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Talent Acquisition

How Recruitment Trends are Changing to Suit the Current Candidate-Driven Market

Through our day-to-day work supporting clients and candidates, we see how employers and HR personnel are adapting and evolving their recruitment approach to suit the current candidate-driven market. Here are some of the emerging trends and recruitment actions becoming a top priority as employers look to compete and stand out. Employer brand A LinkedIn survey…

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3 Sourcing Strategies to Build a Talent Pipeline

Building a talent pipeline is a proactive rather than a reactive hiring strategy. It encompasses sourcing and engaging a group of passive candidates for the fulfillment of future roles in the company.  Finding talented candidates in advance to fill the hard to hire position not only saves the time spent sourcing candidates when the need…

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Employer Branding

Building a Great Employer Brand to Win the Talent War

It’s one of the fastest-growing and largest hair salons in the world. In fact, Great Clips has got more than four thousand salons across Canada and the USA. So how do they make sure they’ve got the best talent working for them instead of a rival salon? Well, this week we speak to Jared Nypen,…

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Employer Branding

Effective Ways to Keep Your Millennial and Gen Z Employees Productive

Previous generations are quick to call both Millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996) and Generation Z (people born from 1997 onwards) lazy, self-absorbed, and narcissistic. At least one of the more positive assumptions about them is they’re both tech-savvy, which comes in handy in today’s work requirements and environments. Today, the labor force is…

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Employer Branding

Sun, Sea and Flexibility

Employers know all too well the wistful daydreaming that comes with the summer months. As temperatures rise, holidays increase, and childcare demands become 6 weeks long, employers could turn down the rising heat workers are facing, by offering flexibility when they need it most. So as summer gets into full swing, Erik Fjellborg, CEO and…

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Employer Branding

6 Ways to Manage Your Workload this Summer

It happens every single year, yet we always seem surprised when the schools break up and summer arrives, as it often feels as though it has come from nowhere. It’s therefore easy for small businesses to feel overwhelmed during the seasonal rush, especially those who rely on the summer peak to support the quieter months…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

What’s the Best Social Media Recruitment Campaign?

There is always one campaign that stands out from the crowds. Most people kick themselves for not thinking of it first. But what usually happens is it inspires recruiters to come up with their own campaigns in a bid to make it bigger and better than their rivals. This week our panel of social media…

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Talent Acquisition

Why You Won’t Find Many Canadian Companies Online

Canada is a connected country. With a total population of approximately 37 million (2017), Canada boasts a whopping 34 million internet users. That means ~93% of the total population is online. And if you’re looking to grow your talent pool in Canada, that’s great news. Of that total number, 64% of online Canadians have an…

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Talent Acquisition

3 Ways to Prepare Your Clients for the Progression Question

“How can I progress from this role?” is one question that can send a shiver down the spine of a hiring manager in an interview. Many interviewers still tear their hair out if they believe that the candidate is already talking about leaving a role they haven’t even been offered yet. Well, according to Thomas…