How to Hire: A Practical Guide for Employers
Most hiring problems come from the basics: a vague brief, a job ad that pulls in the wrong people, a process that drags, interviews that don’t tell you much. Get those right and the rest gets easier.
This guide brings together what we’ve written on running a hiring process that lands the right person without wasting weeks. From the job ad to the offer.
Why More Companies are Starting to Disclose Salaries when Recruiting
Many job seekers are hesitant to apply for jobs because they don't know the salary range. This can lead to them underselling themselves or, even worse, accepting a…
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18 Questions to Ask Candidates in an Interview for the Best Hire
Hiring the wrong candidate can be a costly mistake. Not only do you have to start the recruiting process all over again, but you also lose productivity while…
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How to Showcase your Company Culture During the Recruitment Process
What is company culture? A company's culture is the combination of values, beliefs, and behaviours that define what it’s like to work at the organisation. Company culture is…
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How to Measure your Recruitment Effectiveness
Recruitment is an essential process for any organisation, as it needs to be done efficiently to ensure no hold-ups in the company’s growth. And whilst most companies track…
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How to Hire in a Candidate Short Market
When trying to hire in a candidate short market, employers need to take action to keep ahead of their competition by securing and retaining good talent. Whilst a…
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How to Successfully Onboard Remote Employees
With 47% of employees wanting to continue working at home often or all of the time, it’s no surprise that businesses are changing their approach to onboarding employees.…
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10 Tips for Attracting More Diverse Candidates
We know that having a diverse group of professionals within a business, at all levels, can help create a better culture, increase innovation, and help achieve faster growth.…
Read articleHow your recruitment process can play a positive role in your employees’ mental health
Recruiters in any industry need to be aware of just how prevalent mental health issues are in today’s workforce. It’s very likely that you will encounter candidates who…
Read articleHow to manage a rise in job applications
Over the last year, the number of applications per advertised job has increased significantly. This is due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as more and more…
Read articleThe Importance of a Well-Written Job Description
The importance of a well-written job description should not be underestimated. These documents can not only make your recruitment process more efficient and attract the best candidates but…
Read articleShould salary be included on job ads?
When you’re advertising a job opening should you include the salary or salary range on the listing? Or should you simply list it as ‘competitive’, ‘depending on experience’…
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Brexit and HR – Retaining staff, Recruitment and Right to Work
With the UK set to leave the EU in a matter of months, there’s still a lot we don’t know. Working across borders already brings challenges for businesses…
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Tips on Conducting Virtual Interviews
With Covid-19 still a threat to our day-to-day lives, virtual interviews have been dubbed the go-to interviewing process in 2020. However, when the world goes back to ‘normal’,…
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The importance of maintaining candidate engagement throughout your recruitment process
Candidate Engagement and Putting it into Practice We live in a digital era, where innovation and advancing technology are common place. If you aren’t keeping candidates engaged during…
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Should Tech Companies Look at Older Workers in Their Recruitment Strategy?
Anyone that has worked for marketing agencies or technology companies will know one thing, the average age of the employees is likely to be low. For anyone from…
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The Evolution of the Role of the CMO in Marketing Recruitment
Chief Marketing Officer is a relatively new job title having made its workplace debut during the 1980s. However the decade of power dressing and giant mobile phones is…
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Why you shouldn’t aim for a perfect number of candidates when hiring
Getting the perfect bank of candidates to interview for a role is a science that takes a lot of mastering. There are so many factors that take in deciding who to interview, that numbers are a almost a little irrelevant.
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How Would a Flexible Working Policy Affect Your Recruitment Process?
Flexible working is taking off in all industries, and we’re seeing companies like PwC embrace the new way of working productively. But, will it affect your recruitment?
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Brexit and Recruitment – What Will be the Effect?
The countdown to the UK leaving the European Union is ticking along and while the politicians slug it out, British businesses are still evaluating what effect it will have on them, not only in the future but in the present.
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Contractors – Are You Making the Move into Full Time Employment?
IR35 (see Contractor Calculator article) is set to change how contractors work and look for employment, and this may already be having an effect on employment trends in the UK, with a marked drop in contractors and increase in full-time employment. But to what extent is this linked to IR35 and do other factors such as skills shortages mean that companies are keen to snap-up those that have valuable skillsets?
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Sales Recruitment Advice from the Leaders at Salesforce
Salesforce is a global giant in the technology world, a brand familiar on everyone’s lips and oftentimes, a sales person’s best friend. We were contacted with an infographic from the company focusing on how to attract sales talent from non-traditional backgrounds into the field via your job description. There was an accompanying article too, detailing the traits to look for when hunting out such sales talent.
