As the world of recruitment scrambles to keep pace with the momentum of digital progress and the age of disposability, candidate loyalty has been impacted along the way. There is a plethora of quality recruitment agencies in the market and – fortunately for us all – healthy volumes of vacant roles available too. Good candidates…
Motivating your staff can often be one of the hardest things to do – unless you throw cash at them to work better but then there is a risk of employee-fatigue. Well a recent survey by the workplace consultants at Peldon Rose saw a fifth of workers admit that their office environment actually hinders their…
John’s flight arrives on-time at Regan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The only problem is, his luggage doesn’t. Ordinarily, this would be a hassle, yes, but today this could be a life-changing concern since John has a job interview tomorrow at Capital One’s headquarters and he can’t very well show up in his ripped jeans…
Most of us can probably agree that coming up against competition brings out a very different side to our personalities. Rivalries for promotions, pitches or new roles can push us to be more productive and to produce stronger work. Experts believe that being competitive in business drives creativity and helps refine skills like a willingness to…
To get a Canadian perspective on the world of employer branding, we sat down with Estela Vazquez Perez to understand the approach she has taken to help maintain Royal Bank of Canada’s high performance culture. Have a listen our chat below or read on if you want a full summary of our conversation, and don’t…
When you’re dealing with your team at work, you can’t do everything on your own. Not only is the workload way too much to think about, not only is it not your responsibility to chase everyone up on their tasks, but most importantly you can be most effective as a recruiter by helping people to…
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The Recruiter’s Life in Emojis
When the Barclay Jones team go into a recruiter’s sales floor it’s often a scene filled with faces akin to emojis – terror, ecstasy, disgust! The emoji came from Japan in the late 1990s and would you believe that World Emoji Day is coming up on 17 July. Why 17 July, well it seems that…
You might have heard of the slogan ‘there’s an app for that’, one used (and now trademarked) by Apple in 2009 during a series of TV ads they ran to promote the multiplicity of apps available on their ever-popular App store. Well this slogan is especially true to productivity in your workplace. Whether you want to…
Secrets are lies; sharing is caring; privacy is theft. Listen carefully, and echoes of the Orwellian hymn can be heard in the modern workplace of electronic staff surveillance. From deceivingly innocent gadgets hidden under a friendly veil of a perk, to the outright intrusive – advancement in technology has changed the game in staff surveillance,…