Undercover RecruiterWe’ve all googled ourselves, colleagues, clients, candidates and various people that send us random emails. How can you control what others find on the first page of Google for your name? There are a few tips and tricks but unless you’re an SEO expert, you’re likely to be lost in the noise. Only 2% of…
As part of the Ask the Expert panel over at the Institute of Recruiters, I got a question about social media and recruitment agencies which I thought I’d share here on the blog. Question: I am trying to introduce the features and benefits of various Social Networks to our Consultants. The two biggest areas for…
I think my phone is broken…. It’s strange to think how much recruitment has changed since I first started. I remember my early days in recruitment – we were literally told to ‘hammer the phone’. We would make hundreds of calls per day, and at one point we even had software installed that monitored the…
I was recently interviewed about LinkedIn and Social Recruiting in the Australian version of Men’s Health and as most of our readers live outside Oz (including myself) I thought I’d republish a little bit of the article here. Please note that I only endorse my blog and LinkedIn, the other tips are from Men’s Health.…
The latest infographic from our friends at Zendesk takes a look at which countries have the happiest employees, and which ones don’t. Recently, they announced the Satisfaction Index, which uses the Zendesk benchmark to measure customer happiness across 65 million consumers in 137 countries. Looking over the inforgraphic and Satisfaction Index in tandem, there is something of a…
If you’ve read a lot of mainstream advice on how to succeed on interviews, you’ve no doubt already heard all of the conventional advice like: Smile Research the company Make a follow-up call Talk about what you can give to the company And if I asked you what the most important keys to success are…
Following an explosion of social media tool and online interaction over recent years, it seems that everywhere you look these days, individuals are talking about social recruiting. Well, for me personally seem to be everywhere I look. My own personal thoughts are that it’s as if “social media” is being viewed as some new magical…
Once you master the small talk, here are some tips that will help you impress your interviewer. 1. Work on your handshake Don‘t offer up a flimsy or sweaty hand. Instead, when you meet with prospective employers or interviews, offer a firm handshake, with one or two pumps from the elbow to the hand. It‘s…
Okay, you’ve got me. We operate a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) in our recruitment team. Only we like to say it’s more of an ‘L’ than a PSL, as at the last pass it was starting to resemble a novel by Tolkien. I’m exaggerating of course. Slightly. I believe that a key mistake made by…
