Jenny Jamieson

What are the benefits of using a recruitment agency to fill your vacancies?

The right candidates make the process of recruitment more efficient and cost effective – and often become the right people to take the business forward. However, finding them can be a costly and time consuming process for businesses working without help. From designing successful hiring strategies to simplifying and speeding up the hiring process there

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What to look for in addition to your candidates’ CVs to see if they are right for the job

How important is a CV to the recruitment process? The short answer is: crucial. However, it’s not the only tool that employers have when it comes to identifying whether candidates are right for the job. If you’re looking to make insightful hiring decisions to create a stable and productive workforce then you need to look

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5 ways to make yourself a more desirable candidate

Businesses are always on the lookout for new and skilled talent to join their teams. To give yourself the best chance of getting your ‘dream job’, you need to be a desirable candidate to potential employers. By investing in your skills, abilities and qualifications, you can quickly find yourself in a much stronger position to meet the requirements of more job vacancies. If you’re keen to ensure that you land the job you’ve always wanted, here are 5 ways that you can make yourself a more desirable candidate.

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Could your pre-employment assessment be losing you potential candidates?

Pre-employment assessments have become common today and can be incredibly useful as a filter for streamlining the right candidates. However, they also have a downside – the wrong pre-employment assessment could be filtering out the right candidates, leaving a smaller pool to chose from and sending exceptional talent away. If you’re currently using a pre-employment assessment for your interview process then there are a few questions you might need to consider.

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How can you use social media to promote yourself as a good candidate to potential employers?

2.46 billion people around the world used social media in 2017 – and that figure is set to rise to 2.77 billion next year. We increasingly use social media for everything, from dating to writing restaurant reviews and its use has transitioned purely from a source of entertainment and gossip to the professional world too.

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