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Candidates using more job boards than ever
If you are looking to advertise your vacancies, how extensively should you advertise it? Should you put it on one job board – and hope the best candidates are there? Should you try and reach a wider audience…
March 13 2012Acknowledging when someone applies for a job
You post a job advert – and you get inundated with job applications. Do you reply to each one of them? The reality is that if a candidate makes an email application and is unsuccessful, then most companies…
February 06 2012How much can you save by hiring an apprentice
Reports are coming in that apprenticeship placements are on the increase: In the Thames Valley (ok – I know this because we have an office here) more than ten thousand…
January 23 2012What Manor Adventure had to say about Employment4students
Manor Adventure is one of the leading providers of Outdoor Activity Centres in the UK and France. Their residential school activity holidays provide educational courses for over 27,000 satisfied children and teachers every year, with 95% of…
January 11 2012Uncovering passion and communication skills
It’s a question without a definite and easy answer. How can you find out if your applicants are passionate about the job and the company, and if they have the necessary communication skills? The Titanic Visitor Centre is…
January 08 2012Tune in to your intuition
Everyone knows it – there’s no secret. When it comes to hiring decisions, intuition plays a huge role. You can use assessment centres, and rate CV’s based on as complex formula as you want, but intuition can still…
January 03 2012How much value does a new recruit generate
Ok – it all depends on the role. A sales person might generate a bigger return on investment, but without support staff the business can’t function. So what’s a good return on your investment. Again, that’s impossible to…
December 29 2011Positive discrimination for young people
We sometimes end up having those slightly awkward conversations with clients – “well, you know what we want to say… but are we allowed to say it?”. And so it goes on, a bit of sparring and talking…
December 29 2011how do you want candidates to describe themselves
Quite recently the Youth Employment Taskforce Report stated that the main goal of employers is to find people with the right attitude and ability to work with others. It should follow that jobseekers try to convey the attitude…
December 19 201191% of recruiters screen candidates using social media
This is a pretty big stat! Reppler, a service that helps you manage your online profile, has carried out a piece of research which has some amazing results. Not only are 91% of recruiters using social media in…
December 15 2011Need more help or advice on how we can provide the best for you?
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