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Talent Acquisition

The Art of High-Tech/High-Touch Recruiting

Sponsored by MightyRecruiter. As an expert in helping small businesses achieve their hiring and recruiting goals, Rebecca Barnes-Hogg knows that it’s the people that make an organization. From the time she started helping her high school friends find summer jobs to the present day, Rebecca has always excelled at matching the right people with the…

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Employer Branding

How to Activate HR as Your New Marketing Department

40 is the new 30, orange is the new black, and HR is the new marketing. We spoke to Michael Brenner, CEO of Marketing Insider Group who believes employees represent the greatest opportunity to create meaningful marketing programs. Have a listen to our chat below, keep reading for a summary and don’t forget to subscribe to…

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Talent Acquisition

Help Your Candidates Prepare Their Social Media Profiles for Job Searches

It’s no secret that during the hiring process, employers will check a candidate’s social media presence to get a more detailed glimpse into their personality and how they want the world to perceive them. In fact, according to a survey of hiring managers, 93% said that they  will review a candidate’s social media accounts (Facebook,…

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Employer Branding

The Most Damaging Advice You Can Give to Your Female Candidates

Professional women have a problem. Despite making up half the British workforce, women comprise barely a third of managers and only a quarter of directors. Clearly, something is stopping them getting to the top. Cue the creation of a whole heap of female-specific career advice. Ambitious women are instructed on how to dress, how to…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Could Google Rival LinkedIn with its New ‘Hire’ Platform?

Firmly established as the primary social platform for modern professionals, LinkedIn has grown from a business networking tool to a powerful superdatabase brimming with prospective clients, customers, and sales leads. Its value to recruiters is immeasurable, and its popularity has led to many commentators labelling LinkedIn as peerless. This could all soon be about to…