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Charging jobseekers for recruitment services. Is it really so wrong?

March 23, 2010 – 8:00 am | 4 Comments
Charging jobseekers for recruitment services.  Is it really so wrong?

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The notion of charging someone to get back into work is an area so littered with minefields that even the most experienced ballistics expert should be sure to remember his hat.
 
In an age of…

How to write an effective job brief for online recruitment advertising

March 19, 2010 – 8:39 am | 4 Comments
How to write an effective job brief for online recruitment advertising

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With more than 70% of recruiters failing to properly advertise their vacancies, it’s little wonder applicant rates are up but quality levels are down.
 
If your applicant response is not hitting the mark, chances are…

Why aren’t recruiters socially accepting?

March 17, 2010 – 9:26 am | No Comment
Why aren’t recruiters socially accepting?

Number of View: 1464
Social media this, social media that.  It’s the buzz, they say.  But long since discarded as a passing fad many recruiters remain reluctant to adopt what is fast becoming the must-have tool for today’s staffing kit.…

Only recruiters with a social media strategy will survive

February 22, 2010 – 6:08 am | 5 Comments
Only recruiters with a social media strategy will survive

Number of View: 2313
Recruiters have a responsibility to their clients to engage with the ‘passive jobseeker’.
 
As social media sneaks further into the staffing industry, hiring managers are looking to their recruitment partners to drive the unconscious jobseeker…

Every successful recruiter will be blogging within two years

February 22, 2010 – 2:27 am | No Comment
Every successful recruiter will be blogging within two years

Number of View: 897
Recruiters to be responsible for providing new places for jobseekers to ‘hang-out’.
 
As social media creeps further into the hiring process, jobseekers are craving initiative.  So it is the responsibility of recruiters to brand themselves…

Recruitment industry optimistic about growth

February 16, 2010 – 6:32 am | No Comment
Recruitment industry optimistic about growth

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Attrition rates in the recruitment industry finally appear to be slowing, while expectations for business growth are at record-high levels, according to new research.
 
The RCSA‘s (Australia’s equivalent to the REC) Quarterly Business Manager Survey,…

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