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Attracting And Nurturing Young Talent In Your Business

There are many significant benefits of hiring more young employees, graduates and bright new talent. For example, it can:

  • Bring in fresh new skills and ideas
  • Help your company to ‘move with the times’
  • Build your company’s talent pipeline – so as to secure its future
  • Enable you to grow and nurture talent, so you don’t have to spend so much buying it in
  • Improve your brand as an employer

So, if you weren’t considering investing in young people, to attract them to your company, why not – when you could potentially be missing out on all of these benefits?

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Optimising Recruitment For Mobile Applicants? Here’s How!

Research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Indeed in 2014, found that 78% of US jobseekers said they would use their mobile devices to apply for jobs if the process was simplified. We have to admit it seems recruiters have taken notice because if you’ve been searching for a job via the likes of a tablet or smartphone in recent months, you may have noticed a new phrase has popped up on many of the recruitment sites and career pages – ‘apply for this job from your mobile device’.

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UK Tech Sector Recruitment Overcomes General Election Uncertainty

A great number of industries are affected by the run-up to and the aftermath of a general election, particularly recruitment. Despite the uncertainty surrounding the potential shake-ups and upsets in Westminster, the IT and tech industry has managed to buck the trend seen in the public sector in particular and actually experienced a boom in recruitment growth.

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Interview Skills Training: 10 Tips For Those On Both Sides Of The Table

Job interviews can be very difficult and nerve-wracking situations, and not just for the interviewee. Whether you’re attending or holding the interview, here are some crucial tips for those on both sides of the table…
 

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Information Technology Tops Recruitment Skills In Demand

Not so long ago at the peak of the recession, hundreds of candidates would be battling for the limited job supply in the UK. However, the tides have now changed for Britain’s recruitment landscape, which now boasts an increasingly buoyant employment market.  
Britain’s economy continues to recover and consequently businesses of a diverse range of sectors are increasing their recruitment intake.

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How Will The Northern Powerhouse Affect Recruitment In The North West?

One of the most prominent aspects of George Osborne’s 2015 Budget was the concept of the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ and his plans to turn northern cities like Manchester and Liverpool, into economic hubs that rival London and the South East.

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Should Employers Embrace Flexible Working Practices?

In June 2014 the UK Government introduced new legislation that gives employees the legal right to ask for flexible working options. The Government said it wanted to abandon the “cultural assumption” that flexible working arrangements are confined to parents and carers, and ensure the practice applies to all.

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Graduate Recruitment Opportunities at a Ten-Year High in the UK

It’s great news for graduates. According to recent research, the first of the students that paid the higher tuition fees will graduate in the most lucrative recruitment market for more than a decade. The attractive graduate job market in the UK in 2015 includes an increase in the number of jobs available and better starting salaries at many of the country’s top employers.

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Stay One Step Ahead Of Competitors: Essential Recruitment Strategies For The New Year

With tinsel decoratively dangled across workstations, office gossip going into overdrive following the Christmas party and a general buzz around the workplace that only Christmas can create, there’s no denying the festive season is now in full swing.

As employees of all trades are looking forward to a well-earned break, 2015 is just round the corner and the savviest of recruiters and employers are formulating recruitment strategies for the forthcoming year.

We take a look at five recruitment strategies for 2015 that are likely to prove an invaluable asset in attracting the best candidates, staying ahead of competitors and generating company growth next year.

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