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Perks at Work: Big Deal or a Little Luxury?

When searching for a new role, prospective candidates are more often than not, sold by the incentives an employer offers. In recent years, employee perks have developed into integral factors of any office job, becoming less of a perk, and more of a necessity. With 19% of employees claiming to not receive any perks from…

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Why Blockchain Technology Will Improve the Hiring Process

Blockchain is a developing technology for cryptocurrencies. Without any central authority, it helps maintain an auditable ledger of transaction history on anything purchased. Basically, there’s no middle man anymore, it’s a transparent market for the transaction of goods and services without the time it takes to log transactions and the cost and labor that comes with…

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Is Video Interviewing Now a Viable Option for Recruiters?

It started with tech companies but is becoming more and more popular by the day by all kinds of employers and recruiters. Why? Because it works. You have the opportunity to replay and review the interviews you conduct with just a few clicks of a button. But can it ever replace face-to-face interviews? Is it…

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6 Tips for Talking Politics at the Office

Sponsored by Workopolis: No matter how hard you try, politics are hard to ignore these days, and navigating tricky political talk has never been more fraught. According to a study by VitalSmarts co-founders Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield, nine out of 10 U.S. voters said the 2016 election was more polarizing and volatile than ever before –…

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The Most Socially Engaged Recruitment Agency on LinkedIn

With the announcement of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies, we speak to the winner, PageGroup, to find out how they utilized LinkedIn to become the most socially engaged company on the platform through superior content performance and social engagement. Eamon Collins, the Group Marketing Director at PageGroup gives us the low down…

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The Importance of Transparency in Employer Branding

How do you feel about communicating bad news along with good? We sat down with Dee Murphy at Jobbio’s HIGHER event. She is the ‘organizational psychologist’ at Jobbio and heads up the employer branding and marketing divisions of the company. She tells us all about the importance of transparency when it comes to building an authentic…

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20 Ways to Improve Your Energy at Work

We’ve all experienced those moments during the day when our energy levels are drained and we can’t keep ourselves focused on our work. As well as hindering our capacity to take on our tasks effectively, low energy can have a detrimental impact on our ability to form strong working relationships with our co-workers and clients.…

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LinkedIn’s Top 3 Tips for Social Recruiting

Social recruiting and social engagement have become a must within any and every recruiting strategy, and this is especially true to LinkedIn when it comes to your business’s online presence. LinkedIn latest results from the 2017 Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies find that UK recruiters lead the way when it comes to social recruiting, with five…

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How Will AI Affect Candidate Experience?

The recruitment process is never as simple as it sounds, it can take far too long and it can be far too uncertain. For candidates especially, this can be a negative and daunting experience. As AI continues to develop within the recruitment space, there has been widespread discussion towards the positive impact it could have on…