If you’re looking to improve performance and productivity within your organisation, then you may want to focus on boosting your employee engagement. Your employee’s satisfaction within their job has a large impact on their performance at work and by creating a level of mutual respect between employer and staff, this can result in improved commitment and loyalty…
The commute – the two words that can spark fear and loathing into any employees heart. Standing on a crowded train, face-to-armpit with Sweaty Samuel, or stuck in 4 miles of traffic – whatever your commute, it’s usually a bit of a chore. The average UK commuter spends 10,634 hours traveling to and from work. These are…
Twitter is a useful channel for recruiters, employers and talent to interact on an informal and real-time basis. Plenty of large companies tweet job openings, but how can you make sure you reach the right people? One way is of course advertising. How do you advertise on Twitter with the best results? I recently had a chat…
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10 Worst Job Search Mistakes to Avoid
The job hunt can be stressful, particularly if you have been persisting for some time without any success. But try not to become disheartened by rejections or allow yourself to become too stressed. By allowing yourself a bit of down time in between your job search efforts and maintaining a positive outlook, your job hunt…
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Is It Time to Change Careers?
This article is sponsored by Evocca. As the hours of the working day slowly drag by, do you ever find yourself craving a change of scenery? If you’ve caught yourself thinking there’s got to be more to life, it might be time for a career change. Embarking on a new professional journey can be daunting but it presents…
We change our CVs daily to adapt to the certain jobs that we apply for. However, we often lose sight of what is happening with other people’s CVs and are not particularly well informed about CV statistics in general. Who are our CVs up against? How many CVs get turned in for one job? It is…
What does the future hold for employer branding? Our friends at Universum recently gathered its resources to survey over 2,000 HR professionals and CEOs around the globe to get their take on talent recruitment and employer branding. In this study on the employer perspective of talent acquisition, Universum delves into the world of employer preferences…
I have often wondered whether success in recruitment is ascertained through nature or nurture; is there a definitive set of “recruitment genes”? As a parent to two daughters, I often chat to them after school about their aspirations and future career choices. They are only 10 and 7, however they have already noted possible career…
Every day we leave online hints of what we do, how we do it, who we do it with, and what we might do next. This is why the technology mapping our social & professional lives is more valuable than ever. The social graph is a representation of the interconnection of relationships in an online…