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What Can a Recruiter Learn From Breaking Bad?

At first glance, the story of a mild-mannered chemistry teacher’s transformation into a crystal-meth-producing criminal genius seems to have little application in the world of recruitment. Frankly, most of our clients have little interest in advanced chemistry, the criminal underworld or the business model of meth distribution — although many will probably be massive fans of the show itself,…

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Top 10 Traits of High Performance Staffing Firms

In my previous blog, I described management styles that help form strong teams. Effective people management is one of the building blocks of good business – without the right staff or the right management, a company with potential will never shine. It is the energy of committed staff that turn an ordinary business into an…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

The Secret To Successful Candidate Feedback

Forgetting to give candidate feedback is one of the most common mistakes made in the recruitment industry, more often than not it’s not even considered a mistake. In fact many employers just hope that their candidates will ‘get the message’ when they don’t hear anything a few weeks (or months) after the interview, but guess…

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9 Ways to Build a Talent Community

I ran a webinar recently about searching for and advertising jobs using social media. Lots of lovely recruiters turned up to listen to me be evangelical about creating search watch dogs, getting the format right, giving candidates the opportunity to deselect themselves and not waste your precious time. We also reviewed how to capitalise on your…

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Humans are the Ultimate Variable: Are Social ROI Sayings True?

Anyone here every heard of Glen Cathey? Yeah, me neither. Anyway, he recently ran a blog entry from a young woman who was a social recruiting convert. Megan Hopkins recounted how she’d made 3 hires on Twitter within 6 weeks with enthusiasm and great detail. And an inevitable discussion ensued. Each recruiter or consultant came…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Marijuana: Can Recruiters Screen Candidates for a Now Legal Drug?

Another year has come and gone. It’s 2014, and the world is changing. Some changes are good, and some are bad, and some are just dependent upon whom you ask. I can tell you one change that’s been making front-page news in the U.S. lately: legalized marijuana in Colorado. As of January 1st 2014, Colorado…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound Workplace

What Job Seekers Need to Know about Recruitment Trends

This is the Chinese year of the horse, so for those of you looking for career success: what does it hold for the job hunter? This is a quick canter through some of the key trends. Will there be jobs and if so how will one access them? There will be jobs: Yes, there will…

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Why Job Boards Are NOT Obsolete [INFOGRAPHIC]

Job boards – are they obsolete? eQuest think they aren’t! Read this infographic by them to see why. Takeaways: Recruiters need to use the best mix of marketing channels in their online sourcing – including job boards. Job boards are the go-to resource – 2/3 of job seekers use job boards to find positions. Recruiters…

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Recruitment: It Ain’t Rocket Science!

It ain’t rocket science – or is it? I have always held the premise that recruitment is not rocket science. It is a sales process ultimately that, if the right approach is taken, can actually be fairly simple. So why oh why do so many recruiters complicate it or even make it look harder than it…