Ho ho ho! It is that time of year again where blogs all over are being written to reflect the seasonal mood out there. Lots of reflections over the year, in fact, this blog almost became a look back over 2013 – how it compared to what I had planned back on Jan 1st 2013 and…
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Glassdoor has released their sixth annual Employees’ Choice Awards for 2014, honouring the 50 Best Places to Work. You can see the results in the chart below. Winners were determined by the people who know these companies best — their employees through reviews on the Glassdoor website. Takeaways: In 2013, Facebook was number 1. This…
INSEAD’s new Global Talent Competitiveness Index shows high-income countries leading in fostering knowledge and vocational talent pools. Low-income countries are struggling in both areas. Talent is the V8 engine of competitiveness and innovation for today’s globally connected mobile economy. Those that have mastered the development of skills inside their countries and lowered the barriers to…
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 in 2011 it made headlines by selling over 4 million units in its first weekend of sale. Fast forward two years, and the latest 5S and 5C handsets sold over 9 million within three days. Apple doubled their sales in two years, and we’re just talking about iPhones. Compare…
When finding the best talent – what do you use? Sparkhire reckon that HR should bet on technology – and this infographic explains why. Takeaways: 33% of recruiters reported a decreased time to hire when using technology/social media. We are now crunching as much data every TWO DAYS as we did from the dawn of…
We are at a point where we have left the discussion whether or not social media is going to be a serious employer branding tool far behind. We are beyond the hype. And we are happy about it. It is about time to measure the ever-changing social media landscape and to find out how the…
When you are preparing for a job interview, everyone knows that you don’t just need to prepare yourself mentally; you also have to prepare yourself physically. You want to make a good impression, right from the first moment your interviewer lays his or her eyes on you. Naturally, you will want to look spiffy, smart…
With an average of 250 resumes received for each corporate job opening — and the average length of unemployment still hovering at 37 weeks — job seekers need all the help they can get when it comes to landing a new position. OneWire Edge, recently released by OneWire, the leading career site for finance professionals, helps finance professionals see how they…
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 238 million members worldwide, this week revealed the second annual ranking of the most attractive employers among its 13 million members in the UK. The results? Well, UK professionals seem to prefer the best of British, with a dollop of American of course. Consumer technology and…