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Talent Acquisition

How to Use Social Media As a Candidate Magnet

Organisations are increasingly using social media as a recruitment tool to help promote job vacancies, and it can be particularly effective at reaching up-and-coming talent. This isn’t surprising when you consider that recent research showed that 86 per cent of people in the first 10 years of their career are likely to use social media…

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How to Convince Your Boss to Invest in Your Education

To be completely satisfied at work, employees need to be given an opportunity to grow and self-develop. Nobody wants to be stuck at a dead-end job with no prospects for professional advancement. Enter corporate training and education. Perhaps you have felt the need to widen your skillset in order to perform better in your job…

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Decision Time: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

We’ve all been there – a crossroads in our life when we are forced to choose between staying at a comfortable job versus exploring a new opportunity. The first option offers safety and familiarity, while the second offers new challenges, new surroundings and a bit of mystery and excitement as to what the future will…

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5 Tips to Create a Great Hiring Manager / Recruiter Partnership

This article is sponsored by Dropbox, see their open positions here (including some great roles on their Global Recruiting Team). There are few more important relationships in an in-house recruiter’s life than the ones shared with their hiring managers. Like any meaningful relationship, there will be ups, downs and everything in between. Your partnerships with hiring managers won’t…

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Stop Pursuing Perfection, It’s a Trap

Obsessing over perfection can be a career killer. It’s a downward spiral; the more you apply pressure on yourself to achieve unrealistic goals, the more you’ll let yourself down and the lower you’ll feel. Constantly failing to live up to your own expectations will set you up for a lifetime of feeling second-rate. If you want to feel proud…