31Jul
Happy Yorkshire Day to all those Yorkshire readers! We all know that Yorkshire people have deep pockets and short arms, but even if you are not from Yorkshire; if you want to keep your costs as low as possible and still recruit the best staff don’t forget your online recruitment strategy! Some of the best bits from this weeks web to help you on the way…
Peter Gold has condensed some of the highlights from The Aberdeen Group Report: HR Exec’s Guide to Web 2.0. on Hire strategies. The full report is a 28 page document and worth a read as it demonstrates the usage and success of web 2.0 for recruitment & talent management. (Recruitment has seen a 105% growth of web 2.0 tools).
Hire Strategies has also set up an affiliates scheme to help drive traffic to their workshops. This could be useful to all those in the industry who are helping employers to reduce the cost of recruitment!
Job Board News: JobServe have introduced a P4P (Pay for Performance) service and Total Jobs are gearing up for the largest piece of international labour research ever.
People Management report on how HR Departments are preparing for swine flu and the CIPD have updated their free fact sheet for employers there are some great tips to help employers prepare & contingency plan from home working to video conferencing & communications.
Sadly we missed the Summer Recruitment Tweetup, but if you want to know more about what this is and what happened on the night, check out the video on Digital Recruiting Looks like we missed a good one!
Tags: job boards, Social Networking, swine flu, twitter, web 2.0
10Jul
Twitter Job Search (a job search engine for twitter) is now able to support videos which means job seekers can attached video CV’s to jobs posted on twitter. Read more at onrec.com
Personnel Today report that staff will be allowed to self cert sickness for up to 2 weeks if the Government proposals to contain swine flu go ahead.
Sadly we can’t attend, but if you are a UK Recruiter reader, Louise has negotiated a discount of 20% for the Social Media in Recruitment Conference.
Download your free copy of Jobsites recession recruiting report Some of the headlines include; 53% of companies are still hiring and 52% of employee are looking for a new job…
And, finally, are we seeing green shoots? The latest report on jobs by REC and KPMG shows the slowest decline rate in 13 months.
Tags: economy, social media, swine flu, twitter
03Jul
Firstly, BIG congratulations to Jules Wyman for reaching the final for Britians Next Top Coach 2009 A true inspiration if you want a pick me up!
CIPD Updates their guidelines for the importance of Employer Branding in this recession.
Watch the interview with Mark Williams by Mike Taylor, ahead of the Social Media Conference in a couple of weeks. Mark gives some key tips on using Linked In as a recruitment tool and ways to build your profile.
Enhance Media have noticed an increase in traffic to NORAS (UK’s largest online recruitment audience survey) as more companies use the internet rather than traditional recruitment methods to fill job roles
Twitter and Cyber / Name Squatting it is still happening! Post & comments on Social Workplace Blog
Tags: employer branding, linkedin, social media, twitter
01Jul
Whether you recruit 10 or 1000 people a year, effective talent Management solutions are essential for improving the recruitment and retention in your business.
One key tool that plays an important part in managing your talent is an Applicant Tracking System. Without one, you could be overlooking a simple but effective way to improve the attraction of talent to your organisation, reduce your recruitment costs and allow you to record results for the continuous improvement of your recruitment processes.
Due to its availability, ease of use and low cost, an ATS now has a broad appeal and can be implemented into almost every business that recruits, no matter its size.
There has been a sudden increase in interest and demand from hiring companies over the last 6 months and to help you gain a greater understanding of what Applicant Tracking Systems are and how they can help you develop effective Talent Management Systems for your organisation, we have compiled a list of answers to questions we are always getting asked. So click below to get your Free Copy of The ATS Guide
Tags: Applicant Tracking Systems, ATS, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Process
