A lot of focus is placed on the performance of the candidate in the job search process, but what about that of the hiring companies? In order to attract the top talent, businesses need to create a good experience for the applicants, but what exactly do talent want from their job hunt? LinkedIn conducted a…
Before I started working in recruitment there was a sense of mystery around exactly what a recruiter does. A sentiment shared no doubt by a number of others. A recruiter does a lot of different things outside of simply working on a job; however for the purpose of this I’m going to focus on what…
Most people think of Instagram as a platform to share real-time moments. For me? I think of Instagram as a great networking tool. After a recent social sourcing workshop via Recruiting Social I was asked a follow up question: how do you use Instagram as a networking tool? I explained: for recruiters’ social media sites [Instagram] can…
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6 Tips for Career Change Success
There are many reasons why people change career. It may be because they have lost interest in their current field of work, or maybe they are being let go by their company due to downsizing. Whatever the reasons are, it’s not uncommon for people to work in more than one field or industry in their working…
When you take on a new vacancy, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to send over your terms of business to the client and find that they whizz them straight back signed and without question. When that does happen it’s the exception rather than the rule! What’s more likely is that you’re going to have…