When you get to the stage of inviting a candidate to come in for an interview, you are already halfway towards employing them, sometimes even more. You have read their CV, liked their qualifications and experience and their references are solid. Maybe you have done pre-screening on the phone and they ticked all the boxes.…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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Sponsored by Perengo “What gets measured gets improved.” – Peter Drucker. Data analysis, or analytics, enables business managers and planners to capture and interpret large datasets to guide business decisions. A correct implementation of analytics techniques and tools can boost business performance by putting useful information in front of decision-makers and thereby improve profitability. In the…
There are many websites which list the best companies to work for based on the candidate experience – Glassdoor probably being the most popular one. But just how is candidate experience measured? Is it a tick-box exercise or is it more in-depth than that? This week our expert panel share their thoughts on how they…
We speak to Will Staney who is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Proactive Talent, a modern talent strategy consulting company based in Austin, TX focused on recruiting optimization, employer branding, and on-demand recruiting as well as the Co-Founder of Talent Brand Alliance, a professional community for employer branding and recruitment marketing professionals. So we…
Speak to anyone who works part-time, and their biggest gripe is that they’re expected to do the same amount of work in their 3 or 4 days that they were when working a 5-day week. So how does working a 4-day week and still being paid for five days sound? Most of you must be…
Automation is taking over in all industries and recruitment is no exception. But just because technology is making it easier and quicker for us to reach and recruit candidates, doesn’t mean it should remove the human element from the recruitment process. CV scanning software is being introduced as an alternative for recruiter’s to manage the…
Is there such a thing as candidate experience starting and ending? Our panel of experts are divided on this. Some say it doesn’t really start so it can’t possibly end but others are pretty sure when it starts and when it ends. Why don’t you read on to see which of our panelists you agree…
Whilst the concept of working nine to five has long been ingrained in the workplace, this traditional working practice is increasingly being considered an expired approach to the working day. In particular, the millennial generation considers this regimented structure as constricting and unnecessary in a world that encourages and embraces collaborative technology outside of the…
Creating employer brand films is costly and the lifespan of videos are not what they used to be. Hence today we’re going to chat about user-generated video content. Alykhan Rehmatullah is the CEO & Co-Founder of Altru, a mobile-first platform that allows candidates to engage directly with a company’s employees, allowing employees to share their…