In the past, HR and marketing departments had little to do with each other. Human Resources placed their focus on new hires and current employees, while the marketing team would concentrate predominantly on the consumer side of things. However, with the growth of technology and social media, the two departments have been growing increasingly closer to…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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Failure is part of life – and definitely part of success. Most of the incredibly successful people we know have all had their fair share of failures – some small, some monumental. But what it did do was teach them something and gave them a springboard to bounce off and learn from. It’s easy to give…
The tech industry is an ever expanding sector and with this growth comes the demand and competition for skilled tech professionals. When hiring for your tech company, it’s essential that you make sure that the individual has the correct skill set and is fully qualified to excel within your business. After-all, don’t ever underestimate the power…
When it comes to hiring a new employee, pressure is well and truly on to fill the position quickly. However, by rushing the process, chances are you won’t find the best candidate for the job, and a bad hire can have a series of negative implications for the organization. Though there is always an element of…
Some of you may be familiar with growth hacking already, whereas for others of you it’s possible this is a new concept. To learn what it’s all about and how one can hack some growth, I’ve had a chat with Kieran Flanagan. He is the Marketing Director of HubSpot EMEA, a conference speaker, blogger and NLP practitioner.…
LinkedIn – you either do it, or you don’t. Everyone knows how to build the perfect LinkedIn profile – but do you know how to operate as a business on the site? There are over 500 million users on LinkedIn, covering 200 countries and territories worldwide – and 40% of these check the site daily. That’s a…
Recruitment is an ever evolving industry, especially with the growth of technology and social media. The way that candidates are sourced, jobs are advertised and businesses develop their employer brands are all things that have been adapting over the years. Whereas job boards are still going strong, like in previous years; social media is on…
Many of us in the recruitment industry talk about consolidating talent data within our organisations. Sure, that may sound like a buzz phrase. But nothing is more important than bridging both, internal and external data, in today’s web-driven recruiting environment. In essence, such data consolidation allows recruiters to establish seamless ad hoc links between candidate…
I wrote a blog for recently giving my ten tips for a blog page. I created this list as I was (too often!) coming across recruiter blogs which just didn’t work, either technically, or content-wise. So many recruiters want to be noticed, to attract, to source – and having a blog is a crucial way to achieve this.…