Claire England: Social mobility, it’s time for employers to up their game
“People from lower socio-economic backgrounds often face barriers to enter a number of professions.”
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Tag: Candidates
Dean Sadler: AI is set to become a redefining force in HR
“Securing the perfect candidate is harder than ever.”
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Dawn Brown: HR horror stories to haunt you this Halloween
How should HR deal with email scams and lying candidates?
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Halloween horror interview stories from both sides of the table
An employer was not a fan of a candidate because of his eyebrows.
Read MoreMore than 9 out of 10 CVs contain spelling errors, and men are the main culprits
Find out what the most common CV mistakes are and which UK regions host the most culprits.
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Senior managers creating organisations of clones
Employer bias is leading three in 10 (29 per cent) senior managers to hire people just like them, risking business innovation and potential
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Employers up pay to compete for candidates
Two fifths (42 per cent) of employers who have had difficulty recruiting candidates have increased the salary on offer, according to a survey of employers by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
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Alexander Gray-Johnson: Utilising live candidate information to find the perfect fit
Years have gone by with little innovation of any kind in the data collected by, and used by, recruiters when hunting for the perfect candidate. Generally, we’re still forced to use algorithms (admittedly increasingly accurate algorithms) to search through massive CV databases to find us the best candidates.
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Job hunters believe a drivers licence makes them more employable
UK job hunters believe having a driving licence makes them more employable, according to a survey from the UK’s leading independent job board CV-Library.
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Gerard Murnaghan: The future of recruitment will be driven by ‘intelligent aggregation’
Organisations turning to intelligent aggregation technologies when recruiting candidates can increase efficiency and improve better candidate-jobs best fits.
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Steve Othen: Is the candidate experience really that important?
There is currently a gap between what candidates expect and what employers think is important to...
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Half of UK workers have had an ex-colleague attempt to poach them
UK companies are having to work harder to keep hold of their top talent as employees are more...
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Siobhan Twose: Personality profiling – “I’ve got your number”
Run a search for the word personality on the web and you will probably find something like this:...
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Permanent candidate availability plummets
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs provides the most...
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Majority of jobseekers would turn down a job if the interviewer gave a poor first impression
More than two thirds (70 per cent) of job seekers turn down a job if their first impression is...
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60% of recruiters still do not monitor the candidate experience
Recruiters are burying their heads in the sand when it comes to measuring candidate experience....
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