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

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Introducing… our new integration with Comms Business Jobs!

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Calling all Broadbean users in the IT Sector: Comms Business, a leading media brand for the UK’s ICT Channel, have integrated with Broadbean. The team are very excited to announce the upcoming launch…

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The UKs fastest growing job board for diversity vacancies!

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Who are DiverseJobsMatter? DiverseJobsMatter [DJM] is an inclusive job board and talent platform dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are unbiasedly considered during hiring processes. We are…

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The Good (and Bad) Employee Benefits Around the World

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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…

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3 Ways to Leave the Employer Branding Up to Your Employees

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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…

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Passive Pipelining: Maintaining Positive Recruitment Practices

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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…

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Creating Candidate Personas for Better Recruitment

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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…

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Should You Create a Candidate Journey Map?

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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…

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Recruit Like Uber: 5 Things You Need to Know

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Uber is one of the biggest rising star companies of the last few years, and they plan to keep growing. They’ve announced plans to employ over 1 million women over the next five years. As with any…

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What to look out for in Recruitment Technology in 2017

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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…

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The Dark Art of Social Recruiting

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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…

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HR Data Analytics - How Do You Eat Yours?

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It will come as no surprise to most HR departments worth their salt that data and analytics are critical to an evidence based approach to solving HR challenges and informing future strategy. However,…

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The power of marketing in recruitment – Practical actions

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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…

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