A successful job ad ties in writing, marketing, and competitive intelligence into one targeted recruitment strategy. With the 38% increase in employer branding budgets many companies across the board have begun to adopt, you can dedicate the time and…

Did you know 30% of employees are looking for other work while at their jobs? — Some of those might be wondering what it’d be like to work in another country. Well it depends on what country you’re thinking…

Pipelining is a popular trend in today’s recruiting market. Many large organizations have positions to fill on a regular basis, so a pool – rather pipeline – of candidates readily available makes the hiring time a lot…

Many employers target candidates without defining what really interests or pushes them away. If you’re recruiting for a job in any field, gathering broad demographics is not enough. A candidate persona is a “fictional representation of your ideal…

Tim Sackett (@TimSackett) brought up a great point about employer branding in his post, “How Fake is Your Employer Brand”. Tim said, “I think most employment brands are completely fake. The reason I feel this way is…

For the last few years technologists like Developers, Software Engineers and CTOs have been quietly improving their understanding of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) & blockchain to benefit from the wave of innovation DLT is expected to bring…

The NHS currently employs more than 1.7 million people. It is the biggest employer in the UK, and the fifth largest in the World. Caring for millions of people every day, the NHS workforce has become an…

We are dashing towards the end of the year at lightning speed. 2017 is on the horizon. This means that Christmas is knocking on the door and certain holiday traditions must be adhered to. Winter is the…

Google ‘top tips for starting a recruitment agency’ and you will be inundated with results- ideas, tips, tricks of the trade.  I am by no means claiming that I know more about this than anyone else out…

It won’t be the first or last time we talk about recruitment and marketing disciplines being more closely aligned than ever before.  Both disciplines require gaining competitive advantage to increase revenue.  So whether you’re a direct recruiter…

Social Recruiting, a phrase continually bandied about by just about everyone with any interest in finding the silver bullet that will solve all recruiting headaches.  Many organisations will claim their social recruiting endeavours are ‘successful’ but what…

Employers ignore the candidate experience at their own peril. The 2014 Candidate Experience Awards, which asked 95,000 job applicants about their experience applying to companies, revealed candidates take much more out of their applications than a job or rejection. 24%…