Recruitment

Candidate Experience Is Driven By Recruiter Experience

Candidate Experience Is Driven By 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

Agency Recruiters: How to Sell to In-House Recruiters

Agency Recruiters: How to Sell to In-House Recruiters

If we’re connected on LinkedIn you’ll have probably seen some of my posts/rants about some the calls I get from agency recruiters. On average I’d say I probably get around ten calls per day, so let’s say fifty per week. Of those fifty cold calls,

Thinking About Promoting Somebody Internally? Learn About the Peter Principle First

Thinking About Promoting Somebody Internally? Learn About the Peter Principle First

So, you're thinking about promoting someone on your team? Great! But hold on a minute. Have you heard about the Peter Principle? It's this idea from Dr. Laurence J. Peter back in 1969 that's super relevant for folks in leadership. It basically says that

Being A Rebel in Talent Acquisition Can Pay Off

Being A Rebel in Talent Acquisition Can Pay Off

Disruption, challenging the norm or even “innovation” doesn’t have to be big. Small changes can make a massive difference, I can be a bit of a rebel at times, if I see something that doesn’t make sense or I think can be improved then I’ll usually challenge

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

Skills Based Hiring Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated

Skills Based Hiring Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated

Scrolling through LinkedIn I see constant posts about the benefits of skills based hiring, which I think everybody largely agrees on, but one of the things I rarely see is some really practical examples of how to implement it and success stories. So I thought I’d share one of