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What Businesses Should Expect From Recruitment Companies?

Whilst there are many people looking for jobs, there is only a limited amount of outstanding talent available and it can be challenging for businesses to find these people and entice them to join. Remember that 94% of the skilled workforce are not actively looking for a job, so in order to be able to access the best people in your field it is essential to form strategic partnerships with recruiters. read more

 

Managing The ‘Career-Crunch’

This recent recession has not produced just a ‘credit crunch’. It has created a devastating ‘career crunch’. Not only are school-leavers and new graduates finding it harder than ever to get their careers started, many experienced employees are facing redundancy or at least career-stagnation. The consequence is a terrible waste of talent that we can ill-afford to lose. read more

 

The Do's And Don’ts Of Hiring Interim Managers

Businesses should expect to call upon interim managers as senior, professional directors and managers on a fee and fixed term basis to achieve high impact on specific roles or objectives. Interims are skilled professionals operating at a high level, so finding the right person for the assignment is a critical task. Getting it wrong could prove painful. read more

 

How Can I Avoid Discrimination In Job Adverts?

Making sure job adverts don't fall foul of discrimination law is a skill that all recruitment experts need to develop. There are lots of rules around writing job adverts, mostly based around best practice to attract candidates. But certain rules are there to ensure you don't fall foul of discrimination law. read more

 

How Can I Make My Job Advert Search Engine Friendly?

Ensuring your jobs rank highly on search engines is vital to the success of your recruitment campaign. SEO (or Search Engine Optimisation) is the art of ensuring a web page appears within results when a user searches for a certain keyword or keyword phrase. read more

 

How Do I Write An Effective Job Advert?

There are a few simple rules that every job advert should follow to help attract the right candidates for your role. Job adverts come in many shapes and sizes, but there are a few simple rules that every advert should follow to ensure it attracts the candidates who are right for the job. read more

 

How Do I Use Online Job Advertising Effectively?

The Internet allows you to reach a wider range of candidates than ever and in increasingly inventive ways. Looking at online advertising against the various other methods of generating candidates shows some clear advantages. read more

 

Recruiting For The Future Not The Now: The Barriers To Success

Building a successful business is a bit like that old nursery trick of trying to rub your stomach in a circular motion whilst simultaneously patting yourself on the top of your head. It IS difficult. But then if it was easy everyone would be successful. Clearly this is not the case. What differentiates the run-of-the-mill from the extraordinary enterprise is the seemingly effortless ability to advance simultaneously on several fronts, whilst maintaining core business stability. read more

 

Why Do Good Employees Leave?

Every company has their golden apples, but often these are the employees who are most likely to move on. read more

 

How Can I Reduce Staff Turnover?

You've put a lot of effort into getting the right people in your business and the last thing you want them to do is leave. read more