Employee advocacy has generally been used as a trendy buzzword in HR, marketing and sales over the past few years. Now, it’s value and importance to businesses all around the world is backed up by real data and numbers. This week we speak to Craig Fisher, a.k.a. Fishdogs, an Employer Branding Consultant at CA Technologies…
Just like any industry, the recruitment field changes a lot. There are a lot of new strategies because of that fact that the applicants are dynamic, too. The old recruitment strategies cannot attract the applicants of today. The biggest recruitment trend you should look out for is the implementation of health and wellness policies. Obviously,…
Graduate schemes play a pivotal in many of today’s organizations, with employers increasing the number of graduate roles in their companies by nearly five percent in 2017 alone. This trend suggests employers are realizing the huge business value qualified young professionals can bring to an organization, as they grow to become our future leaders. In…
There is a lot of great debate at the moment about the value of failure. Why it is important for businesses, managers and team leaders to promote the importance of failure in moving forward and why individuals need to embrace the concept of failure. What I see through each of these, however, is that there…
Employer branding is critical to the recruitment process. Companies need to differentiate between their consumer brand and their employer brand if they genuinely want to attract the right candidate for them, as well as engage their existing employees. But before we go into the nitty-gritty of employer branding ourselves, we’ll let our panel of employer…
We all know recruitment is a fast-paced industry, and that sometimes means you miss some of the important recruiter news stories from around the world, or you don’t realize how useful they can be for your own development. Here are three recent campaigns and reports that you need to know about. 1. Britain: British Army…
As a recruiter who scans dozens of CVs every day, you’ll know how important certain keywords are in identifying the right candidates. You’ll also be used to seeing candidates use the same words like ‘passionate’, ‘strategic’, and ‘driven’ over and over again to describe themselves. However, every story has two sides and you have to…
The words ‘Home’ and ‘Dare’ are two very important aspects of what makes Allianz an attractive prospective employer. The brand has been around for almost 120 years they are still striving to improve, innovate and change what the company is all about. This is a challenge any candidate would want to be a part of.…
HR is constantly evolving, with so many organizations constantly collecting data on employees’ activities and performance. What is found is that most of these trends involve data mining. Based on research conducted by Hogan Assessments and the University College London, there are 5 significant trends that look very likely to shape how we assess employees…