Which Talent Demands Are Causing Cracks In HR Strategies?
Are HR leaders paying dearly for chasing the unicorns and purple squirrels of the talent world, or are the business leaders being unrealistic with their demands? Two examples over the last few weeks from large companies have left me with the feeling that there is still a huge problem with the perception of the value […]
A New Recruiting Platform That Has a 98% Candidate Email Open Rate
Every so often you see a new product that makes you go wow! In our industry you would think this happens a lot, especially with all the ‘new’ recruitment and HR start-ups, apps and products seemingly being released every week, but it doesn’t. It appears that everyone is trying to fix similar issues - ATS’s, […]
What Recruitment Can Learn From Community Managers
Image source How often do you venture into other industries to learn and benefit from their knowledge and experiences? If you don’t you should try it sometime, as you will be surprised how much you can gain from trying it. I did this yesterday by paying to attend the FeverBee Sprint Europe Conference for Community […]
How To Optimise Your LinkedIn Profile For Recruitment and Talent Attraction #infographic
Over the last few weeks I have spent a fair amount of time helping corporate recruitment teams focus on improving their LinkedIn profiles. The objective was to ensure the recruiters get found in more relevant LinkedIn search results, and then have profiles that are appealing enough to generate a positive action by the reader. This […]
Are You Still looking For The ‘Magic Bait’ To Attract Talent?
It is surprising what thoughts come to you while standing on a pier on the US Gulf Coast, watching people fishing! Unsurprisingly (for me anyway) they were work related, specifically talent sourcing and talent attraction related. Let me explain. First let me paint the picture. The image above is Naples Pier in the SouthWest of […]
10 Recruitment Insights From Amsterdam’s #iRecruitExpo
For two days last week, the good (and some great) people from the world of recruitment, talent and HR descended on the RAI in Amsterdam, for the annual iRecruit Conference. It was an enjoyable and well organised conference, and one I would recommend looking out for next year. It was well attended, but why weren’t […]
