The recruitment industry has come a long way from being the very traditional, process-oriented and simple sourcing and hiring era to the digital recruitment powered by social media, application tracking systems, candidates’ digital profiles and recruitment apps. At an estimate, 99% of job aspirants search the Internet for career opportunities in various ways, be it job boards, social networking sites like LinkedIn or mobile apps. Resource and talent management have become more challenging as…

I always find it interesting to have conversations with recruiters about candidates and their role in their business. Now of course, they are extremely important as without candidates you don’t have a business.

But one thing that is evident in my personal experiences is that what recruiters are saying and what they are doing are two different things.

One thing that you need to remember is that your candidate is also an influencer AND a potential referrer. I wrote recently about…

A recent perusal of the internet’s famed “front page” lead me to a conversation regarding things we don’t want to do but feel we have to do. It wasn’t very far down the page before someone mentioned having a LinkedIn account. It took all but two replies to that statement to set people off on how much they dislike recruiters. “Recruiters are like used car salesman but…

The George Boole session of day 2 consisted of 3 presentations, however there was only one downloadable, so we will cover it. That was Winter is coming/HERE – Time for Competitive Intelligence by Jess Roberts.

So this starts with what is competitive Intel. He defines that as – “Competitive Intelligence is primarily concerned with anything…

So you’ve got a vacancy to fill but you’re on a tight budget? Look no further! We have compiled this handy little guide to help you discover the cheapest recruitment solution for you.

Your Options:

There are three main options when it comes to low cost…

We all have seen firsthand the challenges and struggles that the increasing nursing shortage is causing within hospitals across the nation. But, what can we do to at the hospital-level to recruit and retain more nurses? Here are a few of the more creative & successful solutions we have seen some of our client hospitals implement.

MORE OPEN TO…

“You know what your problem is? You read too many of those self improvement books.”

I didn’t feel anything that moment. I accepted her words and moved on.

I don’t process things people say in real time. Later when we were apart, I thought about the words she said. Then I felt it; her words cut…

How often do you check your phone?

We're betting the answer lies around the 'a lot' / 'too much' mark. So why wouldn't you communicate with candidates via their mobile phones?

Studies show the open rate of a text message is a staggering 98%.* Increasingly, organisations are using text to communicate with their customers by way of sending…

Many organisations are acutely aware that the talent they bring in to their business is the key to their future success. This has led to a massive increase in marketing activity as recruitment professionals attempt to engage their talent pools. 

Just pop onto LinkedIn today and you are almost guaranteed to be inundated by job adverts in your news feed, companies…

Is the phrase that was catapulted into our Talent Acquisition consciousness’s back in 1997 headed for a big comeback 20 years later?

Millennials may not be familiar with the phrase, “The War…

Digital marketing can be overwhelming for many recruiters and what happens is that you often take a shotgun approach, which results in wasting money and missing opportunities to leverage your digital visibility.

Digital offers so many opportunities and now is the time to change your analogue thinking to digital. The best place to start is with the basics however many businesses miss some of the most basic tactics that end up costing them lost opportunities. 

So here are 5…

The Japanese industry is a major competitor, a customer, and a supplier to European and American companies. What American HR managers don't know is that there is a lot to learn…

Company culture is viewed by Gen Xers and Baby Boomers as Ping Pong, free food, bean bag chairs and a bunch of lazy Millennials complaining about work. Well, hate to break it to you, but company culture is something much deeper to Millennials.

The Phrase company culture has been quite the buzzword in 2016 and tends to be a very elusive phrase. I would submit that company culture is actually very easy to describe. It consists of 3…

Your staff is one of your biggest untapped resources. Most of your recruitment team have some sort of digital footprint or presence on social media and other digital channels so doesn’t it make sense to tap into that and leverage it for the company and your staff’s personal development? It is like a sleeping giant, just waiting to be awoken.

Tips to activate your recruiters you need to have these ingredients as a minimum:

• Create a brand Employee Engagement Program – it…

We may not be ready to be interviewed by robots but popularity of recruitment software is rising among HR teams and Hiring Managers. With many recruitment processes now relying heavily on digital outlets, including social media, online advertising and email marketing, to attract new talent, it is important to reflect on the changes this new wave of recruiting has introduced.

Wider network

With recruitment going digital, companies are no longer reliant on ‘walk…

There are numerous articles and blogs written on candidate experience and countless more on employee engagement; there is a time frame between the two that often gets overlooked. Some would argue that it is just an extension of candidate experience, but that blog title is much less attractive. I never used to give the time post offer, pre start date…

This article was written by our CEO Joe Musacchio and published in Money Inc. Any recruiter will enjoy reading about the good ole days of the staffing industry and how the process used to be. Imagine recruiting before email, smartphones and social media...…

Social media is no longer just used as a social tool. Facebook , Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media platforms are being utilized by job seekers looking for their next career move and is something that companies really need to integrate into their social media strategies. What do you include in a successful HR social…

As a digital specialist I spend a lot of time online looking at the digital channels of businesses. In preparation for some industry workshops & webinars I recently reviewed 20 recruitment websites from various locations and of various sizes to see how they compared and any common issues that stood out to me.

This is what I found:

• CEO’s that don’t have a digital profile (or a LinkedIn profile)
• Social media feeds that were just job posts
• Lack of story…

The Anonymous session of day 2 consisted of several presentations to include-Underground Old School Hacks by Kevin Walters and Hacking a Conference Attendees List by Aaron Lintz.

Underground Old School Hacks by Kevin Walters. He discusses doing a Talent Level Mapping, in other words, competitive Intel. He used Linkedin to gain a lot of this…