CVs (resumes) and covering letters have long been the standard format for candidates profiling their talents. However, in an age where ‘personal branding’ is coming ever further to the forefront, do these formats remain relevant or should recruiters be doing more to persuade candidates to help themselves stand out? The CV – that bastion […]
8LEGS the global lead generation platform for the recruitment industry has recently added a new email finder and email sending tool, to its recruitment business development platform. The new email finding functionality will allow 8LEGS users to not only find new clients that are hiring staff but will also scrape and find email addresses relative […]
The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force on the 25th May 2018. For most recruitment agencies, many of the main concepts remain as included in the current Data Protection Act. Those already DPA-compliant have a solid foundation for coming into line with the GDPR which represents an extension of existing legislation and […]
The first quarter of 2017 is now over and it’s been a busy one. The introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, annual gender pay gap reporting, and the rollout of auto enrolment across SMEs, the UK’s biggest employment sector, have all conspired to provide an environment where companies are taking a close look a their […]
There’s a lot of talk about diversity and its importance within the workplace, but what is meant by ‘diversity’? Diversity is a surprisingly broad term, encompassing, not only gender, age, race, religion, background and personality, but also the differences in the way people perceive themselves, others around them and their subsequent interactions. Given this […]
For recruitment agencies, their asset of greatest value is their database. Not only does it hold the results of years of hard work and research but it also holds the key to future success. It’s something that’s built upon, nurtured and protected to the extent that when a member of staff resigns, they’re often escorted […]
Whether you’re a Branch Manager or a Managing Director, it can become easy to forget that alongside your company performing its day-to-day function, it also has to ensure its staff remains engaged in order to perform at its best. For recruitment companies, whose whole focus is the recruitment of the disenchanted, the unfulfilled and the […]
One of the biggest challenges many new recruiters face is the prospect of justifying the fee. Often, during negotiations, the client will decide that the fee is exorbitant; after all, what does a recruiter do, really, that they can’t. Clients will even say ‘we’d do it ourselves but we just don’t have the time’. But […]
Being a recruiter, negotiation is a vital skill. Some people have a natural gift for it but, as with most workplace skills, the majority of people will benefit from additional training. With negotiations, how you manage the proceedings is particularly important, as the outcome will directly impact your results, your ability to meet targets, and […]
These days, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram or Linkedin, everyone has a presence on social media. Many people use multiple platforms, picking up on the different style of each. Clients are becoming wiser to social media and often search for the profiles of both their prospective employees and their professional contacts. As such, it’s […]
