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Thank you for visiting HR Connexions Online Recruitment Blog. Designed to keep Employers & Recruiters up to date on all the developments in Online Recruitment. Please feel free to express your point of view and share your experiences with us. We look forward to communicating with you!

• 24Feb

  What do YOU want to know about Online Recruitment?

  Applicant Tracking Systems, Law & legislation, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Process, Recruitment Strategy, Social Networking No Comments
  With such rapid developments in the world of Online Recruitment, the objective of our current Poll is to establish which topics HR and Recruiters feel they need additional training or knowledge on.  Please cast your vote and then see the results. Thanks for your help in advance.

  Tags: E-Recruitment, Online Recruitment, Polls, Research, surveys

• 18Feb

  Apprenticeships Seminar in Yorkshire

  Developing Talent, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Strategy, Reporting Back No Comments
  I attended a really good & well turned out seminar this morning; hosted by TheBusinessDesk.com in association with with National Apprenticeship Service (NAS).  The event follows the National Apprenticeship Week which was at the beginning of the month and the seminar was designed to highlight the benefits to Yorkshire’s business community in employing an apprentice.

  I am sure there will be some film footage uploaded soon by TheBusinessDesk.com, but I thought I would do a quick synopsis of the event for those who missed it or want more info:

  Anthony Knowles (Employer Services Director for NAS in Yorkshire and Humber) very eloquently explained the benefits of taking on an apprentice.  He highlighted that by doing this, employers have a great opportunity to compliment their existing recruitment strategies.  Their online vacancy system is designed to be easy to use and FREE have a look at the site and see for yourself. They also offer full support in helping employers through the apprentice  recruitment process.

  Gary Verity (Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire) as usual, did an entertaining & engaging presentation on the successes of the recent campaigns to promote the regions tourism.  Highlighting some fantastic facts:  Yorkshire is the fastest growing region in the UK with the number of visitors up by a staggering 31% and the money spent by visitors in 2009 increased by 13%.

  Alison Ashworth Brown (Head of NG Bailey’s Engineering Academy) presented the practical side to taking on an apprentice.  NG Baily have been employing apprentices since 1934 and she highlighted some great examples of improved staff retention, career development, bridging the skills gap and promotion of an employer of choice.  Her overall message was designed to encourage people to change the way we view apprenticeship schemes.

  Overall this was a great introduction to apprenticeship schemes, the support that NAS can offer and how an employer can add real value to his/her recruitment strategy and bottom line.  For more information, visit their website or check out their facebook page

  Lis Wilson is a Director at HR Connexions and helps businesses use the internet to recruit and manage talent.

  Tags: apprentice, Recruitment Strategy

• 11Feb

  Everything DiSC

  Developing Talent, Online Recruitment No Comments
  People drive business. It is essential that we help create the correct environment to achieve maximum effectiveness and productivity.   Jane Keogh from Aqanta introduces DiSC Profiling and how this has helped a large manufacturing company improve its team dynamics.

  Contrary to popular belief, people do not want to be treated the same as everyone else because everyone is different! People have different goals, fears, motivations and ways of seeing the world.

  Understanding the importance of identifying the different styles of behaviour within the workplace is the starting point to achieving enhanced communication for more motivated, driven and focused teams.

  So whatever the people challenge, Everything DiSC® has a programme/module  to meet the specific requirements of companies.  Training can be implemented individually, for a group of senior managers, or for a team of people.

  The following are current topics which have been covered using Everything DiSC® solutions:

  Enhanced communication
  Team Development & Effectiveness
  Conflict resolution
  Sales Performance
  Management/leadership Skills
  General Workplace

  Recent real life scenario:

  A team within a large manufacturing company had a problem between two members of the department, one of whom was the manager.  This was having a diverse effective on morale and productivity.  One member of the team perceived the manager to be aggressive to the point of border line bullying.

  Using the DiSC model they were able to get an understanding of themselves, they learnt how they each tend to respond to one another and in particular to conflict situation  and it allowed them to value and appreciate the differences between them.  They identified their strengths, how they might overuse them and that the strengths of their colleagues in fact complemented their own.  They were also able to develop strategies to flex and adapt their behaviour for improved communication and results especially when they are under pressure and most likely to demonstrate changes in their behaviour.  The team also understood that the manager ‘s role was to lead them to achieve targeted deadlines and accepted that she may have to ‘up’ the pace and sense of urgency and that this is behaviour based on a situation.

  The training has resulted in a more functional team, with an understanding of their own roles and those of others.  The conflict situation was resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.  And they recognized that they now had the tools to communicate more effectively to avoid future misunderstandings.

  If you would like to know more then please contact Jane Keogh on 01423 506773 or jane@aqanta.co.uk
  www.aqanta.com

  Tags: behavioural testing, DISC, psychometric testing

• 09Feb

  Do you Know the Pitfalls? FREE Employment Seminars in Leeds City Centre

  Law & legislation, Online Recruitment No Comments
  

   

  Levi Solicitors in Leeds are holding 2 more seminars around Employment.  Designed to help businesses understand the legal implications and commercial best practice in recruiting & employing staff.

  The seminars are FREE and will be held at – Levi Solicitors LLP 33, St Pauls Street, Leeds, LS1 2JJ. Breakfast will also be provided 8.30am - 9.45am

  The Next Seminar (2) is on the 10th February

  Do you know…the pitfalls of  employing staff?’

  Performance management
  Absence management
  Conduct issues
  Good riddance to the statutory disciplinary and grievance procedures?
  What to do when things go wrong – compromise agreements & tribunal claims
  Guest speaker – Joanne Vose of Red Elephant HR
  Insured employment advice presented by DE Ford Insurance Brokers

  The Final Seminar (3) will be on 24th Feburary 2010

  Do you know…the pitfalls of reorganising your business?’

  How to make staff redundant
  How to reorganise your business
  How to make changes to terms and conditions of employment
  What to do when things go wrong – compromise agreements & tribunal claims
  Guest speaker - Susan Clarkson of Apollo Consulting Ltd
  Insured employment advice presented by DE Ford Insurance Brokers 

  If you are interested in attending, please contact HR Connexions on 0113 258 4440

   

  Tags: employing staff, Employment, Events, legal, redundancies

• 02Feb

  The Best Gadget for Recruitment!

  For Fun 2 Comments
  Watching Hustle on BBC1  last night, got us thinking…. What’s the best gadget that could fox the dragons, sell for £160k and yet be pretty useful in recruitment?

  Here is one we thought up:

  This gadget uses the latest technology to streamline even the busiest recruitment system.  It also:

  *    Uses the latest diamond edge technology

  *    Can handle millions of CV’s per hour

  *    Store all CV’s in one safe place

  *    Robust and proven technology

  *    Central storage & access for unlimited users

  *    Keeps in line with environmental policies

  *    Cuts through all the rubbish

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  What is your recruitment hustle? 

  There is a prize for the one that makes us laugh the most!

  Tags: For Fun