5 Ways to Recruit Top Graduates

The competition surrounding graduate recruitment is getting more and more fierce, especially with the reported skills shortage in the engineering and manufacturing industries.

The key to recruiting the best graduates starts by getting to know your target audience.

Excluding mature students, you’ll find that a huge percentage of graduates this summer are members of Generation Z (those born between 1993 and 1999).

More information: https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/attracting-staff/5-ways-to-recruit-top-graduates/

How to Narrow Down Your Candidate Pool and Make the Right Hire

When hiring, getting a lot of applicants isn’t always a good thing. Some job seekers just blast resumes off for jobs they’re not entirely qualified for and hope for the best. The recruiting team then has to sort through them all to find the handful who have what it takes to do the job.

In an ideal world, professionals with the right background would be the only ones who apply.

More information: https://recruiterbox.com/blog/how-to-narrow-down-the-candidate-pool-and-make-the-right-hire

William Almonte – Online Recruitment Versus Traditional Recruitment

Time is rolling faster than ever with the emergence of Internet system. Using online procedure has changed the entire perspective of approach to jobs and people are getting employed every day with its help. The thing is about being at right place at the right, which has been made possible by online recruitment. You can get a job before even knowing at the speed of light.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/william-almonte-online-recruitment-versus-traditional-recruitment

Questions to Ask When Setting up a Recruitment Advertising Contract

It has been reported that jobseekers use, on average, a total of 16 different sources when searching for a role. This statistic – from the Candidate Behaviour Survey by Careerbuilder – highlights the importance of for employers to use a range of complementary resources to advertise their jobs to ensure the best level of reach.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/in-house-recruiter/questions-to-ask-when-setting-up-a-recruitment-advertising-contract

4 Simple Measures to Take to Future Proof your Recruitment

When setting up a direct sourcing strategy it is important to consider more than just the ‘right here, right now’ objectives. By anticipating and factoring in potential future changes you can remain one step ahead of the game.

Understanding and applying what candidates want when they search for a new job is key for success. But, how can you keep ahead of their demands?

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/in-house-recruiter/4-simple-measures-to-take-to-future-proof-your-recruitment

HOW TO DRIVE INTEREST BEFORE YOUR RECRUITING EVENTS (IN 500 WORDS)

I’ll be honest, it’s been a while since I attended a recruiting event as a candidate. But I still vividly remember what I hated about those events.

Here’s the short list:

Walking into the expo hall and not knowing where the heck to go, who to talk to, or what each employer was looking for. I was a journalism major, so I was rarely high on anyone’s list and the brands everyone knew were always crowded.

More information: http://blog.smashfly.com/2018/02/28/how-to-promote-recruiting-events/

How to Hire a Professional Content Writer for Your Business

Two decades ago, businesses did not give a hoot about what went on online. Much to their surprise, they needed an online presence shortly afterward. After a few more years, a mere online presence ceased to do the trick. The time had come for outstanding content, and the popular online “household” phrase ‘content is king’ emerged.

Today, the online space is characterized by cutthroat competition that compels businesses to look beyond content to get to professional writers, who in addition to authoring the content can provide value-added services such as developing a killer content strategy that attracts traffic and converts them into customers.

More information: http://recruitloop.com/blog/hire-professional-content-writer-business/

What Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Want to Know Before Hiring You

Facebook is one of the world’s most visited websites and easily the most popular social network. That means there is a big company operating behind the scenes, made up of talented people like CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Jobs at Facebook are some of the most sought after in Silicon Valley and the overall technology industry. With so many candidates to consider, the company has to take a smart approach to identifying the right people for every job it hires for.

More information: https://recruiterbox.com/blog/what-facebook-and-mark-zuckerberg-want-to-know-before-hiring-you/

What to look out for when shortlisting candidates for interview

The average job advertised on totaljobs receives 20 applications from qualified candidates, driven to relevant jobs by a clever traffic strategy and advanced search and match technology.

While deciding where to advertise, we know that the number of applications you can expect to receive is often a deciding factor, but sometimes it’s hard to remember what this actually means.

More information: http://blog.totaljobs.com/shortlisting-candidates-interview

Choose the Right Applicant Tracking System in 2018: 5 Questions to Ask

It can be intimidating to select a new software system for your company. Not only does it have to do everything you need it to do, but it also needs to be simple enough for your team to learn, a large enough value for your CFO to approve and implemented in enough time to be useful. It can be especially daunting when it comes to applicant tracking systems, for the simple reason that hiring the right talent makes your business successful.

More information: https://blog.clearcompany.com/choose-the-right-applicant-tracking-system-questions-to-ask