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Talent Acquisition

How to Attract Recruiters on LinkedIn

In modern times, LinkedIn can be a competitive place. Lots of keen professionals are exploring the network for the right opportunities. As such, recruiters are suitably present to pick them up. Due to this competitive nature, you need to make sure that you’re utilizing LinkedIn in the right way to attract recruiters. In brief, LinkedIn…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Unique Ways Companies are Approaching Millennials in the Recruitment Process

With the increase of employees belonging to the millennial generation, it has become imperative to reach this market in unique and creative ways. Intimately knowing their characteristics, sets the platform for ‘marketing’ of vacancies – and this, in itself, proves to be a challenge to even the largest corporations. But certainly not an impossible task.…

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Employer Branding

Are You Paying Enough to Attract and Retain the Best Employees?

As confidence in the economy returns, more organisations are looking to expand and recruit new people. Our annual salary survey has shown that this positive upward trend has also resulted in a noticeable increase in salaries across many different sectors. Why are salaries increasing? The increase in salaries could be partly attributed to the introduction…

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Workplace

Is Freelancing For You?

Scoring a full time job with a decent salary is no longer the ultimate career dream. These days, more and more people want flexibility, autonomy and better work-life balance. They want to be their own boss, manage their own schedules and buck the 9-5 trend. It’s not all that surprising that so many people are opting for…

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Timebound Workplace

Life After College and Graduate Employment

Many college students would have just graduated this summer. This means a fresh pool of talent has just been released into the working world and recruiters need to be aware of the skills and value that graduates posses. However, as much as companies have the ability to attract this new talent, they struggle to find…

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Workplace

How Can I Make a Good Impression on My First Day at Work?

You put together a great resume, rocked the interview, and received a job offer. That’s great! But, before you know it, your first day has crept up on you and it’s time to head into the office and meet your co-workers for the first time! You are excited and nervous, and that’s normal because the…

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Workplace

Are Skills and Experience More Valuable Than a Degree?

Today, employers are looking for a variety of talents, skills, and personality traits in future candidates. This means that people who haven’t attended university, have just as much of a chance of getting employed due to the potential skills and experience that they have gained in the time that others have spent studying for a…

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Employer Branding

The Importance of a Great Company Culture

After standing at Waterloo station for 45 minutes on a Tuesday morning and being inundated with various job offers from around the world and one of the biggest football clubs in the world – Manchester United – graduates still ask me why did I choose to work at my company? So what attracted me to…

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Employer Branding Timebound Workplace

2015 Graduates: Where Will They Work?

Graduation is upon many, as this years final year students sit their final exams and prepare to enter the real world. So, where will this years’ graduates work and what kind of areas of study are in demand from big companies? When will they start their new jobs and how are companies finding fresh talent…