There is a lot of movement in the jobs market (across the board) at the turn of each new year. It’s not too hard to understand why, either. People spend a whole year grafting away at their jobs, and want a new challenge. Specifically for third party recruiters, December is a fun but long month. With sales…
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We’ve been talking a lot lately about what recruitment leaders should stop doing in 2017; how they can STOP messing up their critical job adverts and START getting real, decent applicants, as well as how marketers need to STOP delivering tactics instead of strategy. A theme which links all of this together is my new acronym: FORMO…
There’s no shortage of staffing agencies out there, but few maximise the use of LinkedIn for business building and and general branding. Trying to keep a network of candidates and clients who will really only need you sporadically can be difficult. That’s when it becomes imperative to stay interesting and relevant, making yourself a must-follow…
When cleverly used, annual leave can make a big difference to your time off over the winter break. A smattering of national holidays, short Fridays and long weekends can be linked together to get you away from the office for several days in a row without giving up much too much vacation time. But for…
Recruitment is not the industry it was 20 years ago. I know, because that is when I started in the industry full-time. Two week turnaround times on shortlists, 9-5.30/6pm hours, fax machines the norm, emails and mobile phones just starting to become effective mediums to carry out business. Now it is full throttle – contactable 18…
To ensure the offer you exend to a candidate is met with success, it’s best to look at it as a process that starts from the first time you engage with them. One of the biggest mistakes recruiters make when extending an offer is doing so while having a lack of information at their disposal. As…
The weather’s getting colder and wetter outside (excluding you lucky recruiters in the southern hemisphere), but for many of us, the business pipeline is doing the exact opposite and drying up before our eyes! By now we’ve come to expect that December and January are quieter months, as clients and candidates take holidays (how dare they?) and…
As a recruiter you want to give the candidate you are representing the best opportunity to stand out from the crowd and their CV is the first opportunity they have to sell themselves. Ensure that the CV which you send to your client is clear, concise and highlights the relevant experience effectively. Follow these easy steps…
Brexit, Trump, AI, Big Data, Microsoft+LinkedIn, and the Randstad Monster… It’s no secret that this year has been a massive year for politics, technology, and economics, but what are the real knock-on effects to agency-side recruiters working as third-party talent suppliers? How is the recruitment landscape adapting? Will your business boom in the new year,…