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Talent Acquisition

What are the Signs That You’ve Found a Great Recruitment Agency?

Whether you’re a job seeker looking for a great agency or you have a job vacancy you’re trying to fill, you have a lot of options when it comes to agency representation. Maybe you’re after a niche agency or you just want to get the most bang for your buck. Just like any other type…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Do Leaders Spend Their Days?

Influential leaders – what do you think they spend their day doing? Cmoe gathered findings from leaders in Adobe, Google, Kellogg’s, AT&T and more to find out. Between waking at 6.15am (is that earlier than you?) and sleeping at 11.40pm – what do they do through out the day? Find out in the infographic below!…

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Talent Acquisition

Recruiters: How to Love Hiring Managers Who You Hate

In recruiting, the two most important factors are quality and speed. Hiring managers often get in their own way, by slowing the recruiting process down and not hiring the best candidate available. Because of this they are restraining success and growth of the business they work for and last but not least annoy recruiters every…

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Talent Acquisition

My 40 Rules of Life at 40

Well, I am VERY far from perfect. In fact, the only thing I do perfectly is imperfections. So, this list is more about ideas, and thoughts and ways of living life. Some is original, some is stolen and some is just nonsense. I don’t know I am just letting it flow. I will give attribution…

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Talent Acquisition

Why Mobile is Important in Social Recruitment

This is part 2 of our series examining the major trends that are shaping the future of successful hiring practice. In our last post we looked at the importance of sales and marketing tools to recruiters. Here we focus on the popularised concept of ‘social recruitment’ and its impact on companies’ hiring strategy. Social recruitment,…

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Talent Acquisition

How Can Businesses Become More Efficient at Recruiting?

There are two sides to this. Firstly, how can businesses structure their recruiting needs efficiently and secondly, how can they go about the hiring process in the best possible way? From a recruiting perspective, it makes it harder for an agency to sell a job to a candidate if the employer has clearly not thought…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

What NOT to Do in a Job Interview [INFOGRAPHIC]

Going to a job interview is probably one of life’s greatest ordeals, where you have less than an hour to sell yourself and get the job that may well change your life. Being under pressure can change the way we behave, think, speak. Don’t despair, recruiters are used to see people feeling stressed out and…

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7 Habits That Will Kill Your Goals

So, how are your goals progressing? Like most of us, probably – some are going well, and others just don’t seem to have got airborne! Sound familiar? Also, if we are totally honest with ourselves, what has got in the way most of all is – ourselves! And, if we want to have a real…

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Talent Acquisition

What Does a Recruiter Have in Common with Brad Pitt?

It might seem like a fanciful comparison, but there are actually some interesting comparisons between recruiters and top Hollywood actors (and not simply the fact that some recruiters believe that they deserve the red carpet treatment!) Whether you are new to the recruiting game or a top billing superstar, you can take enjoyment from the…