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Talent Acquisition

How Staffing Agencies Can Maximize LinkedIn

There’s no shortage of staffing agencies out there, but few maximise the use of LinkedIn for business building and and general branding.  Trying to keep a network of candidates and clients who will really only need you sporadically can be difficult. That’s when it becomes imperative to stay interesting and relevant, making yourself a must-follow…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want to

When cleverly used, annual leave can make a big difference to your time off over the winter break. A smattering of national holidays, short Fridays and long weekends can be linked together to get you away from the office for several days in a row without giving up much too much vacation time. But for…

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Workplace

How to Leave Your Job with Dignity

Throughout your professional life, there will come a time when you have to leave a job. It can be a mix of emotions – you may be sad to leave a place you’ve been for years, or you could be excited about a new experience and opportunity – however, it’s always crucial that you leave…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

How to Build Better Business Relationships This Holiday Season

Recruitment is not the industry it was 20 years ago. I know, because that is when I started in the industry full-time. Two week turnaround times on shortlists, 9-5.30/6pm hours, fax machines the norm, emails and mobile phones just starting to become effective mediums to carry out business. Now it is full throttle – contactable 18…

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Talent Acquisition

How To Extend a Job Offer That’ll Be Accepted

To ensure the offer you exend to a candidate is met with success, it’s best to look at it as a process that starts from the first time you engage with them. One of the biggest mistakes recruiters make when extending an offer is doing so while having a lack of information at their disposal. As…