Laura Purt's Blog – February 2013 Archive (11)

The UK Candidate Experience Awards: The inaugural event

Yesterday afternoon saw the opening of the first Candidate Experience Awards in the UK. Their presence highlights the significant place the candidate experience now holds within UK recruitment strategy and we hope to see its position and importance only increase in the coming…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 27, 2013 at 11:02am — No Comments

Interview Questions: And robotic answers...

Question:

Why should we pick you...

Describe how you overcame a difficult work situation...

How would your friends describe you in…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 25, 2013 at 9:58am — No Comments

HR Technology in a Nutshell

Over the last four days we've considered how HR technology and business strategy can be leveraged to promote beneficial and long-lasting client-specialist relationships: embracing HR technology to boost the efficiency and clarity of your processes,…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 22, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

Client Service: The Final Touch

Previous blog articles highlighted the importance of consistently professional and clear …

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Added by Laura Purt on February 21, 2013 at 5:18am — No Comments

Software Training Made Simple

For many technology companies, business revolves around software that requires client training. Therefore, a comprehensive and straightforward training program is always a necessity.

Unfortunately quite often software training can…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 20, 2013 at 5:30am — No Comments

Da Vinci's advice for new client on-boarding

After all the time spent on building a relationship with a potential client and then getting the contract signed, the next steps of the process should be consistent with the professionalism, efficiency and client-care that have been demonstrated so far. However with the growing pressure to…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 19, 2013 at 4:55am — No Comments

Recruitment Technology: Friend or Foe?

Unsurprisingly, over the past few decades almost every aspect of our daily lives has been influenced by technological devices. HR has been no exception and there has been an exponential increase in technology-based solutions in the recruitment and human resources sector.

However, many…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 18, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

Employer Branding Videos: Actions speak louder than words...

In a recent interview by Human Factor’s Syed Zafar Mehdi, the CEO of Reinventa Dee Oceans, Davide Sialpi, said:

“If the company has built a strong and authentic employer brand experience, it means the company has effectively focused on satisfying employee’s tangible and intangible needs.”…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 15, 2013 at 5:03am — No Comments

Workforce Planning: Does your candidate experience undermine the plan?

No matter how thorough your workforce planning process, shortages in the availability of candidates with the required

If effective workforce planning is the ‘right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time’, then the quality of the journey into the organisation is crucial…

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Added by Laura Purt on February 13, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

Talent Boards 2012 Candidate Experience Research: A Summary

The release of The Talent Boards white-paper outlining research from last year’s …

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Added by Laura Purt on February 11, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

The Candidate Experience: A consumer dilemma...

Think back to the most important item you ever bought. Whether it was a house, a car, an engagement ring or a much sought-after collectible, I’m sure you did your research - consulted reviews, comparison sites, friends, relatives and maybe even the experts. Every buy…