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Talent Acquisition

How to Turn Your Recruiting Failure into Success

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…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Do You Define Employer Branding?

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…

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3 Great Global Recruitment Stories to Learn From

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…

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Talent Acquisition

Recruiters: What Your LinkedIn Profile Says About You

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…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Allianz Built a People-Centric Culture

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.…