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Talent Acquisition

The 10 Strangest Things Candidates Have Done in Job Interviews

We’d all love to walk into a job interview cool as a cucumber and wow our interviewer with our natural air of confidence and charisma; however for a lot of us this vision is something of a dream, as the mere thought of an interview brings us out in a cold sweat. A lot hangs on the…

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Employer Branding

How to Keep Your Employees Happy and Healthy Through the Winter

Winter – The dreaded flu season. It’s cold outside, half your office have got the snuffles and you just know that most of them would much rather be snuggled underneath a duvet at home watching daytime TV. If the Winter blues have struck your workplace you may want to think about introducing an employee wellness program…

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Workplace

25 LinkedIn Skills That Can Get You Hired

LinkedIn skills. LinkedIn endorsements. Do they actually matter or are they just there to look pretty on your profile? One way they can come in handy is by looking at the data around what skills are most in demand around the globe with employers. LinkedIn identified the 25 hottest skills that got people hired, globally and in…

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Workplace

Why You Should be Preparing a Job Search Strategy Before It’s Needed

I have a confession to make. When I entered the recruiting field, I didn’t get my foot in the door by networking with key players in the industry. I didn’t establish myself as a subject matter expert by sharing my brand on social media – social media didn’t even exist then. Instead, I was one…

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Workplace

The LinkedIn Buzzwords You Must NOT Include on Your Profile

How does your LinkedIn profile read? Is it really buzzword rich, or have you stepped away from the cliches in order to stand out from the crowd? LinkedIn have analysed a selection of LinkedIn Recruiter users’ summaries to compile a list of the top buzzwords that recruitment professionals have used on their LinkedIn profiles over…

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Employer Branding Timebound

How to Grow, Attract and Retain Talent in 2016

Our friends at INSEAD have released the 2015-2016 edition of its annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). The study was produced in collaboration with the Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore (HCLI) and Adecco Group. Movement of talent and economic prosperity This year’s theme of ‘Talent Attraction and International Mobility’ focuses on findings linked to the significant…

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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…