Our best recruiting books 2024 list compiles our 19 favourite books for recruiters and talent acquisition professionals to read this year. When I started my career in recruitment in 2005, there wasn’t much content out there for recruiters beyond a few classic sales books and a handful of blogs. It was about learning by doing, […]
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Hiring warehouse workers can be a gruelling task. Finding the right applicants for the right warehouse jobs can be a challenge, so what is the best way to go about it? Some of the best advice that we’ve heard for hiring warehouse workers is to be transparent about the skills needed, be clear on the […]
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Imagine you’re in a job that you don’t like and you decide to leave. Now imagine that you’re in a job that you love but you have to relocate and reluctantly resign. On a company’s side of things, both of these situations lead to the same outcome; turnover, but they are very different situations with […]
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3. House teams – Harry Potter style Cross-team collaboration is a really big problem in companies of more than 50 people. So to get different teams speaking and learning from each other how about this company culture idea? When a new team member joins they join a ‘house’ with their own crest, colours, badges etc. […]
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Everyone knows how stressful interviews can be, but although they commonly cause sweaty palms for interviewees, they can cause stress for recruiters and hiring managers too. Interviewing entails a lot of time and effort on both sides and often still results in failed hires. A CareerBuilder survey states that a staggering 74% of employers have […]
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Hiring is a guessing game. Almost 1 in 2 hires fail in the first 18 months and, if we’re honest with ourselves, we don’t usually validate that what we’re looking for in new hires is what we should actually be looking for. Some basic KSAs (knowledge, skills, and attributes) are more important than others depending […]
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Imagine you’re about to shoot an arrow at a target. You’ve been boasting to your friends about how accurate a shot you are, and this is your opportunity to prove it to them. You shoot the arrow and it hits the centre of the target. You load up the next arrow, it hits the centre […]
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Creating a business that is both inclusive and diverse is essential in today’s world. Diverse teams are 35% more likely to outperform competitors, are 87% better at making decisions, and have 19% higher rates of innovation. However, despite efforts to appear inclusive, adverse impact often undermines hiring processes, hindering the chances of certain groups. Discover […]
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Did you know that even the slightest disconnect between a candidate’s expectations and the reality of a job can lead to failed hires? Research shows that 48% of people have quit a job because the reality of it was different from how they imagined it would be in the recruitment process and a further 31% […]
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