How often do you check your phone?

We're betting the answer lies around the 'a lot' / 'too much' mark. So why wouldn't you communicate with candidates via their mobile phones?

Studies show the open rate of a text message is a staggering 98%.* Increasingly, organisations are using text to communicate with their customers by way of sending…

Many organisations are acutely aware that the talent they bring in to their business is the key to their future success. This has led to a massive increase in marketing activity as recruitment professionals attempt to engage their talent pools. 

Just pop onto LinkedIn today and you are almost guaranteed to be inundated by job adverts in your news feed, companies…

Digital marketing can be overwhelming for many recruiters and what happens is that you often take a shotgun approach, which results in wasting money and missing opportunities to leverage your digital visibility.

Digital offers so many opportunities and now is the time to change your analogue thinking to digital. The best place to start is with the basics however many businesses miss some of the most basic tactics that end up costing them lost opportunities. 

So here are 5…

When you like to drive, can handle long days and have a passion to see the country from coast to coast, becoming a cross-country trucker could satisfy your skills and desires. In order to start a job in cross-country trucking, you will need to earn certain licenses. Training is also important to beginning your future career.

Earn a CDL

Earning a…

Is the phrase that was catapulted into our Talent Acquisition consciousness’s back in 1997 headed for a big comeback 20 years later?

Millennials may not be familiar with the phrase, “The War…

National recruitment company Integra People recently celebrated another successful year for the business, with significant increase in turnover and gross profit, and are looking forward to giving something back by creating new jobs for talented recruiters, administration and accounts staff.

Compared with the first…

What makes a great workplace that draws extraordinary employees to love coming to work every day? What makes a great workplace that attracts, retains, and motivates the very best talent?

Below we have listed our top 5 secrets to creating a great workplace.

 

Your company can be a great workplace…

Whether you have a small team of 10 or a large team of 100+ it’s important that your team stay motivated in order to produce the best work, and it’s great if you (the boss) can be the one to motivate them!  So, you can use this handy guide to gain a few more ideas of how to motivate a team to do the best they can do.

Make it a nice place to work

By treating your employees with respect and as actual human beings (not statistics) you can…

Every employer wants to hire the best people in their organization, what if you are able to save the hiring cost? A fast and cost-effective hiring is what every company is now looking for. For speedy hiring, the best way is to delegate this tasks to recruitment consultancies / agencies. But, how to hire employees who are a good fit for the job openings in a cost-effective way? Is that what's spinning in your…

Magento today has been the most proven platform for eCommerce web development. The robustness of this content management system (CMS) is far reaching and empowers websites of many global brands like Coca-Cola, Christian Louboutin, Ford, Nike, and Nestle Nespresso.



It has been a choice of platform among designers and developers alike owing to its comprehensive…

Your staff is one of your biggest untapped resources. Most of your recruitment team have some sort of digital footprint or presence on social media and other digital channels so doesn’t it make sense to tap into that and leverage it for the company and your staff’s personal development? It is like a sleeping giant, just waiting to be awoken.

Tips to activate your recruiters you need to have these ingredients as a minimum:

• Create a brand Employee Engagement Program – it…

Company culture is viewed by Gen Xers and Baby Boomers as Ping Pong, free food, bean bag chairs and a bunch of lazy Millennials complaining about work. Well, hate to break it to you, but company culture is something much deeper to Millennials.

The Phrase company culture has been quite the buzzword in 2016 and tends to be a very elusive phrase. I would submit that company culture is actually very easy to describe. It consists of 3…

When you have a job outside the home, it can be hard to schedule time to spend with your kids, to clean the house or to enjoy time with friends. Aside from quitting your job, which likely isn't an option financially, you might want to consider looking for a career that allows for a more flexible schedule so that you can spend more time at home. Do some research…

The Japanese industry is a major competitor, a customer, and a supplier to European and American companies. What American HR managers don't know is that there is a lot to learn…

A survey I read not long ago said that 14 % of the UK’s workforce are bullied at work and 21% aware of bullying going on at their workplace. It reminded me of a few encounters I have had with office bullies, and how I dealt with them.



My first encounter with an office bully happened when I was working as part of a sales team and this new guy joined as Director. From day one we didn’t really hit it off. We were similar ages and had similar…

When the economy gets rough, it’s difficult for employers to justify providing raises for the top performing employees. However, this doesn’t mean that those employees have to be ignored, there are different things that can be done to help show an employee their value, without giving them a raise. A lot of companies…

From body wraps to slimming teas, there is no shortage of MLM sales opportunities that can provide you with the lifestyle of your dreams. Although a small group of people has excelled in this industry, success is possible.

To reach…

Looking to fill a vacancy and considering moving away from traditional Recruitment Agencies? As discussed before there are several recruitment solutions available, and in this blog I’m going to give you a run-down on the benefits of using Online Recruitment.

What are your options?

The two main options for Online Recruitment are Job Board Advertising and Flat Fee Recruitment.

• Job Board Advertising – this is where you post your…

We may not be ready to be interviewed by robots but popularity of recruitment software is rising among HR teams and Hiring Managers. With many recruitment processes now relying heavily on digital outlets, including social media, online advertising and email marketing, to attract new talent, it is important to reflect on the changes this new wave of recruiting has introduced.

Wider network

With recruitment going digital, companies are no longer reliant on ‘walk…

There are numerous articles and blogs written on candidate experience and countless more on employee engagement; there is a time frame between the two that often gets overlooked. Some would argue that it is just an extension of candidate experience, but that blog title is much less attractive. I never used to give the time post offer, pre start date…