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Recruitment SLAs & other such nonsense

Recruitment SLAs & other such nonsense

“We have an SLA with our hiring managers where they HAVE to review CVs within 48 hours” This came up in a conversation I was having with an internal recruiter a couple of years ago, they were quite proud that they had this SLA enforced on their hiring managers. Curiosity

A Recruiting Mindset: Servant or Business Partner?

A Recruiting Mindset: Servant or Business Partner?

I’ve worked with a lot of recruiters of the years, broadly speaking I think we recruiter folk tend to fall into two categories: those of us who want to be liked by our hiring managers; and those of us who would rather be respected by our hiring managers. Of

Recruitment is Storytelling

Recruitment is Storytelling

Everybody loves a good story right? Our kids love us reading them a story before bed, we share stories about our work day with our families and stories about our weekend with our colleagues on a Monday morning, but when it comes to the day job many of us forget

Asking Candidates Their Current Salary Is As Unnecessary As Asking Their Shoe Size

Asking Candidates Their Current Salary Is As Unnecessary As Asking Their Shoe Size

I shared a LinkedIn post yesterday which caused quite a bit of debate. The post basically said that recruiters & hiring managers should stop asking candidates about their current salary and it’s as relevant as their shoe size. By asking candidates their current salary you are anchoring them to

How To Write A Job Advert That Attracts Talent

How To Write A Job Advert That Attracts Talent

You’ve taken your brief with the hiring manager , next up you need to plan how you’re going to fill the role, one of the most underrated tools a recruiter has in their utility belt is the job advert. I spent the first 10 of my 15 year recruiting

A Culture of Hiring

A Culture of Hiring

About 12 months ago I watched Nellie Peshkov present at LinkedIn Talent Connect in Vegas (via YouTube unfortunately!) about how they’ve created a culture of hiring at Netflix and I’ve watched it at least a dozen times since then. What she talks about isn’t rocket science, in

Confessions of an Introvert

Confessions of an Introvert

4,307 weeks at home under lockdown, no forced social interactions, no visitors to your home, no visiting to other people's homes – sounds like an introvert's dream right? I've always been quite introverted, even when I was younger I'd be the kid