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Talent Acquisition

Why You Should Hire a Curve Ball

Who knew really that they were going to choose recruitment as a career? I certainly didn’t; I was bored, very bored in a corporate telesales job and I stumbled across an advert for a trainee recruiter role and thought to myself, this sounds like fun, let’s give it a whirl….. I wasn’t the required graduate…

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Buy, Build or Bust: What to Do When a Competitor is First to Market

HRTech is in a pretty heady heydey at the moment. VC funding is at an all-time high, companies are getting millions if not billions of dollars for features, and huge legacy corporations are building innovation labs to create new and innovative platform value-adds at a breathtaking pace. In Josh Bersin’s recent HR Technology Market 2019:…

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How You Can Prepare Your Clients for the Millennial Workforce

According to PWC, millennials will make up 50% of the UK workforce by 2020. This, combined with the lowest unemployment rate since the 1970s, has led HR professionals and employers across the UK to re-examine recruitment best practice. From benefits package updates to policy changes, we explore some of the ways you can advise your…

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Why do Some Recruitment Outsourcing Partnerships Fail?

Starting a strategic partnership with an Offshore Recruitment Services (ORS) provider is based on the need for staffing firms to remain viable in a highly competitive industry. By utilizing the expertise, knowledge, and experience of an ORS partner staffing firms can lower operating costs, increase productivity and efficiency and provide higher levels of service to…

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Employer Branding

How to Grow Your Employer Brand from the Inside

Business advisors by their description – do just that. They help organizations succeed and navigate their way through any wobbles in the market. So how does a company which advises others on how to do well, do the same for itself when it comes to employer brand? Today we’re talking to a professional services firm…

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Employer Branding

Can “Working Vacations” Really Work?

The American workforce has long operated under an unofficial motto: Work hard, play hard. But let’s be honest, the work half of that equation always seems to have the upper hand. Compared to workers in other countries, American employees receive a paltry number of paid vacation days each year. For example, employees in Germany and…

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Employer Branding

3 Reasons Why ‘Bring Your Dog To Work Day’ Should be Everyday

With today being ‘Bring Your Dog To Work Day’, it seems an apt time to reflect on why having dogs at work can be a real asset to your business and more than just a meaningless fad to attract millennials. From a personal perspective, my work-life balance and general wellbeing have undoubtedly improved since getting…

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Employer Branding

4 Ways Corporate Relocation Impacts HR

Relocation and mobility are an extremely important part of driving businesses and families of all shapes and sizes forward. According to the American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA), the average annual percentage of Americans who move each year is 11.2%. In the 52nd edition of the Atlas® Van Lines Corporate Relocation Survey, the company considered…

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The Potential Positive and Negative Impacts of Candidate Experience

With businesses still working hard to compete for high-caliber employees, recruitment has become a two-way process. It is not just about employers assessing and selecting the best candidate, it is about talented people evaluating and picking the best employers. Their experience as candidates at every stage of the recruitment journey will influence their decisions. Providing…