Bob the top sales pro. He has recruiters calling, emailing, and visiting him. Goose bumps are on his liver. He is hungry for something more, but nobody will deliver. He is tired of the pushy recruiter sending him down a path that won’t deliver. The Pusher I call that type of recruiter a “Pusher”. A…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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What’s the future of life sciences recruitment? In 2007, a UK CIPD report into popular recruitment methods found that for the first time, corporate websites had broken even with local newspaper advertisements as the most common method for recruiting candidates. Now in 2012, working with scientific, environmental and renewables recruiter, Cranleigh Scientific, Enviable Workplace looked into…
Hiring new employees can be tiresome and costly. This infographic from HR Tech Blog shows how NOT to make it tiresome and costly. Takeaways: On average there are 141 applicants to each job opening, and with a recruiter managing 22 openings simultaneously at one time, this produces 3102 resumes for a recruiter to handle at one…
How do recruiters and HR professionals in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia use social media? Thanks to AMS and Chapman Consulting Group for this infographic of the use of social media in HR and recruitment in Asia Pacific. Takeaways: 100% of HR and communications workers in Asia Pacific utilise social media – compared to 78% of…
Recruiting top talent has always been a challenge. But with new social recruiting tactics, many companies are turning to online communities and platforms to source candidates quicker and easier. What is the best advantage social recruiting has over traditional recruiting? 1. Making Human Resources Human Again, Digitally: Social recruiting has a major advantage over traditional…
One of the most modern elements of the hiring and recruitment process is video interviewing. It is easier to organise, cuts costs and allows for re-evaluation later on. This infographic from Spark Hire shows some of the benefits of video interviewing and it’s recent rise. Takeaways: Traditional hiring methods take 45 days on average to hire…
Every profession has horror stories to tell. Why these tales exist beggars the belief of the majority of genuine professionals searching for roles or working in recruitment. However there will always be a small minority who feel permitted to behave in a completely unprofessional manner and as though the world owes them some kind of…
Well, this blog won’t make me popular with recruitment agencies, but that isn’t really anything new. Fellow Undercover Recruiter blogger Robert Wright wrote a blog recently about how recruitment agencies can survive the move towards in-house direct hire models, so I thought I would upset him too and tell you how my organisation has saved…
Social sharing is an art – it needs to be done just right for something to go viral and for the hits to start rolling in. This infographic from Venturebeat and Compendium explains what works for social sharing. Takeaways: The social media message needs to be the ideal length – for B2B on LinkedIn ideal length is 16-25…