Are you looking to streamline your job ad to onboard talent with the right KSA? Well, then you might want to ditch the jargon. Acronyms and technical jargon may be one man’s familiar language, but they will be foreign to many others, especially the young. A study by Business in the Community and the City…
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The UK Consultant’s Job Market
A lot of debate has been given to the topic of consulting recently; many have been wondering what effect Brexit will impose on the industry, whereas, businesses attempting to cope with digitalisation has seen others predict an increase in demand for consultant positions. With this in mind, job meta-search engine Joblift has analysed the UK’s…
Newspaper job adverts are dead, long live radio! Radio talent attraction is dead, long live job boards! Job boards are dead, long live LinkedIn! LinkedIn is dead, long live… Ok, I know LinkedIn is far from dead, but the way many recruiters have used it, it may just be dying out with new changes. So, what’s next? There…
How can working parents refocus after the school summer holidays? With most schools having 6 weeks off over the summer, this has become a challenge facing many working parents across recruitment (and all employed sectors); it is likely your desk has “ticked over” as opposed to excelled and I would like to impart some tips…
With video representing 74% of all online traffic, video content really does rule the internet waves. So it’s no wonder more and more companies are tapping in with employer branding videos to enhance their profile and attract top talent. Employer brand videos are a great way to engage prospecting applicants and communicate your company’s story,…
“Let’s have a look outside our industry for a manager to fill this role,” is rarely greeted with enthusiasm. Staff in the department will sigh at the thought of training a complete outsider. HR will wince at working harder to define an alternative person-spec and new selection criteria. Recruitment agency partners won’t be keen as…
Company culture is the DNA of your workforce, and is made up of the goals, vision and values of every employee. Depending on the culture fit of your next hire, they can either reinforce your company’s mission, or they can dilute it. As well, because younger job seekers are now placing more importance on company…
The recruitment process can be the bane of many a firm’s existence. What should be an exciting time of growth and inspiration can often turn into a nightmare-inducing catastrophe. The knowledge that every new person added can either move the team forward or backward can make the undertaking unnecessarily stressful and complicated, draining valuable resources.…
Prejudice in recruitment is prevalent and hard to overcome. Human beings aren’t good at being perfectly unbiased. We all have bias, conscious or unconscious, and it’s this deep-rooted nature of human prejudice that remains a recurring hurdle in diversity recruitment. In order to tackle discrimination, we must address our own bias and challenge these ‘natural’…