RECRUITERS – HERE ARE THE TOP TEN MISTAKES YOU SHOULDN’T EVER MAKE WHILE HIRING

What worries you the most right before you go looking for recruits?

For most recruiters who have answered this question, the response has boiled down to one point- initial recruiter mistakes are the costliest.

Is your job description plain and vague? Are you too focused on the degrees? The credentials? What are your filtering questions? How many are there? Are you rejecting overqualified clients automatically?

More information: http://multirecruit.com/blog/recruiters-here-are-the-top-ten-mistakes-you-shouldnt-ever-make-while-hiring/

5 Referral Ideas To Hire Top Talent

Employee Referrals co-exist with a lot of other initiatives in an organisation. Initiatives like employee engagement, performance reviews, diversity campaigns, announcements constantly compete for their attention. To run an engaging employee referral program, it is important to have a program with a personality. Here are the five referral ideas that will help you run a successful employee referral program:

More information: http://www.ripplehire.com/blog/entry/5-referral-ideas-to-hire-top-talent

Social Media Fails Every Recruitment Agency Should Avoid

We all know how important social media is to recruitment nowadays, and you need to be using it right. One small slip-up can really kill off your recruitment brand’s credibility, but unfortunately there are a few common blunders that we still see recruiters making time and time again…

So what are these social media fails to avoid in recruitment? Read on to find out.

More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/social-media-fails-every-recruitment-agency-should-avoid

How to Set Personal Recruitment KPIs to Become a Top Biller

There’s nothing more demotivating than being assigned generic ‘make more placements!’ recruitment KPIs. We all want to be making more placements, but what clearly defined actions can you be putting in place to ensure you’re reaching that ultimate goal?

It’s also equally unproductive to be assigned over-inflated KPIs that you know deep down are totally unachievable, as unrealistic targets will only stress, frustrate and demotivate you.

More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/how-to-set-personal-recruitment-kpis-become-a-top-biller

5 New Year’s Resolutions Every Recruiter Should Make

To help improve your practice and boost your billing, we’ve come up with 5 New Year’s resolutions every recruiter should be making in the new year. It’s time to reflect on the year just passed, and start thinking about how you plan to up your game in 2018!

So what are these New Year’s resolutions every recruiter should make? Read on to find out!

More information: https://blog.firefishsoftware.com/5-dos-and-donts-of-recruitment-sales-at-christmas

5 Tips For Startup Recruitment

Founders care for start-ups like it’s a baby. Of course! You need to put in your time and efforts 24/7 to get the best. If you have a baby, wouldn’t you want them to have the best of things? Exactly. That’s the same case while handling a startup. You really wouldn’t trust your baby to someone who wouldn’t care for them the way you do, right? They should be able to understand how your baby is and work towards making them a better person. That’s exactly the kind of treatment you’d give your startup as well.

More information: http://anzycareers.com/blogs/5-tips-startup-recruitment/

A Brick in the Wall – Education and a Diverse Workforce

This is part three of a three-part series exploring the future of work and what true diversity can mean for you, the organisations you work in and society at large. Click here to read part one.

Let’s take you back roughly fifty to sixty years. It is the mid-19th century. The Ivy-League colleges in the USA have become a thing. (For those that don’t know the USA context, the Ivy-League refers to a group of prestigious universities which are often associated with academic excellence and social elitism)

More information: https://weirdlyhub.com/brick-wall-education-diverse-workforce/

When the Recruiter becomes the Recruited

What kind of sly tricks and crafty machinations are wielded to spot, engage and recruit the ultimate recruiter? Turns out it’s mostly a matter of having a solid product.

As quick as you can, don’t think too much: How does one go from growing up in a remote series of airbase-adjacent Canadian towns to department-head in Silicon Valley?

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/when-the-recruiter-becomes-the-recruited/

Recruitment Strategies to Improve Your Diversity Brand

In today’s competitive global war for talent, a commitment to diversity hiring could set your company apart. The candidate of today wants to see a commitment to diversity that goes beyond a sentence in the employee handbook. Here are some concrete steps your company can take if they want to walk the walk.

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/recruiting-strategies-to-improve-your-diversity-brand/

7 Things to Consider Before Engaging a Freelancer

It is not uncommon for business owners to feel overwhelmed at times. Running a business takes a lot out of a person, and there comes a time when help is needed. Hiring a freelancer to take on some of the day-to-day tasks can be a big help without being a huge financial burden. If you hire the right person for the job, they will be a valuable asset to your business.

More information: http://recruitloop.com/blog/7-things-consider-engaging-freelancer/