6 Tips for Effective Social Media Recruitment

Every month, there are 310 million people who actively use Twitter, 500 million who update their Instagram accounts, and1.65 billion who choose to share their life milestones on Facebook.

The social media platform—with its growing audience—has become a reasonable marketing platform almost for all types of businesses.

More information: https://blog.hrn.io/6-tips-for-effective-social-media-recruitment/

Why interview bias can be important for talent recruitment

It is undeniable that even the most experienced interviewer will bring their expectations and judgements with them when meeting a candidate. If you play a big role within your organisation, it is only natural to make judgements on whether a candidate would suit your culture and ethos based on such seemingly superficial factors as their appearance or CV.

More information: http://www.webrecruitireland.com/employer-blog/small-business-owner/why-interview-bias-can-be-important-for-talent-recruitment

Top 10 Recruitment Marketing Blogs to Follow in 2016

Industry blogs are one of the best online resources available for recruiters to gain information, news, insights and a stronger overall understanding of the recruitment marketing space. Since blogs are updated more frequently than typical website copy, and often written by subject matter experts and industry thought leaders, they provide information and important opinions, giving readers multiple points of view on subjects meaningful to a recruiters day-to-day success.

More information: http://recruitics.com/blog/top-10-recruitment-marketing-blogs-2016/

How Do Recruitment Consultants Help Your Jobs Search?

Looking for a job can be a stressful time for anybody. There always seems to be an opportunity out there for somebody else, but rarely anything that calls out to you. Your friends and family pick up the ideal job here and there, and you are still looking for that one opportunity that meets your professional skills. Knowing where to turn to for advice on your jobs search is crucial.

More information: http://www.search.co.uk/blog/2016/how-do-recruitment-consultants-help-your-jobs-search/

Compensation and Retention: “Show Me the Money”

During the last decade, buzz phrases like “work-life balance,” “strong corporate culture” and “employee-focused” have pervaded job boards, listings, classified sections and recruitment advertisements across the nation. While prospective employees certainly want all of those new-fangled compensation concepts, almost nothing trumps the power of a dollar.

More information: http://www.recruitmentsolutionsusa.com/recruitment-blog/compensation-and-retention

5 CV mistakes that make me sigh loudly & place my head firmly in my hands

I’m sure a lot of you read the title of this blog, sighed out loud, placed your head firmly in your hands and said “Not another blog about CV tips”. But I’m sorry, I’m a recruiter, and this is something that I had to get out of the way now so I can focus on saving the world with my future masterpieces.

More information: https://www.brandrecruitment.co.uk/5-cv-mistakes-make-sigh-loudly-place-head-firmly-hands-2/

Stop messing around and hire people better than you!

A parochial employment strategy from some Perth and Western Australian companies has had an adverse effect on their overall employee engagement and retention.

 Come on West Australia, what’s going on? Have we let our egos consume us when we’re hiring the best people for our businesses? Over the past six months a phrase has re-entered the HR / Recruitment vocabulary. That phrase is “too experienced.” What does it even mean?

More information: http://www.markpearce.net/single-post/2015/9/1/Stop-messing-around-and-hire-people-better-than-you

How Technology is Shaping the Future of Recruitment

Where is Recruitment Technology Taking Us? From self-driving cars to robotic vacuum cleaners, automated technology promises to make our lives easier and more efficient. Similarly, in the business world, the automation of labour-intensive manual tasks can provide significant reductions in time, costs and human error.

– See more at: http://www.bullhorn.com/au/blog/2016/08/technology-shaping-future-recruitment/#sthash.er9emwBk.dpuf

4 Ways to Reduce Gender Bias Within Your Recruitment Advertising

Diversity continues to be a main priority for HR, with thousands of businesses actively taking measures to improve the diversity of their workforce.
One of the many goals that HR departments are working towards is reducing gender bias in certain business areas.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/4-ways-to-reduce-gender-bias-within-your-recruitment-advertising