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Ensure your recruitment process encourages workplace diversity

21/06/2018

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…

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Move forward from job rejections by following these 5 steps

15/06/2018

The process of finding the right job can be long and tiring – and sometimes involves rejection. If you don’t get the jobs that you’ve applied for then moving on from job rejections successfully is going to be crucial to ensuring that you have a better chance next time around. Give yourself a little

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How can you attract millennials to work for your company?

07/06/2018

Millennials – those born between the 1980s and the early 2000s – are a key generation for any employer looking for top talent today. This generation is currently flooding the market and for those businesses keen to avoid a talent drain and secure the brightest employees with the most potential, appealing to millennials is

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How can you give the best first impression as a jobseeker?

31/05/2018

First impressions happen within the initial seven seconds of a meeting. And, even before that, every call or email you’ve had with a potential employer has contributed to the impression that is made. The employment market is a tough one in 2018 and the best opportunities are exciting but competitively fought for. So, how

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What to include in your job description to attract candidates

23/05/2018

The job description may seem to be a very small part of the recruitment process. However, the reality is that an uninspiring or information-poor job description could be losing you the ideal people. When a job description is easy to read, informative and it makes a compelling statement about the role and the business

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Additional interview tasks and how you can prepare for them

14/05/2018

Interviews have evolved as the recruitment process has changed in recent years. The traditional question and answer format is today often replaced with something much more diverse and challenging. While many candidates see interviews that involve skills tests, assessments or other additional challenges as an intimidating obstacle, they can actually be a great opportunity. The

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How could using a recruitment agency help to streamline your interview candidates?

03/05/2018

Finding and hiring the right employees can be time consuming and expensive. Not every recruitment process has a positive outcome and it can be tricky for even the most experienced HR team to find candidates who meet qualification requirements and have the right kind of outlook and attitude to blend well with the culture of

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The recruitment industry of the future and what it might look like

26/04/2018

Like every industry, recruitment is constantly evolving. Economic factors, tech development and the rise and fall of certain brands have all helped to shape an industry that doesn’t look anything like it did a decade ago. But what about the future of the recruitment sector – we’ve seen how it has changed but what can

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6 ways to handle your recruitment more professionally

18/04/2018

Recruitment that doesn’t yield great results is a disappointing outcome for all involved. The investment that organisations make in the recruitment process needs to be carefully managed to ensure that resources aren’t wasted and talent doesn’t slip through the net. If you’re not seeing the results you’d hoped for from your recruitment process, then it

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How recruitment agencies are bridging the skills gap across multiple sectors

10/04/2018

According to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, almost one in four jobs currently remains unfilled as a result of a lack of skilled workers. All the statistics point to a significant skills shortage in the UK in some fairly key areas. But what part can recruitment agencies play and how are agencies helping

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