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EXTENSION OF RETENTION SCHEME = GREAT NEWS FOR THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET
Posted: 10 June 2020
What the chancellor announced today will help businesses retain employees and save the treasury billions The announcemnt of the chancellor Rishi Sunak on the future of the job retention scheme, was music to my ears. Most people and businesses…
Advantages of Hiring Through a Recruitment Agency
Posted: 21 May 2020
Agency vs In-House Recruitment: Understanding the Real Costs Choosing between an agency and an internal recruitment team involves weighing hiring volume, role complexity and the time available to find candidates. Agency fees are a visible expense, while…
How to Create a Candidate Journey Map and Why It Matters
Posted: 05 March 2020
Why Candidate Journey Mapping Matters for Modern Employers Candidates often research an employer before they apply. They may read the job advert more than once, visit the careers page, check reviews, compare similar roles and form an…
HR DATA ANALYTICS – HOW DO YOU EAT YOURS?
Posted: 05 March 2020
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, there are concerns in…
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…
[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 in-house software delivery…
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 Broadbean are asking, are you making the most of this incredible resource in your advertising strategy or is…
[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…
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 to…
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’s Recruitment Leaders Connect event (aka#RLC14). Stephen Barnhurst, Broadbean’s EMEA Sales Director took to the stage to present on the topic…
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…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 7 TAKEAWAYS FROM IN-HOUSE RECRUITMENT LIVE!
Posted: 01 March 2016
Firstly, many thanks to the In-House Recruitment Network for last week’s fruitful event, In-house Recruitment LIVE! In between catching up with old friends and meeting new faces, we were fortunate enough to attend some of the superb…