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4 Female CEOs Crushing the HR Tech Scene

This post is sponsored by Lever, a new breed of applicant tracking system that emphasizes speed, collaboration and building candidate relationships. Forget chalk and cheese; females in technology are forces to be reckoned with. We know that women are underrepresented in many areas of the workforce. Tech is definitely one of them, with some reports…

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Recruitment Content: You Are What You Share Online

Recruiters and recruitment marketers want talent. They want it quick and they want it to stick. The same can be said for great, easy-to-convert leads… To help with this, I have a trusty hack which I call “feeders”. They are great for recruiters who want to improve speed of attraction and conversion, as well as for recruitment…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

4 Fatal Recruitment Flaws Costing You Candidates

This post is sponsored by TeamHire for JIRA, the collaborative recruitment tool making it easier to source and secure new employees. If you’re struggling to secure fresh talent to your business, it’s time to find out what’s wrong. You’re the common denominator every time a candidate drops out, not them. If you don’t take time to fix a faulty…

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Talent Acquisition

Back Doors for the Bravehearted

This is an opinion piece. If you’re interested in writing one, please get in touch.  Ah yes, the Preferred Suppliers List. Challenge accepted. For many of us, the agency recruiter’s first introduction to the PSL is a mixture of trying to understand the futility of it and banging your head against a brick wall. When trying to win…

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Forget Sparkly Stereotypes, Hire the Diamonds in the Rough

There’s much talk about organisations such as Microsoft reducing the UCAS points requirement and expanding the range of universities they will consider when hiring graduates.  In fact, they’ve moved significantly further forward than many, when it comes to identifying the attributes of a young person with brilliant potential. Still, several organisations are stuck in a rut when…