In a day and age where business has become predominantly digital, most business leaders understand the importance of integrating social media into their sales and marketing strategies, however, many fail to consider it when it comes to attracting the top candidates to their organisation. Recruitment is a two way process and it is just as…
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Last week over 180 in-house recruiters gathered for the Talent Leaders Connect event in London. Acting as a forerunner to the Candidate Experience Awards (CandEs), an organisation’s candidate experience (or lack of) was hotly debated among some of the recruitment industry’s leading professionals. The line-up included Global HRD and author Peter Wright; Forward Partners’ Matt Buckland, who recently…
Our friends at Dice recently presented the results of the Tech Candidate Sentiment Survey 2015 to help government officials get up to date with developing trends in recruiting. They surveyed 3,801 respondents, 68% of who were in a job, 50% actively manage their careers and no less than 90% engage with recruiters. Survey takeaways: Sourcing…
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Are Unpaid Internships Immoral?
This week, we asked you: Are unpaid internships immoral? You got back to us with a mixture of opinions. The overall consensus is yes, experience is valuable. Many professionals agree, however, that working for free isn’t fair on interns desperate to get experience. That being said, to progress in your career, an internship is perhaps a great way of demonstrating your…
This week, we asked you What are the skills and traits you look for in job applicants? You got back to us saying that conveying a confident personality is a great asset for job applicants to possess. Showing a genuine drive and a passion for the industry, plus an enthusiasm for the vacancy in question is…