There are so many aspects of recruitment these days that it’s hard to keep up with exactly what’s going on. From diversity to culture fit, there seems to be a new point of focus for the industry with each passing month. However, there’s one process…

Over the coming months, I am pleased and delighted to be attending several events hosted by, and focusing on, Women in Business. This isn’t just a great networking opportunity, it’s a real chance to empower other women in business. And a chance to be a part of the recruitment industry as it moves forward and evolves. Personally, I’m especially…

In 2017, the UK was embroiled in a heated debate regarding womenswear in the office. Thanks to the government rejecting the proposal to ban such gender-specific workplace dress codes — there have been a number of other changes to the office wardrobe of women over the years. Join us as we take a virtual trip down memory lane to see how the last 100 years has shaped women’s office wear.…

What is Exit Interview?  The goal of an exit interview is to understand the departing employee’s experience with our company and their reason for leaving. But why are we waiting until they leave to find this out? In an era of high turnover and a war on talent, we can’t afford to wait until our employees leave to find out what their concerns are. We need to figure them out while they’re still with us. That’s where stay interviews come in.

Stay interviews are conducted to find…

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You want to employ the best talent possible to strengthen your business, but what’s the best way to ensure you do?

Attracting a strong pool of candidates can be challenging enough, but once you’ve options, employers must avoid undoing all that hard work through a slow, poorly planned, or badly executed selection…

We’ve been hearing a lot about the concept of future-proofing your business like it’s something entirely new. In reality, wise companies have been future-proofing all along. Regardless of its roots, future proofing—which we’ll simply define as the ability to remain relevant among your competitors—is critical to the long-term success of any organization. While there’s lots of reading out there surrounding corporate-wide future-proofing strategies, our focus is as always on…

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1. Google No-Captchas(a.k.a. Search Like a Human)
   
   Public link: Search Like a Human– just search for anything without being tested for not being a bot
2. Email Formats – use to discover email patterns for any corporation…

Often, especially when sourcing for executives, we need to answer questions like these):

What are possible job titles at a particular level of seniority, in a given industry (or at a company), with given functions?

Equipped with this intelligence, we can start constructing filtered people searches. Without this research upfront, we would be encountering both false positives and false negatives when searching.

While doing open-ended searches (on…

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, not only does it mark the end of the summer and the back-to-school blues, it’s a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. We celebrate a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our…

The beginning of the year saw the UK hit the lowest rate of unemployment in 44 years. The director of the Jobs Economist consultancy, John Philpott stated in an interview with the Guardian that, “Nobody seems to have told the labour market about the mood of Brexit-related economic uncertainty which has gripped the UK since last autumn.”

220,000 people entered the UK workforce between December 2018 and January 2019 which contributed to a record high employment total…

There has long been a stereotype surrounding the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) industries. Unfortunately, despite the stereotype being very out dated, its presence still lingers, with women in the industry still at a very low level.

The impression most have on the sector is manual labour, long working hours and rows of assembly lines. While this may not be…

             Are you looking at attracting the top talent?

            What strategies are you using to hire the best fit?

            How can you get potential candidates from your passive database?

If you do not market yourself properly as an employer, then you will see that your top talent will get attracted to your…

The terms employee performance management…

CV Maker is a site where you can make your resume or CV. As a result there are a lot of real resumes on the site. This can be a great place to find candidates however a lot of recruiter do not search here. The reason is simple they do not know how. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks…

Unconscious bias. Is this affecting your recruitment process?

I am sure you must be looking for a solution to this challenge. Our nature makes us like people who are just like us. This process is unconscious. We do not do it…

You may have heard great things about employee referral programs. How it’s one of the cheapest ways to recruit new talent for your company and find the best employee for the role. Here are some more statistics that you may not know about referred applicants. Those candidates are…

Finding and attracting great talent is difficult.  There is an endless list of companies competing against you for the very best.

The biggest obstacle standing between you and your perfect hire however is not the size of your talent pool or lack of qualified candidates or even your competition… it’s most likely your…

https://www.oakstone.co.uk/new-blog/why-you-should-never-ghost-your-recruiter

As a candidate, recruitment consultants spend a lot of time qualifying you, coaching you for interview, giving you feedback and trusting you to put the effort in to…