Recruitment is at the heart of every business. It provides the mechanism for establishing a fantastic workforce and is crucial to ensuring that your organisation always has access to the best, and most suitable, people. Technology has driven change across many sectors, including recruitment. Today, the most effective recruitment processes integrate technology to improve and…
There’s no doubt that it’s a tough time to be a graduate – however, there are still plenty of fantastic opportunities out there for top talent. If you’ve recently finished your studies and you’re about to enter the jobs market, the online world is a great place to look for graduate job as long as…
There are many different ways to go about recruiting candidates for your business. Particularly with the range of technology available today, you don’t necessarily need professional support from a recruiter to get the job done. However, it’s worth noting that there are some situations in which having a recruiter on your side can make finding…
The language of a job description can frequently be heavily weighted in favour of attracting one gender or another. Often, this is a completely unconscious bias but one that can cause two major issues: accusations of discrimination and a job description that attracts only one gender of applicant. Both of these can be problematic for…
The right people can really make your business – and poor staffing choices can drain it and, eventually, break it, whether that’s as a result of escalating recruitment costs or the impact on business culture of toxic attitudes. Attracting a wealth of new candidates to your company will give you plenty of choice when it…
It’s often easy to underestimate just how much of an influence what you wear to an interview can have on its outcome. Not only will your appearance contribute to that crucial first impression that the interviewer has of you, but it will also be a factor in how comfortable you feel. So, how do you…
Finding new people can be time consuming and costly and, if you’re experiencing high rates of staff attrition that result in repeated recruitment for the same roles, this can affect business performance and morale. Key to avoiding this is finding the right people for your vacancy in the first place – but how do you…
If you’ve recently graduated and you’re looking to find your first dream role then this is an exciting time. It can also be challenging if you’re entering the employment market with not much experience and a CV that doesn’t (yet) have much content to demonstrate your skills and abilities. No matter what your sector or…
Once the graduation celebrations die down, the reality of a long (hopefully hot) summer stretches ahead – with not much cash to do anything. If you’ve got ambitious travel plans for this year, or you’re hoping to go to some festivals, temp work could be the perfect solution to give you enough budget to make…
Workplace diversity is not just a sound byte friendly buzzphrase, it also has the potential to transform business culture and improve opportunities across multiple sectors. Many of the obstacles to workplace diversity are the result of unconscious bias or entrenched attitudes that may require proactive and focused efforts to shift. The recruitment process is the…
