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Recruitment has never been a gender-specific industry. It’s not an industry you would say ranks low in terms of equal opportunities for women. Or does it? Yes, we might see a lot of women within recruitment, but are a lot of them taking up leadership roles? We sit down with Sunny Ackerman, a woman who…
Nearly 10,000 respondents were asked to name their ‘price’ to move to a new organization. Almost half said that an increase of up to £5k would be needed to tempt them. In fact, £5k exactly was the most popular option, with 15% choosing this. However, it is just as interesting to note that 6% of…
Good old HP, or should I say Hewlett-Packard, got split into two separate units, one focusing on hardware and the other on services. Which one has fared best in terms of talent attraction? Ovidiu Voina is the Global Employer Brand & Digital Media Lead at HP, in this episode he shares how the company approaches talent attraction, what the…
The interview is the part of the recruitment process where you really get to know the candidate. What motivates them? Can they think on the spot? Are they a good cultural fit? However, to figure out whether they’re right for the job it’s not enough just to listen to their answers. You have to make…
Over the years, the one question I’ve often heard being asked around – which I’ve never quite understood – is: “What is it like being a woman in leadership?’ My natural instinct is one of indignation “Why should it be any different from being a man?” Unfortunately, though, whilst the workforce is waking up to the…
With International Women’s Day just around the corner and the looming mandatory gender pay gap reporting deadline in April, the topic of encouraging female talent in the workforce is more prevalent than ever. Recent research has revealed that teams that included women were more successful at logical analysis, coordination, planning, and problem-solving, while the Peterson…
As many of you will know, the deadline for this is fast approaching. In an event I attended, I learned that to date only 12% of the c.9,000 employers covered by the regulations have so far published their figures. That means there’s a great many either still working on their numbers or holding off making…
Every year, Shutterstock analyzes the data from billions of searches for images, videos, and music, and put together the trends that will likely be emerging in the coming year. Jorgen Sundberg speaks with Robyn Lange, the Curator for Shutterstock, a global technology company, offering a creative platform for assets, tools, and service with over a 180…