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Talent Acquisition

Social Selling: Five Elements of Success

Whether you’re a business development manager for a recruiting agency, a B2B salesperson, or simply interested in sales, you will have noticed that social selling (much like social recruiting) is all the rage. But how do you get started with social selling? I recently had a chat with Tim Hughes, Director at Oracle UK as…

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Employer Branding

What Do Managers Want From Entry-Level Employees?

When it comes to hiring entry-level employees, most hiring managers will place their focus more on the attributes an individual possess, over skills. Training can be given to those who they chose to hire, so skills can be learnt on the job, however personal traits that make up what someone is like as a person may influence how…

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Talent Acquisition

5 Types of People You’ll Find at Networking Events

Networking events are one of the best ways to create professional contacts and meet like minded people. They can have endless benefits for your career as you never know how the individuals you meet may be able to assist you in the future, so you want to make the most of the opportunities. Chances are…

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Employer Branding

How Employee Advocates Can Transform Your Business

What on earth is an employee advocate? According to our friends at SocialChorus: Employee advocates are socially engaged employees who create and share their employer’s brand content on their own social networks. This means you basically have an army of marketers within your organisation and now it’s up to you to equip them with the correct training, tools…

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Workplace

3 Networking Tips for Introverts

Introverts are personalities that fall under the temperament melancholic. Naturally they are not sociable and tend to keep for themselves preferring seclusion over crowds. For a job search, networking might prove difficult for a person with this kind of a personality. We are aware networking is crucial in any setting especially when wanting to establish ones career. The traditional…