Depending on the line of work that you want to get into, your home renovation projects could be relevant experience. Putting these items on your resume may help to land you the construction, renovation, or architecture job that you want. Here are some tricks that you can use when it comes to padding your resume with your personal home renovation projects.…

The “build vs buy” decision is a hot topic when I speak with staffing agencies. Pros and cons are weighed, time and costs are measured, and more and more it’s a decision that may determine the future health of your business. And since TargetRecruit is built upon Salesforce, I encounter this topic more than in my past roles because Salesforce encourages developers to build on its platform. In other words, rather than building a homegrown solution from the…

Whether you work for an SME or a large corporate enterprise, strong employee retention rates are highly desirable. Quite simply, it makes economic sense. The recruitment process can be costly to your business and retaining old employees is more efficient than bringing in expensive new…

Over the years, recruitment and HR landscape have changed massively. Nowadays, organizations need to deal with talent competition, game-changing developments in technology, and changing workforce dynamics consistently.…

You see them all over the place and at every time of the year. Whether it’s a Christmas market in the winter months, a festival or carnival in summer, or a sporting event throughout the year, outdoor events are extremely popular. However, while many of us simply turn up to such events, have you ever thought about the planning that has to go in to make them a success?

Here, alongside Inn Supplies, who offer a range of disposable catering supplies,…

The job market in this day and age is tough. Some people may even describe it as being brutal. If you want your job search now to go off without a hitch, however, you don’t have to assume that that’s an impossible goal. The market is definitely competitive, but there are things that you can do to navigate it and make your situation a lot more…

Today, education is expensive, especially advanced PG courses and degrees. There are foreign education courses that may rip you off financially. Fret not. There are lenders offering education loans, monetary assistance for meritorious but financially deprived students in a country.

Before taking any education loan, ensure that the course is…

Day 3 of Sourcecon and the tracks.

First up Jan Tegze and Is Technology our Friend or Our Enemy. Tools mentioned: Github, Stachoverflow, Plagerism Checker, Linkedin. Lost of talk of comparison thoughts on emails, inmails etc, All done form a European stance.

Mike Chuidian and the Cognitive side of Sourcing. Key…

Both new and established businesses can benefit from hiring a corporate communications specialist. A person with this job is responsible for communicating about the company internally and externally. If you have not hired someone for this role, here is why you should consider it.

What Does a Corporate Communications Specialist Do?

When most people hear the term corporate communications specialist, they think of public relations or PR. Although a large part of this role…

About 97 percent of companies are investing in artificial intelligence and Big Data, according to New Vantage Partners' executive survey.   

 This unexpectedly large statistic is enough to scare us about the future of work. Dependency on machines is increasing. It is no surprise that artificial intelligence is taking over jobs. Several reports have already predicted how robots will take over human jobs. Is it something to be concerned about?  

Definitely. Today more jobs are…

A career in the IT sector is always demanding as well as rewarding. Now, IT is indeed a vast sector with lots of scopes. Finding a job in this sector is not tricky, but the industry demands impressive, enthusiastic and skilled personnel. Those, who are not qualified or specialized in their jobs, would find difficulties in pursuing a career in the field of information technology. Among various scopes for perusing a career in the field of information technology, people commonly opt for…

I've been asking recruiters about how they use texting in recruiting. In this post we hear from Josh R. who has a theory that messenger apps may surpass texting.

He writes;

I started texting candidates in 2016. I was a little hesitant at first. Is this an invasion of…

Unless you have an entire team of self-starters, your management duties will include helping keep them motivated. We’ve identified several ways to inspire your team toward excellent performance.

Customize Your Approach

Remember that your team is made up of individuals. A one-size-fits-all approach…

A degree in chemical engineering can open the door to many exciting and fulfilling career options. Many of the positions that are available for chemical engineers allow you to explore different aspects of the industry while playing an integral role in this field. Here are four potential career paths for chemical engineers.

Research Engineer

Chemical research engineers are needed to develop experimental programs using a variety of chemical mixtures. If you choose to work in…

Nowadays, it doesn’t matter if you have a great vacancy up for grabs, if you don’t know how to sell it then people won’t be interested. In fact, you need to make the most of your job adverts to ensure that they stand out in an overcrowded market. Especially as…

I have been privileged to recently attend several Women In Business Network meetings, including a meeting of The Athena Network lead by @emmarundle and, of course, the inspiring Women In Business Expo, held for the first time this year at Farnborough. The rise in this style of connecting women who own their own business, or are succeeding in their…

No longer fulfilled in your current role? Longing for a new challenge? Dread going back to work every Monday morning? – all signs you probably should look for a new job! The problem is, where do you start with it all!? With so much to do day to day – such as holding down a job, maintaining a relationship or dating, maybe it includes raising children,…

An efficient employee performance appraisal can bring a lot of benefits to the employees as well as the organizations. The most important part is getting to know the goals and objectives of performance appraisal. The overall goal or objective of performance appraisal is to enhance the individual goals of the employees along with the organizational objectives. Also, it enhances the skills and…

Day 2 of Sourcecon and the third set of tracks.

First up Combining Sourcing Tools to perform Sourcing Magic by Jeremy Da Costa. TOOLS: SSaR pages, Facebook, Zapinfo, Seekout, Boolean, Infinite Scroll, Scroll It,  Human Predictions, Advanced background Check, Data Miner, DiG, Instant Data Scraper. Hiretual, Amazing Hiring, Loxo,…