So you have two amazing candidates… how can you choose between them?

Even when your firm works with the very best recruitment agency and uses the most suitable hiring software, it’s not impossible to end up with two highly capable candidates who seem evenly matched.

In a situation like this, you will need to act fast to snap up at least one of these fantastic candidates. So, what factors will enable you to differentiate between the two?

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/so-you-have-two-amazing-candidates-how-can-you-choose-between-them

3 things that you need to do when recruiting staff

The recruitment of new employees is a necessarily multi-faceted process – doing things the same old familiar ways, drawing upon the same old staff with the same old skills, likely won’t deliver your company the great hiring results that you need to get ahead in your industry.

So, here are just three things that you should do when recruiting staff.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/3-things-that-you-need-to-do-when-recruiting-staff

3 questions to ask about that talent management software you’re considering

Picking out the right recruitment software may initially seem as straightforward as asking what your hiring team’s current pain points are, and which solution best addresses them.

However, it’s not always as simple as that – not least as many employers seeking out the best software package can be easily wooed by a particular platform’s long features list, losing sight of the bigger picture in the process.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/recruitment-tech/3-questions-to-ask-about-that-talent-management-software-youre-considering

5 Benefits Recruitment Software Can Deliver to Non-Profits

With many people longing to work for charities and make a positive impact as part of their job, you might think that recruiting within the non-profit sector would be easy.

However, when it comes to finding the right talent for their organisations, HR teams within charities are faced with many challenges.

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/recruitment-tech/5-benefits-recruitment-software-can-deliver-to-non-profits

Poaching Employees: Is it Ethical to Hire From Your Competitors?

In recruiting terms, “poaching” is a dramatic way to say hiring current or former employees from a competitor or similar company. You have open roles that call for certain experience and knowledge and a person who already works in your industry likely has the attributes you’re looking for.

However, many recruiters wonder if poaching is an ethical hiring practice. Aren’t you helping someone betray the employer who has invested so much in them by convincing them to jump ship?

More information: https://recruiterbox.com/blog/poaching-employees-is-it-ethical-to-hire-from-your-competitors/

Five Benefits of Online Recruitment

Online recruitment has revolutionized the recruitment industry that benefits both employer and job seekers and ultimately accelerates the recruitment process. Thus online recruitment is the era of quick hiring where employers can get quickly the potential talent. Online recruitment today is indispensable for recruiters and employers who use job portals as the primary source for headhunting, although this is a traditional hiring method but still its work, so job portals and career sites are the two edges of the recruitment equalizer.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/five-benefits-of-online-recruitment

5 of the best signs of ‘candidate fit’

If, like many an employer, you’ve worked with a fair few recruitment agencies in your time, the likelihood is that you will have also talked to them a lot about ‘candidate fit’. It’s often said that you should ‘hire for fit, train for skills’, and it’s not a bad philosophy for your company to have.

So, what are the specific qualities that indicate a certain candidate is a great ‘fit’ for your company?

More information: http://www.webrecruit.co.uk/employer-blog/hr-professional/5-of-the-best-signs-of-candidate-fit

CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO EQUALLY-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Very often in recruitment, you can be faced with a situation where you have to choose between two equally qualified candidates for a certain role.

Even though many people think that this is a great situation to be in it can make the decision process even more tricky. Choosing the wrong candidate for the job can result in a loss of time and money for a company. So how do you determine who is the better fit?

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/choosing-between-two-equally-qualified-candidates

Recruiting Recruiters for Recruitment Agencies

Recruitment agencies live and die by finding the right people for their clients, yet many still struggle to attract the best talent their own businesses.

We speak to Christina Knock of Cox Purtell to learn how she combats this through innovative and cost-effective employer branding. Have a listen to the interview below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the Employer Branding Podcast.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/employer-branding-for-recruiters/

Why Bad Days Matter in Recruitment

It is a stigma in recruitment (especially with all the bragging and oversharing that goes on over social media channels about celebrating success, brilliant client wins, smashing targets and hot deals) that anyone ever has a bad day/week/month/quarter. Yet the reality is, we ALL have bad times in recruitment if you have been in it for more than a year.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/bad-days-in-recruitment/