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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Who Wins From a 4-Day Working Week?

Speak to anyone who works part-time, and their biggest gripe is that they’re expected to do the same amount of work in their 3 or 4 days that they were when working a 5-day week. So how does working a 4-day week and still being paid for five days sound? Most of you must be…

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Employer Branding

Designing the Branded Candidate Experience

According to McKinsey, 90% of major brands are making it a top priority to focus on branded customer experiences as their primary differentiator. Hence it makes sense that the focus also includes the quality of the branded candidate experience. Russell Miyaki is Senior Vice President, Global Creative Director at TMP Worldwide in New York. He…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Rely on CV Scanning Software

Automation is taking over in all industries and recruitment is no exception. But just because technology is making it easier and quicker for us to reach and recruit candidates, doesn’t mean it should remove the human element from the recruitment process. CV scanning software is being introduced as an alternative for recruiter’s to manage the…

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Workplace

The 9 Types of People Who Ruin a Meeting

Meetings represent those snippets in our day where we have to sit and confront our deepest fear: social interaction. Steve Thompson, Managing Director of the marketing, analytics and digital recruitment agency Forward Role, highlights the importance of meetings in an organization: “Meetings can be useful, but we’ve all been in a meeting that’s been ruined…

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The Summer Presents Unique Workplace Challenges

The summer months often present unique issues for employers when it comes to telecommuting, flexible schedules, seasonal hires, summer interns, time off, and summer vacations. These are among the key workplace challenges an employer should consider. Summer may be a time when employees are more interested in telecommuting and flexible schedules to help them spend…