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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

What is Content Strategy (and Why Should I Care as a Recruiter)?

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, you’ve heard the term “content marketing” and “content strategy” thrown around a lot lately. Yet, it can be a little ambiguous as to what it actually means…and why you should care. What, exactly, are we talking about here? First, let’s understand that this whole content idea began…

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Employer Branding

8 Onboarding Tips to Get New Employees Off to the Best Possible Start

So you’ve spent hours sourcing, interviewing and negotiating in order to find the perfect employee for your organisation; you probably think that the hard part is over, right? Not quite. The first week or two in the job is an incredibly important time for your new employee, so it is essential that you ensure they get off on a good note…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Hire the Most Successful Remote Workers

With technology making it possible to stay connected around the clock and work from just about anywhere, the traditional workplace is becoming more and more a thing of the past, as remote working rises in popularity. Whereas employes previously had concerns about the productivity of their staff when working from home, companies are beginning to…

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Workplace

The Job Search Maze: Approaching the Centre

In this second part of the hiring process through the eyes of a corporate recruitment leader, you’ll be taken through the more intricate part of the maze; towards the centre. You’ve made the long-list. Congratulations. Based on the phone screen (which you’ve nailed by being assertive with your time and preparation), you’ve made it through…

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Talent Acquisition

5 Ways to Boost Your LinkedIn Ranking

Whether you’re a job seeker, a recruiter, or just looking for new business prospects; you should never underestimate the power of your LinkedIn network. The further you expand your network, the more active you are and the quality of your profile are all factors that contribute to your ranking on the platform. The higher you rank;…

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Talent Acquisition

10 Simple Steps to Conducting an Interview

If you want to find the best person for the job, then it is essential that your interviews are as thorough and well thought out as possible. Conducting an interview isn’t as simple as you may think and there are a number of things that you must consider before meeting any candidates, as well as…

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Workplace

“Sorry, You’re Overqualified!”

Did you catch “The Intern” with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway? Without giving away too much, it’s about a retired guy named Ben (De Niro) who, bored of being bored, is hired as an intern by a fast-growing Internet-based fashion sensation run by Gen-Xer Jules (Hathaway) and almost exclusively staffed by millennials. Seems they…

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Workplace

5 Alternative Ways to Motivate Yourself

Feeling unmotivated is something that everyone experiences at some time in their life. But if you’re beginning to feel it more and more, then it may be time to make a change, that will boost your productivity, your motivation, and ultimately, your happiness. We’ve all heard the typical motivating quotes or tips, but what are…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Create Great Content for Recruitment Marketing

Content marketing is a great method for building brand awareness, promoting your business and even building an appealing employer brand that will attract talent to your organisation. So what makes outstanding content? What is the state of content marketing in the UK? And what should we be working on in 2016 and the future? We spoke to…