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Candidate Experience, Ghosting & Recruiter Experience

Candidate Experience, Ghosting & Recruiter Experience

Let’s talk candidate experience, let’s talk ghosting, let’s talk recruiter experience. They’re all linked, obviously. No recruiter (in my experience anyway) deliberately goes out of their way to give candidates a bad experience, nor do they think “I’m going to ghost this candidate". Most

How to Optimise Your LinkedIn Profile to be more visible to Recruiters

Being visible and easily findable by Recruiters on LinkedIn is a great way to hear about new openings in your industry whether you're actively looking for a new job or just open to hearing about new positions. In this article we'll provide some top tips to

The Ultimate Guide To Job Searching

The Ultimate Guide To Job Searching

Searching for a job is hard. They say it’s easier to get a job when you’ve got a job, but given the last four years of mass lay offs and economic uncertainty, this is no longer true. The truth is, it doesn’t matter whether you currently have

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

Crowdsourcing Job Search Advice From Recruiters

Crowdsourcing Job Search Advice From Recruiters

I like to give job search advice, you'll find a lot of it in this blog and on my TikTok channel . But you should never take advice from just one person I reckon, and it's best to get advice from some different people to help you

3 red flags candidates look out for in hiring companies: They’re how you ‘get blacklisted,’ says ex-(insert company name) recruiter

3 red flags candidates look out for in hiring companies: They’re how you ‘get blacklisted,’ says ex-(insert company name) recruiter

While finding suitable candidates can be challenging, there are ways to conduct yourself that could make doing so even harder. “There’s something called validation seeking behaviour, aka desperation,” says Lee Harding, a recruiter and some bloke who likes to talk about talent acquisition. He adds that “it’s that

Writing A CV Is Hard: Here's a free CV Template To Get You Started

Writing A CV Is Hard: Here's a free CV Template To Get You Started

Writing a CV is tough, it's not really something that anybody teaches you to do. If you Google it, you'll get lots and lots of conflicting advice such as 'you have to keep it to two pages' or 'you should design it in