself a people person, then why not?! Recruitment isn’t usually an industry that people dream of getting into and rather ‘fall’ into by chance; however, this doesn’t mean that it…
Twitter – it’s extremely popular in this modern age of always being connected (we’re even on it too – @UndercoverRec!) – but how can you use it to recruit the top talent? Should you be using direct messages or @mentions to contact prospective candidates? The folks at Akken Cloud have created this handy infographic on using…