My Blog : Katie

What Can Employers Do to Improve Candidate Experience?

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:47:00 +0000

Candidate experience is an aspect of recruitment that often gets overlooked. What can employers do to ensure candidates receive a positive experience every time?

How to Attract Candidates with Specialist Skills – Without Using Agencies!

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:58:00 +0000

Attracting candidates with specialist skills is an area in which many employers still struggle. Though they may use job boards and social media channels to source candidates for other roles... when it comes to attracting specialist candidates many employers are still turning to recruitment agencies. But why is this? And what other options are there?

What do Talent Pools Mean for Candidates?

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:52:00 +0000

Are you a candidate confused about talent pools and what they mean to you? This blog post is for you.

The Average Cost of Recruitment (And How to Reduce it with Talent Direct)

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:45:00 +0000

A recent survey showed that the average UK spend per hire is £5,311. In the blog post, we discuss how Talent Direct is working to significantly reduce this cost.

What's the Most Important Thing for Candidates to Get Right? An Employer Poll

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:12:00 +0000

We’ve put together a poll on LinkedIn, and we’d love you to get involved. We want to know what candidate behaviour is most important to you as an employer.

Candidates Are Changing – Is Your Organisation Keeping Up?

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:15:00 +0000

The recruitment industry has changed almost unrecognisably over recent years. But it’s not just the platforms that are changing - it’s also candidate behaviour. An an employer, are you keeping up?

Advice to Candidates: Should You Accept a Counter-Offer?

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:34:00 +0000

Have you even been offered a counter-offer by a current employer in response to a job offer from elsewhere? We’ve shared some advice on why accepting it isn’t always the right choice.

Social Media for Employers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:00 +0000

There’s a huge amount of advice available for candidates who want to use social media to leverage their job hunts - but what about employers wanting to reap the benefits of digital?

Making Social Media Work For Your Job Search

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:51:00 +0000

In this blog post we offer advice to candidates on making social media work for them and their job search.

Recruitment and the Bottom Line: How To Keep Costs Down

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:02:00 +0000

In this blog we discuss the importance of reducing recruitment costs, and offer some advice on doing so. Any advice of your own to add? We’d love to hear it.