Between the candidate experience and all of the employer branding information out there, the recruitment brand is often lost. It’s so much more than how candidates feel during the recruitment process or the logo attached to an organisation. All these elements are important and intertwined, but the ‘how to’ part of building a great recruitment brand is often…
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Executive search, in general, is a much higher level of service than your average recruitment process. Its focus, thoroughness and complexity is aligned to the significant level of investment involved in recruiting high calibre, senior and executive roles. Here are some tricks of the trade that top executive search consultants follow for success. 1) Research: Research is fundamental…
There’s nothing worse than having your Friday ruined by realising it’s only Tuesday. The average person spends 90,000 hours of their life in the workplace. With so much time spent at work, it’s important that you’re happy there. Tuesday’s should be just as good as Fridays. How can you make sure you have that Friday feeling…
Over the past year, I’ve met many ambitious tech companies in Los Angeles and Vancouver that tend to get lost over the hype, their “thing”, but it’s never as cool as it sounds. Why? I think part of the reason is because, behind every ambitious tech company exists an ambitious entrepreneur, who believes their invention, product, service, app, etc. is the…
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. According to Forbes, it is in direct competition with traditional recruiting agencies and a lot of people will turn to the platform as their first point of call when seeking a new career opportunity. This social network site allows members to share their experience, skills and past achievements on…
Part of the job of a recruiter is to communicate sensitive information from one party to another, which often requires a great deal of trust amongst all those involved. Unfortunately, for legitimate recruiters trust with potential/ first time clients and candidates is often more difficult to establish than for other service providers, due to a general mistrust of…
Recruiting is a very competitive industry. Writing a good job description is a fundamental step toward attracting the right candidates to applying for one of your job postings, by communicating clearly what kind of individual you are after and what responsibilities and tasks the job entails. Here are some tips on how to write a good…
This article is sponsored by Shortlister. It’s graduate season again and every large employer in the country is fighting for their slice of the top graduate talent pie, but what are the best in the graduate recruitment business doing to secure the highest possible quality of grad? Josh Mills of Shortlister.com caught up with Phillip Haig,…
Too often, executives think about recruiting in terms of making specific individual hires or filling a certain number of open positions. But, the truth is, smart recruiting is not just about hiring that exclusive individual or choosing the best candidate for that one available position – recruiting is about building the capacity of the overall team. You don’t…