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Talent Acquisition

Recruiters: What to Do When the Going Gets Tough

Managing your career in a complex work environment can be challenging, regardless how tough you are. We hear and read everywhere that building adaptability and resilience is key to building a successful career, which I completely advocate for, but the reality is when is too much just too much. Generally, we all go to work…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Win at Social Recruiting in the Middle East

One of LinkedIn’s Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies hails all the way in Dubai, a city that has seen tremendous growth in such a short period time and continues to make great strides in all aspects of modern life. Situated along the coastline of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is widely recognized as a cultural melting…

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Employer Branding

Developing a Strong Employer Brand with Research

This week we chat with Susan LaMotte, CEO and Principal Employer Brand Strategist for Exaqueo, to find out how why putting the right time into researching and developing your employer value proposition is everything to your company. Have a listen to the interview below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the Employer…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

20 Ways to Improve Empathy and Relationships at Work

In the busy, fast-paced world of business, it may be surprising to learn just how important empathy is when it comes to your personal level of performance and how well you can interact and work with your co-workers. Low levels of empathy can cause many problems in the workplace – it can leave you feeling…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How to Optimise Social Media to Sell Your Company Culture

For those job hunting and researching your company online, a candidate’s typical user journey will begin by visiting your website, specifically a careers page of some sort. They’ll probably go and look for company reviews on sites like Glassdoor to try and build a picture of what it’s like to work for your organization. Candidates…

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Talent Acquisition

Recruiter and Candidate Tech Mismatch

There can sometimes be a mismatch in recruiter expectations when it comes to early career candidates and the use of technology professionally. Technology is being used more and more in the recruitment process, particularly for roles that attract high numbers of applications or by employers who recruit high numbers of professional roles on a regular…

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Talent Acquisition

How Can Recruiters Avoid Unconscious Bias?

Unconscious bias can affect the ways in which we recruit in many ways. We might overlook a talented prospect for candidates who share our own views and characteristics without even knowing it. As recruiters there really is no place for bias, so how can we stop it from happening? Or at least mitigate it? To…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How to Successfully Onboard New Employees

Given the huge effort and expense devoted to sourcing and attracting talent, it is sometimes surprising to see how little attention is paid to playing in new starters. All too often it is a case of ‘sink or swim’, which is none too smart given current challenges in recruitment. At 10Eighty we think it’s really…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Why It’s Time to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Sponsored by Jobbio: While the gender pay gap is widely discussed, there are still those of us who question its validity, claiming that women are more focused on parenthood, that they don’t negotiate their salary effectively or that they simply lack ambition. While there are, of course, other factors in play when it comes to…