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Top 5 Reasons Why Candidates Turn Down Job Offers
Attracting, recruiting and retaining the best talent is a continuous challenge that businesses face and it’s one that significantly impacts success. With advertised vacancy numbers currently at a record high and staff shortages across the UK, it’s never been more important for companies to get their recruitment strategy right. An area that we know is…
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3 Things Companies Should Showcase to Attract Talent
For companies who want to add new talent to their team this year, it’s important to be upfront about certain things that job seekers are looking for. While certain factors like employer branding should be a constant focus for growing businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the priorities of many job seekers. Being clear about the…
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How to Develop Graduate Talent to Become Top Performers
Whatever industry you operate in, attracting and developing good graduate talent should be a priority for your business. Millennials and Generation Z already make up more than a third of the global workforce and over the next decade, that figure is set to rise to 58%. Hiring and developing top graduate talent now is a…
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Why Your Hiring Strategy Should Focus More on Potential than Experience
When you’re looking to hire new talent, you’ll probably have a good idea about the type of person that will fit into your team well. In an ideal world, that candidate might have all the skills required for the job, relevant experience in a similar role and a personality that would fit perfectly with the…
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REVEALED: The Pros and Cons of Working From Home
Remote working has been growing in popularity for a number of years, however, no one would have foreseen how quickly it was to become our “new normal”. With social distancing measures being introduced and working from home being encouraged wherever possible, many office workers made the move to remote working last year and are continuing…
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Conducting Video Interviews: Red Flags That Show a Candidate Isn’t Right for Your Business
Business leaders know that hiring the wrong candidate for their team can be costly and have a negative impact on other employees. That’s why they often turn to recruitment companies like ours who can lend their expertise and help them to find and hire the right people. Recruiters and employers alike are now making video…
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How to Keep Your Sales Team Motivated While Working from Home
Since the initial lockdown back in March, many sales teams have continued to work from home and are planning to do so for the foreseeable future. If this is the case for your sales team, you may be concerned about how to keep them motivated whilst they are working remotely. Salespeople tend to be great…
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How to Motivate a Millennial Sales Team
Motivating a sales team of young millennials can be a challenge. For managers, it’s important to be able to understand and relate to your workforce in order to boost productivity and team morale. So how can you put yourself in the mindset of a millennial? By 2025 the majority of businesses will be heavily reliant…
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The Importance of Inductions for Your New Graduate Hires
We’ve all experienced first-day nerves but sometimes we forget what it feels like to come into a new environment. For new graduate hires who are just getting started with their career after university, starting a new job can be nerve-wracking and overwhelming. However, not all employers have an induction in place for graduates and this…
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How to Retain Graduate Talent
Recruiting high-calibre graduates is on the agenda for many growing businesses who want enthusiastic and intelligent trainees to buy into their company vision and make an impact. However, once you’ve overcome the challenge of recruiting graduate talent (we can help you with that), the next challenge is ensuring they stick with your business. After all,…