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Talent Acquisition Timebound

Sales Targets Hanging Over Your Head Instead of Mistletoe?

The weather’s getting colder and wetter outside (excluding you lucky recruiters in the southern hemisphere), but for many of us, the business pipeline is doing the exact opposite and drying up before our eyes! By now we’ve come to expect that December and January are quieter months, as clients and candidates take holidays (how dare they?) and…

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10 Things Every Recruiter Should Check for on a Candidate’s CV

As a recruiter you want to give the candidate you are representing the best opportunity to stand out from the crowd and their CV is the first opportunity they have to sell themselves. Ensure that the CV which you send to your client is clear, concise and highlights the relevant experience effectively. Follow these easy steps…

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13 Recruitment Trends Every Recruiter Should Be Aware Of

Brexit, Trump, AI, Big Data, Microsoft+LinkedIn, and the Randstad Monster… It’s no secret that this year has been a massive year for politics, technology, and economics, but what are the real knock-on effects to agency-side recruiters working as third-party talent suppliers? How is the recruitment landscape adapting? Will your business boom in the new year,…

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5 Steps to Building a More Inclusive Talent Pipeline

We are seeing a refreshing emphasis on people talking about increasing the number of female leaders, rather than just focussing on the number of women in the boardroom. The latest independent government review, launched this year to follow on from Lord Davies’s report, has confirmed that the focus will be on building the pipeline for…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

5 LinkedIn Tips to Make Your Profile Gold Dust

LinkedIn – the world’s biggest professional network – continues to grow, and has truly become a force to be reckoned with. Every day, millions of us login to see how our friends are getting on in their jobs, read status updates and, sometimes, apply for jobs ourselves. Every user who signs up to LinkedIn creates…