Working with a recruitment consultant – The questions we ask and the reasons why

One of the early stages in the recruitment process is the candidate qualification stage where recruiters ask candidates a series of questions.

 In my last blog I wrote about why candidates are losing faith with recruiters. In the current climate it’s easy to see why candidates are becoming savvy and carefully choosing which recruiters they want to work with.

More information: http://www.markpearce.net/#!Working-with-a-recruitment-consultant-The-questions-we-ask-and-the-reasons-why/c193z/56ee691d0cf2ca5152e8a57e

6 Tips to Grow Your Recruitment Reputation with Blogging

Blogging is a great way to communicate with a broad, yet targeted audience. Blog writing will help to attract and convert cold talent, build community and raise awareness on multiple levels. Blogs provide a platform for you to establish your personal brand and to highlight the depth of experience in your organisation. This helps you to develop a reputation for thought leadership and credibility in your industry.

More information: http://prominence.social/Prominence-Blog/ArticleID/118/6-Tips-to-Grow-Your-Recruitment-Reputation-with-Blogging

Can Recruitment Software really measure your KPIs?

A lot of recruiters are dependent on recruiting technology to do their jobs well, and much has been written about the benefits of recruitment or ATS software. But do these technologies really help improve a recruiter’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

More information: http://valuehire.com/blog/can-recruitment-software-really-measure-your-kpis/

The Essential Recruiting Metrics – From Startup to Enterprise

If you measured every metric that every article on the web suggested you should measure to confirm whether you are recruiting effectively or not, you would end up spending most of your time measuring your recruiting activities as opposed to actually recruiting!

More information: http://recruitloop.com/blog/the-essential-recruiting-metrics-from-startup-to-enterprise/

The Rise of the Recruitment Marketplace

Talent acquisition professionals typically wrestle with an unwieldy variety of systems in their war for talent. Besides core recruitment systems (often an old-fashioned ATS), they deal with job boards, video interview tools, background check vendors and candidate assessments. Using this tech menagerie is inconvenient, as they aren’t easily integrated to the ATS, all of which translates into extra clicks and duplicate data entry.

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-recruitment-marketplace/