One of the most common reasons given for non-acceptance of job offers in modern-day hiring and recruitment is undoubtedly the classic counter offer scenario. A counter offer is whereby a candidate is incentivized to stay with his or her present employer after he or she has announced their intention to take a job with another company. This usually…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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When you’re part of a Fortune 500 company with nigh inexhaustible resources, the recruitment process doesn’t seem to be one that really necessitates creativity or strategy. But when you’re a small business owner with a bottom line weighing down every decision of your company, how you decide to go about the hiring process can be one of…
For agency recruiters, it often feels like clients are toying with them these days. It feels for all the world that some* Line Managers, Internal Recruiters, and HR types have conspired to make a life for recruiters as hellish as possible. Job briefs given out to 6 agents, ‘urgent’ orders postponed after weeks of work,…
Whether you are an HR Director, Hiring Manager or whoever else is responsible for hiring employees, it’s a safe assumption that you want to bring on the best person possible for the job. Whether it’s the next President’s Club Sales Person, Innovative Technology Professional, or Lead Customer Service Rep, you want someone who is going…
Google Glass is expected to launch in the UK in 2014, and it’s going to be really exciting to see what impact this first foray into wearable computer technology has on us and our daily lives. This time next year, will we be seeing businessmen walking around like futuristic cyborgs, barking “Glass, take a memo”…
Employers are getting a little sloppy these days when informing job applicants they haven’t been chosen. Too many organizations neglect to send a rejection notice entirely, and others do it haphazardly or impersonally. What’s so bad about that? Well, as important as first impressions are for job applicants, final impressions are important for organizations. Imagine…
LinkedIn has begun rolling out Showcase Pages to everyone — a newish feature available as part of a Company Page. How are recruiters going to actually benefit from this feature? I cracked open a bottle of wine and put my thinking cap on (I can’t think when I’m sober!) How about: Creating a jobs page…
There’s a plethora of social media management tools available to recruiters such as Buffer, Tweetdeck, IFTTT and Dlvr.it just to name a few. Everyone has their own favourite but for complete novices, here’s how you can get started with Hootsuite – probably the best free tool available today: Connect your accounts: On the free version,…
You’re trying to find the right candidates but you suck at attracting really good people…but, why? Here are three problems that need solving: 1) Your careers page: Too much corporate b*llocks, not enough visual content – we need simpler & more obvious information, please! The biggest problem with most company career pages is that there’s…