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Future Proofing Your Recruitment Strategy

Modern recruiters know it is not good enough to simply advertise jobs and approach candidates on social media. The modern recruiter knows that there is so much more to recruitment than being able to find candidates. If you are stuck in a cycle of just finding candidates, how will you ever know if a person…

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How to Inspire & Motivate Employees With a Strong Values-Driven Culture

It’s sad to see that McKinsey research shows that during transformations, 86 percent of senior executives believe that they are actively demonstrating the change they want employees to make, but only 53 percent of employees do*. Workplace values drive the attitudes and behaviours that make your team effective or otherwise. These values might include respecting…

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How to Create a Template for Reaching Out to Passive Candidates

There are so many different ways we can approach passive candidates now-a-days. But, what about the initial outreach? Did you sound professional when you wrote that email? What about enthusiastic? Genuine? It’s tough to create an email that both captures the candidates attention while also being informative. Here are a few steps to help with…

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Four Mistakes People Make When Hiring an Accountant

Hiring an accountant sounds like it should be pretty straightforward doesn’t it? If the qualifications are more or less the same, and the services offered are more or less the same, how hard can it be to just pick one from a list of Google search results? Or even from an ad in the local…

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Top 10 Songs to Cheer Up a Dreary Monday

Monday morning – the office is quiet, most people are moody. There’s only one thing for it…get those tunes going! Music is a sure fire way to improve the mood of you and those around you. We’ve compiled a list of our top ten happy tunes, guaranteed to get the office grooving on a Monday…

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Is the Power of Social Media Marketing a Myth?

Are consumers and candidates by social media? Or is it all a myth? I spoke to Scott Monty of Scott Monty Strategies to find out what his thoughts are and what companies ought to be doing to have real results from social media. Be sure to subscribe to the Employer Branding Podcast and never miss an…

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Paid Parental Leave: United States vs. Rest of the World

In most countries around the world new parents can expect to be given paid time off work to spend time with their baby and adjust to life as a parent.  The U.S, however, is lagging far behind in terms of parental leave and in 2016 still does not offer any mandatory maternity leave. Column Five and Jobvite…

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The Best Office Dogs on Instagram

What better way to boost team morale than with a four legged friend to keep them company? Although opinions are pretty split about whether pets really do belong in the workplace, may companies are now making their office animal friendly, in hope that it will create a happy environment and improve productivity. If you’re an…

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How to Help Graduates Develop a Professional Mindset

There is a discord between what employers are looking for and what grads have on offer. In a Hay Group study of 450 business leaders and 450 recent graduates based in India, the US, and China, a massive 76% of business leaders reported that entry-level workers and recent grads are not ready for their jobs.…