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Talent Acquisition

How to Interview Candidates Remotely

In many cases, getting every candidate on your recruitment shortlist in for a face-to-face interview just isn’t feasible. Telephone or video interviews can often be a quicker and less complex process, usually giving more flexibility for both the employer and the candidate. Particularly in roles with a large applicant pool, a telephone, or conference call…

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Workplace

The Future of Workplace Learning: 5 Trends to Watch

Shaped by technology, new advances and alternative ways of thinking; the way we learn is changing. International teaching providers, Teachingabroaddirect.co.uk pulled highlights from the report ‘Trends in Learning’ by the Open University to show how learning has evolved to include 5 trends that will transform the way we learn. 1. Spaced Learning In terms of…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Why Do Personality Tests Fail at Selection?

A newly released book on the history of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has made wave for a round of press questioning the use of personality assessment for HR purposes. Time and again, these critiques tend to fall into one of three broad themes: the tests are biased and discriminatory; they aren’t relevant for the…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Why Everyone Owns the Employer Brand

Bottle Rocket is one of the world’s premier mobile development firms, responsible for designing and building apps. Some of its clients include National Geographic, BET, A&E and the studio is also a multiple Apple Hall of Fame award winner. We spoke to Julian Placino who is Senior Recruiting Lead at Bottle Rocket and oversees talent acquisition…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Dress to Impress: The Tech Dress Code Lowdown

While tech companies are often portrayed as allowing relatively relaxed attire these days, it turns out that many companies still have and enforce business professional dress codes. And not only do they have them, but the majority of employees think they’re beneficial. Recently, BambooHR polled more than 1,000 U.S.-based, full-time employees (half of whom are…

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Employer Branding

Recognising the Early Signs Before You Burn Out

According to HSE, around 15.4 million working days are lost due to work-related stress in 2017 with 595,000 British workers suffering from Mental Health issues such as depression and anxiety over the last 12 months with 239,000 new cases. Further research by the CIPD and SimplyHealth found presenteeism had more than tripled from 26 per cent in 2010…

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Talent Acquisition

How Social Media Can Shake Up Your Recruitment Strategy

Recruitment has been transformed by the digital revolution. In the war for top talent, innovative new techniques have shaken up strategies across the world. Social media is one, a reactive platform that connects your business with a new generation of talent. Here’s how to make it work for your business. Takeaways Reach Millennials and Generation…

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Talent Acquisition

Brain Teasers to Find the Right Candidates

Logic-based interview puzzles are becoming increasingly popular in recruitment processes to help employers find the brightest candidates and gain insight into a candidate’s thought process. Brain teasers are particularly popular in the tech sector, where employers want to find the most logical candidates who can help them advance with their next innovative product launch. Famously,…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Harmonize Candidate and Employer Needs

Two seemingly conflicting trends are shaping recruitment today: candidates expect a more personalized application experience that respects their privacy, while companies need to make faster, higher-quality HR decisions. Surprisingly, but not paradoxically, the rise of big data analytics and the automatization of HR processes both carry the potential to meet these needs. Change is inevitable…