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Recruiters: How to Love Hiring Managers Who You Hate

In recruiting, the two most important factors are quality and speed. Hiring managers often get in their own way, by slowing the recruiting process down and not hiring the best candidate available. Because of this they are restraining success and growth of the business they work for and last but not least annoy recruiters every…

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My 40 Rules of Life at 40

Well, I am VERY far from perfect. In fact, the only thing I do perfectly is imperfections. So, this list is more about ideas, and thoughts and ways of living life. Some is original, some is stolen and some is just nonsense. I don’t know I am just letting it flow. I will give attribution…

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Why Mobile is Important in Social Recruitment

This is part 2 of our series examining the major trends that are shaping the future of successful hiring practice. In our last post we looked at the importance of sales and marketing tools to recruiters. Here we focus on the popularised concept of ‘social recruitment’ and its impact on companies’ hiring strategy. Social recruitment,…

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How Can Businesses Become More Efficient at Recruiting?

There are two sides to this. Firstly, how can businesses structure their recruiting needs efficiently and secondly, how can they go about the hiring process in the best possible way? From a recruiting perspective, it makes it harder for an agency to sell a job to a candidate if the employer has clearly not thought…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

What NOT to Do in a Job Interview [INFOGRAPHIC]

Going to a job interview is probably one of life’s greatest ordeals, where you have less than an hour to sell yourself and get the job that may well change your life. Being under pressure can change the way we behave, think, speak. Don’t despair, recruiters are used to see people feeling stressed out and…