By Jon Terry
No responses to your advert…. What now?
We’re having plenty of conversations with recruiters at the moment (both inhouse and fee earners) and the one thing that is coming up time and again is the poor response everyone is getting to adverts at the moment. Adverts that you would ordinarily expect to see pull in a good number of applicants are just falling flat.
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Unexpected Recruitment Challenge? We can help!
Monday 17th May officially sees the return of Pubs and Restaurants and many other businesses will be following them out of hibernation. But what if you’ve suddenly found out that many of your furloughed staff are not wanting to come back?!?!
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Still haven't found what you're looking for?
Why are you struggling to find the right candidate to shortlist to that essential role that you're recruiting?
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In praise of the Job Spec
We’re always reading and writing blogs and articles on how important it is to get your CV right. And most recruiters have seen similar blogs somewhere about writing the perfect advert. But how often have you given much thought to the Job Description?
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ISO30414: An invaluable HR tool
ISO 30414 is the reference to the Internal Standards Organisation’s Human resource management — Guidelines for internal and external human capital reporting. It is all about the reporting that you do as HR Professionals; both the quantitative and qualitative data measurements and so improve businesses through better human resource processes.
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Why you should ask for exclusivity
Picture the scene…. You’re recruiting for a particular role in your business and have decided (for a variety of good reasons) to use an agency to do so. You’ve sensibly invested time briefing your agency of choice on the role and its nuances and are just agreeing dates for potential 1st and 2nd stage interviews. The consultant then politely asks, “Will you leave this with me exclusively?”
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Handling Rejection
Unless you are very lucky, or a genuinely amazing interviewee, the chances are that at some stage during a job hunt you may get the “Thanks but no thanks” message.
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"No Agencies Please....."
Let’s not pretend, the reality is that economic conditions aren’t great at the moment and the buzz words at the moment are definitely redundancy, downturn and difficult. However we also know that there are jobs out there and there are businesses recruiting even now.
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Checklist : 10 things to think about when looking for a job.
As we come out of the lockdown and find ourselves returning to work mode there is a chance that you may be looking ahead to future job seeking and thinking about how you can be giving yourself the best chance to be noticed.
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Writing the Perfect CV
A lot of people might have a little more time on their hands than they expected this Easter. And given current circumstances there is a chance that they might be thinking about their future career in a way that they haven't done for a while.
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