Recruitment

So, you’ve screened your candidate, and they’re getting ready for their interview (at least, if they can be bothered to put the effort in!) Now it’s up to them to make sure they’re interview-ready… Isn’t it? Well, it is and it isn’t. Of...

Recruitment companies walk a tightrope. Set your fees too high, and you might scare away business; set them too low and you won’t break even. That’s why learning to negotiate with clients, and learning how to manage rate increases, is absolutely...

So: you’ve found the perfect candidate. They have the skills, they have the experience and they’re raring to go when it comes to interviews. Brilliant! But as you know, you’re never immune to a let-down, even if the candidate seems completely...

LinkedIn is a unique and amazing solution for recruiters. Through one easy to use platform, you have access to a massive market of entry level applicants, career-ladder-climbing pros and industry leaders… All in one place. So doing everything...

Reference checks and background checks are two of the key elements you’ll use as a recruiter, no matter where you work. But what you might not realise is that now with the advent of better and better tech, the art of reference checking is getting...

Cold calling is difficult whether you’re in sales or in recruitment. Of course, it’s a little easier to ‘sell’ the idea that you’re offering a candidate a sweet new job- much easier than trying to sell them a vacuum cleaner! Even so,...

No doubt you will have seen and read plenty about CRMs, whether you’re in sales, marketing or recruitment. But HR and staffing firms have been relatively slow to adopt CRMs, no doubt because they’re most useful in sales and marketing. But...

Life in recruitment is complex. You spend so much time hiring for one position, but when that position is hired, all that hard work is gone- the candidates are shelved, email chains forgotten, and that’s that… But it doesn’t have to be...

If you’ve found that your candidates aren’t fully engaged during an interview, or your hiring process doesn’t leave you with the ideal candidates, it may be time to fine tune your approach. As well as the meaty questions you’ve already...