Well done. All that preparation has paid off. You were brilliant at the interview and the new job is yours. So how can you now alleviate some of those nerves that you may get on the first day of your new role? I’ve put together ten tips to help ensure a smooth transition into that new [...]
Category: candidates, Recruitment, References
Tags: challenge, New job, Recruitment
In the last 15 years, online recruitment has exploded onto the scene and now dominates modern recruitment practices. Traditional print advertising has nosedived in that time, as job boards, online CV databases and (more recently) social media has helped to position online recruitment as the preferred method of sourcing the next generation of talent. At [...]
Category: Client, Human Resources, Online Recruitment, Recruitment
Tags: cost per hire, Flat Fee Recruitment, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Process
It’s a thought that passes through the minds of Recruitment Managers at least once per week: How can I reduce my cost-per-hire? With budgets being squeezed, the ever present threat of treble dip recessions and economic uncertainty, managing a company’s cost-per-hire is the one financial KPI that a Recruitment Manager is measured by. It’s not [...]
Category: Client, Human Resources, Recruitment, Recruitment tips
Tags: cost per hire, Increased ROI, reduction in recruitment costs
Sweaty palms and a dry mouth; if this is the way you typically feel before going into an important job interview, don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s natural to feel nervous occasionally, and far from being a negative, sometimes nerves can help you focus and stay alert in pressurised situations. However, whilst it always natural [...]
Category: Recruitment
Tags: candidates, HR, Interviews, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Process, Talent Acquisition
I was made redundant in 2005 from a marketing job at a brewery that I really enjoyed. Whilst there, I got to work with some of the biggest brands in the drinks industry on some really innovative marketing campaigns. When my boss called me in to deliver the bad news that I was being made [...]
Category: candidates, jobs, Recruitment
Tags: outsider, overwhlemed, promotion, Recruitment, regrets, stagnating, Wrong Job
Looking for a new position can be painful enough, but to be told you haven’t got the relevant industrial experience for a role, despite your skillset being seemingly perfect, well that can be crushing. After all, how else are you meant to get industry experience? But flip yourself round into to the shoes of the employer, and [...]
Category: candidates, Career experience, Recruitment
Tags: Industry experience, trainee
I was asked a question last week by someone who applied to one of our vacancies about how they should tackle an employment gap in their CV. It got me thinking and it sparked a lively debate in the office. “It obviously means they’ve been to prison,” was one of the sweeping generalisations I heard. But in [...]
Category: candidates, Human Resources, interviews, Recruitment
Tags: candidates, CV Writing Tips, CVs, Interviews, Jobseekers, Recruitment Process
Implementing small changes such as finishing early on a Friday once a month to attend a free session to see a masseuse or masseur can boost the general team unity of your staff. It doesn’t have to be a massage, but perhaps a game of golf or a social get-together with colleagues, or generally any [...]
Category: Client, Human Resources, Recruitment
Retaining a business’s very best talent has become imperative in these uncertain financial times. But if you find yourself constantly scratching your head as to why yet another of your talented individuals has left the business, there are some solutions you can look at. I’ve listed below the first 5 of 10 key reasons as [...]
Category: Career experience, Client, Human Resources, Recruitment
Stretching the truth on a CV is unfortunately considered the norm within the recruitment industry with an estimated 50% of candidates admitting to fibbing or blatantly lying on their CVs. And whilst the majority of most people’s CV embellishments will go undetected, Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thomson was less fortunate when he got caught misrepresenting his [...]
Category: Client, CV, Recruitment
Tags: CV, CV lies, CV Writing Tips, HR
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