THE BROADBEAN BLOG

Here is where we display the latest news, insights and advice from Broadbean on the recruitment and technology industry

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EMPLOYER BRAND, THE CHRIS MOYLES OF RECRUITMENT?

Posted: 05 March 2020

Chris Moyles, former ‘saviour of Radio 1’.  At eight years it is the longest running breakfast show in BBC Radio 1’s history, with Moyles taking listener numbers up by a million in his first three months, hitting…

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Recruiting Millennials: Unveiling the Future Working Landscape and What Matters Most to this Generation

Posted: 05 March 2020

By 2021, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. But with great power, comes great opportunity. Millennials are known for a number of things: the rise of the avocado ????, an unprotested enthusiasm for flexi-time ????,…

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UNLOCKING FEMALE TALENT TAKES A FLEXIBLE KEY

Posted: 04 March 2020

Finding highly capable women is essential if recruiters are to hire the best people and help businesses address the gender diversity challenge. Juliet Turnbull, founder of recruitment site 2to3days, explains how flexible working is the key to…

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3 WAYS JOBSEEKER BEHAVIOUR IS CHANGING

Posted: 04 March 2020

But what about the role of jobseekers? At AdView Job Search, we’re acutely aware of of how the behaviour of jobseekers is changing. With over 1.2 million job adverts listed on our site, and 2.6 million verified…

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3 WAYS GOOGLE FOR JOBS CAN BE A RECRUITER’S BEST FRIEND

Posted: 19 February 2020

It seems that in a blink of an eye, the UK recruitment industry has gained its biggest player to date. On July 17th, tech giant Google, rolled out its ‘Google for Jobs’ feature and added it to…

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TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RECRUITMENT

Posted: 05 February 2020

The ‘Future of Recruitment for Agencies‘ was the theme of the latest conference hosted by Recruitment International. I joined a number of speakers from across the agency spectrum talking to around 60 businesses about upcoming trends and…

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[PODCAST] HOW RECRUITMENT WILL CHANGE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: JASON MARTIN, SAFE COMPUTING, AND LISA JONES

Posted: 04 February 2020

On this episode of Barclay Jones’ Recruitment Leaders’ Podcast we talked to Jason Martin from Safe Computing. Safe Computing, part of the Access Group, specialises in delivering technology for global staffing organisations, both on a SaaS and…

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THE ADVANTAGES AND DIFFICULTIES OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN YOUR ADVERTISING STRATEGY

Posted: 28 January 2020

Social media has now been around for some time with just about everyone on a combination of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. So are you making the most of this incredible resource in your advertising strategy or is…

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[WEBINAR] GDPR: THE END OF RECRUITMENT AS WE KNOW IT!

Posted: 16 January 2020

Here at Broadbean, we’ve been busy behind the scenes to make sure that we’re ahead of the curve when it comes to GDPR. We teamed up with Barclay Jones and hosted a webinar, where discussed all about…

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UNRAVELLING GDPR

Posted: 06 January 2020

Recently, discussions with my clients have been increasingly drawn to the subject of “GDPR”. What is it? How is it going to affect us? What do we need to do to deal with it? Do we need…

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TRENDS IN TALENT ATTRACTION #RLC14

Posted: 23 June 2017

Last Tuesday a few of our guys trotted off to the Kings Fund in London to attend TheJobPost’sRecruitment Leaders Connect event (aka#RLC14). Stephen Barnhurst, Broadbean’s EMEA Sales Director took to the stage to present on the topic ‘Trends…

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VOICE TECHNOLOGY IS SET TO REVOLUTIONISE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

Posted: 10 May 2017

Candidate experience continues to top the recruitment agenda. But what moves are staffing companies and internal resourcing teams making to improve this? The short answer: seamlessness and simplicity. Challenges such as GDPR, coupled with the ultra-competitive recruitment…

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