Attending conferences is one of the best ways to learn and advance your skills. The trouble is that with so many now being run, it’s near impossible to select which one will offer the most suitable content for your specific needs.

The days of conferences being exclusively dedicated to formal lecture based content seems to be behind us, thankfully, with almost all…

Why can't we all be a little more honest?

See, I think it's about time we call out the people who are spouting statistics with enough confidence that people believe them. That we have honest conversations about what those statistics mean for a recruiter and who is trying to fill 20+ reqs. That we talk about the news that matters instead of posting trends lists that…

Let me begin this week’s blog post with a question: Who do you work for? I know it sounds like a weird question, but I want you to stop for a moment and think about your answer. I am not a betting man but I bet I can predict most of your responses. The vast majority of you responded by saying you work for XYZ organization or you work for some VP within the…

Removing ourselves from boring routines is among the biggest trends in the workforce. As the millennial workforce pushes to …

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You’ve looked far and wide for a solid reason to keep the performance appraisal aspect of your performance management system around. You know the metrics from the evaluations are key to improving the business, unfortunately your managers and employees…

So you’ve hired a slew of new employees. They’re bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and ready and willing to jump in and help the team. The only issue is they don’t really …

Great leaders know they have a lot of responsibility to their employees. In fact, a Gallup study found that engagement was highest in organizations where employees had some form of communication with their managers each day. Some employees, however,…

Don't reach for the chocolate or start shouting and bawling...

We’re all prone to getting stressed at work - it’s kind of the point. If you don’t get stressed, then there’s probably something wrong - maybe you’re not working hard enough or…

Gone are the days when recruiters used to use traditional methods of marketing, job ads. The traditional methods of recruiting include the distribution of pamphlets, newspaper job ads job portals and referrals. These days’ with Social Media dominating the way we connect with people it has improved the way recruiters look to hire talented…

It’s no secret that having a strong visual strategy for your social media accounts is important when sourcing, connecting and engaging with candidates. In 2015 we posted a blog outlining the dimensions for the key visual elements on your social pages, which proved to be one of our most popular blogs of the year.

Since then, there have been quite a few changes to image…

Pleasing today’s workforce is not an easy task. Every month Gallup reports on workforce engagement numbers and U.S. engagement, though it has slowly increased from previous years, and has had little-to-no change since March of this year. At a mere…

The freelance economy is very different from the world where employees go to work every day and complete their tasks as required. Because of this, freelancers need to be approached in a different way if you plan on using them for tasks in your business. Before you hire any freelancers, there are a few things you need to understand about the …

When it comes to recruiting, the ties you make with clients can be all important. Rather than viewing them as a way to make a quick buck, you need to earn their trust if you want to keep them around for the long haul. It’s simple - if you don’t build a genuine connection with your clients, then you can’t…

Hindsight is 20/20, and managers aren’t immune. Managers regret a new hire 50% of the time costing their organization great deals of time and money. If you’re looking for a way to avoid hiring mishaps, it might be useful to stop looking solely at…

Some of our clients asked for advice about how to write a good job description. Since this is one of the more challenging and overlooked aspects of the hiring process, we decided to share some tips.

When you need to hire someone, it’s very normal to feel some anxiety about writing the description for your job vacancy. After all,…

Looking from the outside in, sometimes it seems like hiring manager versus recruiter is an epic, long-fought battle. I can almost picture part of the Hunger Games, where they're all released into the forest to start their survival. Let the games begin!

Others have compared this turbulent relationship to an epic battle like Superman vs Batman or…

Feeling powerless is one of the darker aspects of being human. Whether you’re a parent who can’t stop an illness from ravaging your defenseless child, or you’re at home on the couch watching a television newscast about the latest violent attack in the Middle East, you all—we all—experience powerlessness at some point during life. Much of it, like incurable diseases, can’t be…

There are processes you can’t wait to outsource in business, whether it’s janitorial services for the clutterbug or accounting help for those who are helpless with numbers. You might easily outsource your marketing automation or even your entire…

The #Tweetchat campaign in the series of #AskHR discussions is the latest campaign we have come up with to reach out to the HR / Recruitment / TA fraternity across the world and involve them into a discussion that can help change the way…