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eCommerce Staffing: Who Do You Need and Why?
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Pending Legislation to Affect Recruiters: The GDPR
We’re way ahead of the game here but as recruiters, we handle a lot of sensitive data both of our candidates and our clients. Data privacy and adherence to the current Data Protection Act is paramount, however it’s all about to change with the introduction of the GDPR.
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Job Advert Statistics Back up Best Practice Claims
We’ve got a lot of lovely statistics this week from from UK job board giant Indeed. With roles being added to their portal at a staggering rate of 8.2 jobs posted per second, we’ve got trends about what your ideal candidate may and may not respond to when it comes to browsing your ad.
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Common Challenges for Today’s Recruiters
RecruitmentBuzz delivered survey results from Totaljobs about businesses doubting they will achieve full employment in the coming years: we add our thoughts on why this may be, and what employers can do about it.
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New Research Shows Career Drivers for Schools Leavers
The Global Recruiter reported on a study we thought to be fascinating to online recruitment agencies. The findings help identify what young people are looking for upon entering the world of work, and what their drivers are when it comes to leaving the world of education and taking the first step into full time working life.
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Executive Decisions: How to Recruit Top Executive Talent
A research study conducted by InterExec, one of the world’s leading companies regarding senior executive recruitment, has outlined some key trends expected to influence the job market and change the way businesses search for talented executives. We discuss the findings, and how to adapt hiring processes in order to channel the best possible executive candidates.
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Taking Their Time: Interview Process Time Doubled Since 2010
A job interview can be one of the most nerve-wracking experiences for a jobseeker. Candidates must display confidence, intelligence and a strong sense of their personality. However, new research from Glassdoor shows how the interview process has extended, becoming twice as long as it was five years ago. We look at the statistics and why interviews have changed so much.
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Candidates Must Calculate: NatWest Salary Calculator Offers Clearer Picture of Take-Home Pay
NatWest Bank have recently released a new interactive tool, the ‘Salary Calculator’ which helps users to calculate their take-home salary for fixed-term, part-time, temporary or contract work. Providing a visual overview, the tool gives a breakdown of any tax, pension and loan deductions as well as the ability for users to view their pay over any given period. We take a look at how this tool could help candidates understand just how much an offered salary will actually equate to and able them to analyse a job offer in its entirety, including perks and downtime.
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Understanding the Annual Recruitment Cycle
With the first quarter of the year almost at an end, the second part of the yearly recruitment cycle is about to begin. Here, we look at the aspects of each quarter that need remembering in order to maximise the chances of recruiting the best possible candidates.
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As Easy As X, Y, Z: How to Recruit Different Generations with Targeted Techniques
As recruiters, we know how important it is to cater our recruitment methods and styles to the demographic we are trying to reach. Utilising in-depth knowledge of each generation of workers will ensure the best and most suitable candidates apply for the job. In this week’s post, we look from the Baby Boomers to Generations X, Y and Z and at how employers can target their recruitment in order to reach their desired audience.
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Don’t Go Back to the Drawing Board: What to Consider Before Hiring an Employee
Running a successful business requires a whole host of elements, the most important of which is staff. If your company is gaining momentum and the next step is bringing new talent on board, you need to know what to consider before hiring an employee. Here, we take a look at the aspects to consider before you even start looking.
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The Past, Present and Future of Recruitment: How the Industry Grew and How it Will Change
With the changing pace of society, namely the advancements in technology and business, the way in which companies recruit has changed dramatically. With so many changes taking place on a daily basis, it can be hard to keep up with the new techniques and methods of finding top staff. Here, we take a look at the past, present and future of recruiting to see what can be learned and adapted in order to be most effective in our transient environment.
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What’s In A Name: Could Ethnic Names Hold Candidates Back In The Recruiting Process?
When it comes to applying for jobs, there are many things a candidate can do to ensure that they are thought of as “the one” for a position. However, a recent story on news site Buzzfeed reportedly demonstrates that there are certain things beyond a candidate’s control which could unfortunately lead to their applications being skimmed over. Here, we discuss what aspects of your application could incite unfair discrimination and how these old-fashioned notions are affecting today’s jobseekers.
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Could Listening To 50 Cent Get You A Job? New Study Reveals How Music Can Help You In An Interview
Everyone prepares for interviews in different ways, from researching the company to roping in one of your friends for an interview role-play – but new research suggests that listening to ‘high-power’ music could boost your confidence by a mile.
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The Facts About Bad References
When looking for a new job having positive references from previous employers is highly recommended if your new employer is to gain a favourable idea of your work ethic and performance. Some people mistakenly believe it’s against the law to provide a negative reference, however that is not strictly true. Here we discuss the facts about references and how – in our experience as an online recruitment agency - they really affect your future job prospects…
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The Best Job Titles. Ever.
