As a recruiter, what type of content should you be putting out online? And what is your company doing to create interesting content for your target audience? Great content leads to a stronger brand online, both your personal brand as a recruiter and your company’s brand as an agency/employer. As our friends at CopyBlogger write:…
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As a Technical Recruiter, my bread-and-butter roles were Software Development positions. I came into the Recruitment world with a background dominated by ‘soft skills’ and a BA in English Literature and as a result, I had a very steep learning curve with a huge amount of technical information to understand quickly, so that I wouldn’t…
Have you noticed how it is getting easier and easier to find people online? Nowadays you can find Java developers on GitHub, accountants on LinkedIn, journalists on Twitter and your neighbour’s cat on Facebook. Everyone is leaving an online footprint somewhere, whether it’s actively pushing content out on Google Plus or just being listed for…
Social media has impacted greatly on employee recruitment. This infographic from Visual.ly shows some of the stats and explains more. Takeaways: 73% 0f employers have successfully hired a candidate through social media – a 10% increase since 2011. LinkedIn is the top social media website used for recruitment. Employers like to see professional organisation membership…
Recruiters can make mistakes too! Turns out they’re only human, just like the rest of us. Here are the top 10 screening mistakes made by recruiters, as reported by Resoomay in an interesting infographic. Takeaways: 79% of businesses hired candidates that had exaggerated their CVs/résumés, whereas ignoring an overqualified candidate can cause harm, as there is…
I remember a day some time ago, early in my career. Another normal day in the office; making calls, arranging interviews etc. What made this day particularly stand out in my memory was a call I made to a prospective client. I found a lead for a design agency looking for a Web Developer. I…
A few months ago I met a prospective client who is the recruitment manager for a major international consumer goods company. Naturally talk turned, as I’d hoped, to how, when and who they used as third-party recruitment agents? The answer did not make me feel well. In short the use of agents had over the…
Look around in the office. How many people are thinking about changing jobs? Who’s applying already? Who’s open to speaking to a recruiter? Experts argue that 80% of working professionals could be described as “passive”. Our friends at LinkedIn have taken a look at the breakdown of passive candidates, the truth is an overwhelming number of them…
I have been recruitment consultant for the last 10 years and absolutely love my job. I’m aware that recruiters don’t always provoke happy thoughts in the minds of job seekers and clients alike and that is maybe a blog post for another time, but for now I want to give some tips for getting the…