Building your business’s brand is key to ensuring its success over the long-term.

Duh…. that’s pretty obvious.

What is less obvious is how to actually build your brand.  Building a brand is incredibly challenging because it’s not a real physical thing rather it’s the idea of your company in people’s heads.  …

Environmental and nonprofit jobs can be deeply rewarding but notoriously hard to find.  In many cases, job seekers simply don’t know where to find them.  

Fortunately, thanks to the advent of the internet, there are now job boards specifically dedicated to non-profit and environmental jobs.  

In this post, we’ll take a deeper look at six of the more…

Sourcing right talent has been a big challenge for recruiters, with changing business needs. Either it is cherry picking or mass staffing, recruitment process eats up time and most of the budget of HR department.

If you were able to relate to the above situation, then continue reading because we have a solution for you.

An applicant tracking system can help automate the hiring process, starting from collecting job applications, parsing and…

The role of recruitment is moving away from an administrative one to that of a more strategic one. With more and more job-seekers using digital channels and devices to search for jobs as our recent survey revealed, it is vital that companies digitize every aspect of their recruitment…

We recently conducted a survey with 100 participants from across Ireland and the UK about the recently debated gender pay gap. Here are some of the main takeaways (scroll down for infographic).

Participants overview

93% females and 7 % males took part in our survey conducted on the gender pay gap. They fell into the…

Java has consistently been a preferred choice of programming language for developing enterprise applications. But hiring Java developers with the right skillset, expertise and experience is the biggest challenge for Chief Information Officers (CIO) and IT project managers. From startups looking to build a prototype to well-established organizations wanting to move to the next level, their search for right Java developer is often restrained with ‘how and…

As recruiters, we often find ourselves in the position of lending advice. Whether it’s clients, candidates or colleagues, we take our industry knowledge and staffing experience and translate that into best practice tropes we pass on to the proper audience. But about best practices for recruiters? How often do we look at the advice we so often share and…

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If you're a newbie in the call center…

The increasing demand for mobility has made mobile applications an imperative part of any business’ marketing strategy. It is the one of the simplest methods to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Every business is jumping on the mobile app development bandwagon to earn their significant share of revenue. But the ladder to mobile app success comprises many challenges with finding the right app developer being the primary one.

To help you tactfully deal with this challenge,…

So you’re writing a job advert and you’re not sure what to include? Look no further - I have 367 job adverts saved on my computer (and it’s growing by the hour), so I’m going to give you my opinion on what you should and shouldn’t include when trying to hire your dream candidates!

What should you disclose?

When it comes to what…

Manual labor jobs can be lucrative and rewarding, but they also come with some inherent risks. Hundreds of thousands of work-related injuries take place every year, and many of these accidents can be avoided with a little foresight. If you are getting ready to start…

Earning a bachelor’s degree is the first step in pursuing a career in finance. Programs will typically focus on giving you a comprehensive understanding of financial management, technological expertise, interpersonal skills and professional insight.

A career in finance isn't all about money. For the business graduate, obtaining a degree is just the beginning.…

This is the day 1 Purple Squirrel  Tracks. These included; How to go From Average Joe to Sourcing Pro by Matt LeBlanc and Smart Recruiting by Amy Miller.

First up How to go From Average Joe to Sourcing Pro by Matt LeBlanc. SO first up a realization all sourcers need to know; “hiring managers could care less where food candidates come from.”…

Remember a while ago when companies talked about not posting jobs? How was that even a thing? There really is no reasonable argument for not posting jobs. Companies who post jobs are successful, those who do not, aren’t. Period. This is evident with all of the companies trying to persuade you to buy their recruiting marketing services.  If you are going to compete in the…

Finding the right mobile app development partner is a non-negotiable factor to the success of your app. There is no scarcity of mobile app developers or development companies, but finding the suitable candidate for your app, requires more than your usual hiring routine. You need a sound recruitment strategy and plan to find the perfect developer from the thousands of resumes now available at the click of a button. The right developer can build value in your app and add in more ways than just…

With new payment equality legislation firmly in place we thought we'd reprint a post we first published more than a year ago which seems more relevant now than it did then...

In modern times the laws are in place, but there still remains gender inequality across the workplace.

An interesting article by …

Keeping Healthy at Work

The world of recruiting and hiring is built on relationships and communication. Unfortunately, many companies forget that when they begin the search for a new hire.…