At RecruitmentRevolution.com we’re big advocates of following your passion. Doing something you enjoy is paramount, and that’s exactly what the following have done…earning them deliciously different job titles!
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The Future of Interviews? How Virgin Money’s New Approach Could Change Recruitment
Virgin have become well known in the world of business for their creativity and innovation, and this lust for the new and exciting has led them to create an entirely new kind of interviewing process aimed and drawing out a creative genius from previously untapped sources. Here we take a look at the new process and how other companies and indeed online recruitment agencies can tailor their hiring process to find the best candidate for the job.
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Summer Lovin’: How To Find Work On Your Summer Holiday
With summer looming, students have a few weeks of freedom to look forward to as well as the chance to start earning and saving for the following year. Looking for summer work is a great opportunity not just financially but also with regards to gaining valuable and varied experience in the work arena – something employers value highly. Here we look at top tips for finding work over the summer and the benefits of sampling new industries.
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What Recruitment Can Learn from Steve Jobs
In the week that marked what would have been Steve Jobs’ birthday the Internet was awash with tributes and well wishes. His character as well as his speeches and lessons can be applied to almost any enterprise, and at RecruitmentRevolution.com we’ve come up with our own top three Steve Jobs’ lessons that can be applied to the online recruitment industry and our candidates.
Read articleCan A Lack of Candidate Feedback Negatively Affect your Business?
We came across an interesting article from Recruiter, which looked at whether providing candidate feedback can affect your company, with emphasis on the repercussions of forgetting or failing to send candidate feedback. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleCharacteristics of the Successful Modern Company
We came across an interesting article from Forbes recently, which looked at what the common characteristics of a modern successful company are. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
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From the Recruitment Agency to the Workplace: What Gives Employees Job Satisfaction?
Job satisfaction and employee wellbeing = everybody wins? Just how essential is job satisfaction in the workplace…
Read articleUsing Your Personality in Interviews
We came across an interesting article from The Work Buzz, which looked at using your personality as a means of getting a new job or a promotion. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleWhat to Take to Interviews
We came across an interesting article from Forbes recently, which looks at what type of document(s) you should be taking with you to a job interview. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleKeeping Hold of a Great Candidate
We came across an interesting article from ere.net recently, which looked at the top reasons not to lose a great candidate. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleDecember – A Powerful Month For Recruiting
We came across an interesting article from ere.net, which looked at why December is such a powerful month for recruiters and recruiting. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleSix Signs You Impressed In Your Interview
We came across an interesting article from AegisTech recently, which looks at some of the clues that suggest you’ve impressed in your job interview. Below, we have summarised accordingly.
Read articleWhy Hasn’t This Job Been Filled?
It’s the same situation in all forms of retail and sales: if nobody is buying it, what’s wrong with it? We came across an interesting article from ere.net recently, which explores how long a position can be advertised before people start to wonder why it hasn’t been filled.
Read articleGoogle: The World’s Most Attractive Employer
We recently came across an interesting article on Recruiter, proclaiming that Google has again been named the world’s most attractive employer.
Read articleGood Answers to Hard Interview Questions
An article caught our eye this week which explores what answers are good for hard interview questions and we thought it would be interesting to report what these are.
Read articleUK Firms to hire thousands of Romanians as meanwhile UK Jobless Soars
As unemployment hits a 17-year high, the demands for skilled immigrant labour increases.
Read articleNewly qualified teachers struggling to get work
Over the past year newly qualified teachers in the UK have been struggling to find employment.
Read articleGraduate Recruitment Market Recovering, but Unemployment Still Sits at 9% Six Months After Graduation
Data just released on Friday by the higher education statistics agency indicates that close to 9% of 2010's graduating class remain unemployed six months after completing university.
Read articleUK Businesses Remain Largely Unaware of New Rules for Temporary Agency Workers
Starting on 1 October, a new rule will go into effect in the United Kingdom regarding the employment of temporary workers hired through recruitment agencies.
Read articleBT Hires Workers Outside Of The UK
British IT contractors have been laid off by BT’s Global Services Unit. They have been told the reason is they cost too much and that the overseas worker…
Read articleIs Ebay Really Going To Find You A Job?
Andy Palmer has put himself and his ‘services’ on Ebay as he touts employment and states he is prepared to do any job whatsoever (apart from anything illegal).…
Read articleHiring without the traditional agency fee
Recruitment Revolution sits between doing it yourself and paying a traditional agency 15–20%. A fixed fee, a proper service, no percentage.