We all know how difficult it is to find a job right now, and with UK unemployment still over 2 million it doesn’t seem like it’s getting any easier. But have you considered that you’re looking in the wrong places? Sure recruitment companies can help you out depending on your career choice. But times are…
Category: Talent Acquisition
Struggling to attract the right talent? The Employer Brand Index can help you to understand strengths and weaknesses of your company as an employer.
Recruiting videos can be compelling stuff, if done right. And by “right” I don’t necessarily mean expensive equipment and video production. What really makes a compelling recruiting video is a strong employment brand, or an authentic portrayal of the company and employee experience. Gallup describes an employment brand as: “the way your organization’s prospective applicants, candidates…
How do you recruit designers? Write great job ads and see what happens? Probably not. Creative people like to be wowed into opportunities and this campaign did exactly this. Lipsum.com is a site where almost 50,000 designers get nonsense text (Lorem Ipsum) to stick up on test websites every day. The German advertising agency Jung von…
You will not have missed the story about LinkedIn and the 6.46 million stolen user passwords. Here is a study done by Rapid 7, looking at the most popular passwords people use on LinkedIn as well as some of the common mistakes made while setting passwords. Top 5 passwords (avoid these at all cost): link…
As a recruiter, have you ever considered what your online influence is? What do clients and candidates think of your online presence? This very hot topic was address at the most recent Social Media Meetup entitled “How to boost your social media influence” with Andrew Grill, CEO of Kred the open standard for measurable influence,…