Looking for a job can be extremely challenging in this economic climate. Now we are hearing from a steady stream of job seekers who are being irritated by the application and interviewing process. Many job seekers are actually quite upset with what they perceive as “shabby” overall treatment. This is…

What is telecommuting?

The definitions of telecommuting are quite diverse these days… From the recruitment point of view telecommuting is a business practice where majority of the work, if not entirely, is done and managed from a remote location eliminating the need to commute to the office on a daily basis.

A few years ago, it was hard to imagine someone working at…

Employer branding can be viewed as the sum of the total efforts of an organisation to attain a reputation of being a great place to work. Luckily, nowadays, companies are becoming more and more aware of its effects and several employer branding trends have been developed during the years.

One of them is Instagram.

Like everyone else in this…

Managing recruitment in an effective manner is one of the most efficient ways to improve a business.  Hiring is a difficult and time consuming task so, inefficient resourcing and bad selection leads to massive turnover and loss in productivity. A lengthy and complicated recruitment process can affect the clients, candidates and recruiters as well. Therefore, it’s…

As everyone knows, employer branding is crucial for companies to engage as well as retain employees, to reduce cost per hire and complement traditional branding efforts. Because the practice is still very new, defining its ROI in specific terms that have wide agreement can be quite challenging.

Before you jump into any measurements make sure you understand your…

Many candidates seem to feel that they can easily customise their answers and fake their way  through different questions by telling the interviewers only what they want to hear.

What can employers do in such a situation? How can they get to the bottom of the matter? Will candidates really reveal their true personality, their work style and their problem-solving skills and…

With technology advancing faster than ever, employers now have every available advantage to be able to hire efficiently and to provide a high quality candidate experience. HR teams need these tools to be able to move away from manual processes, such as sorting through hundreds or thousands of CVs or creating spread sheets, which let’s face it,…