How should you live your life? It’s the fundamental question at the heart of a fulfilling and happy career. However, many people overlook the importance of keeping true to themselves throughout their working lives. We are all constantly confronted with contradictory ideals; we think we want one thing but then start to want another. We’re always trying…
Regardless of who you are and what you do, there is always room for improvement. It’s safe to assume that all top-performing recruiters must continually strive for best practice and find ways to make their operations better, slicker, more efficient and strategic. However, honing good habits only works when there is synonymous attention on breaking bad tendencies, too. With the new year…
There is a lot of movement in the jobs market (across the board) at the turn of each new year. It’s not too hard to understand why, either. People spend a whole year grafting away at their jobs, and want a new challenge. Specifically for third party recruiters, December is a fun but long month. With sales…
We’ve been talking a lot lately about what recruitment leaders should stop doing in 2017; how they can STOP messing up their critical job adverts and START getting real, decent applicants, as well as how marketers need to STOP delivering tactics instead of strategy. A theme which links all of this together is my new acronym: FORMO…
There’s no shortage of staffing agencies out there, but few maximise the use of LinkedIn for business building and and general branding. Trying to keep a network of candidates and clients who will really only need you sporadically can be difficult. That’s when it becomes imperative to stay interesting and relevant, making yourself a must-follow…
When cleverly used, annual leave can make a big difference to your time off over the winter break. A smattering of national holidays, short Fridays and long weekends can be linked together to get you away from the office for several days in a row without giving up much too much vacation time. But for…
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How to Leave Your Job with Dignity
Throughout your professional life, there will come a time when you have to leave a job. It can be a mix of emotions – you may be sad to leave a place you’ve been for years, or you could be excited about a new experience and opportunity – however, it’s always crucial that you leave…
Recruitment is not the industry it was 20 years ago. I know, because that is when I started in the industry full-time. Two week turnaround times on shortlists, 9-5.30/6pm hours, fax machines the norm, emails and mobile phones just starting to become effective mediums to carry out business. Now it is full throttle – contactable 18…
To ensure the offer you exend to a candidate is met with success, it’s best to look at it as a process that starts from the first time you engage with them. One of the biggest mistakes recruiters make when extending an offer is doing so while having a lack of information at their disposal. As…