Did your boss just ask you to recruit new employees for your company? Feel like you’ve been dropped in the deep end? Well, here’s your help. This presentation by our friends at Slideshop explains everything a recruiter goes through to find Mr (or Ms) Right, recruitment tips on how to determine the most competent candidate, and the…
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So…you’ve managed to get a job interview? Great! You’re nervous and you can’t sleep but you want to impress and get the job. You know yourself better than anyone else and you have decided that this role is a good fit for your skills, experience and personality. Do you want to know a secret? The interview panel…
What do 140,000 marketers, 4,000 Googlers, and 170,000 C-level executives have in common? Answer: They’re all up for some volunteering according to their LinkedIn profiles. In fact, no less than 4+ million professionals like them have expressed interest in joining a nonprofit board or doing skills-based volunteering – or both. LinkedIn members who want to user…
The recruitment industry is becoming increasingly reliant on social media for sourcing candidates and Facebook is something which a lot of companies are trying now with differing success – it is definitely a place where active and passive talent both hang out. There are a number of applications available for download through your Facebook account,…
As experts at reading CVs, resumes, cover letters and of course LinkedIn profiles you’d think recruiters would know what words to use for their own personal brand. Turns out recruiters are human too and overused profile buzzwords is an issue here just like for the rest of us. American recruiters appear to be very ‘motivated’, their…
How businesses treat their candidates during the recruitment process directly impacts the perception of their brand in the market. The public image of a business doesn’t just stop with the marketing department, it is affected by the way in which businesses treat people – that means potential candidates as well as their customers. We have…
When you think of Facebook, it’s professional benefits probably aren’t the first thing that pop to mind, but who said it can’t be good for your career, as well as for its social aspect? LinkedIn on the other hand was created with the soul purpose of connecting people on a professional level, but could it be…
The blurry lines of social media mean the mask many people wear in business are slipping and I wonder whether this is a good thing for recruitment or not? I personally have always cited that I am the same person whether you meet me on a Saturday lunchtime or in a business meeting- bar I…
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