We’ve been talking a lot lately about what recruitment leaders should stop doing in 2017; how they can STOP messing up their critical job adverts and START getting real, decent applicants, as well as how marketers need to STOP delivering tactics instead of strategy. A theme which links all of this together is my new acronym: FORMO…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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There’s no shortage of staffing agencies out there, but few maximise the use of LinkedIn for business building and and general branding. Trying to keep a network of candidates and clients who will really only need you sporadically can be difficult. That’s when it becomes imperative to stay interesting and relevant, making yourself a must-follow…
When cleverly used, annual leave can make a big difference to your time off over the winter break. A smattering of national holidays, short Fridays and long weekends can be linked together to get you away from the office for several days in a row without giving up much too much vacation time. But for…
Recruitment is not the industry it was 20 years ago. I know, because that is when I started in the industry full-time. Two week turnaround times on shortlists, 9-5.30/6pm hours, fax machines the norm, emails and mobile phones just starting to become effective mediums to carry out business. Now it is full throttle – contactable 18…
To ensure the offer you exend to a candidate is met with success, it’s best to look at it as a process that starts from the first time you engage with them. One of the biggest mistakes recruiters make when extending an offer is doing so while having a lack of information at their disposal. As…