I'm an advocate for cost containment when you do need to utilise the experience/support/expertise of a 3rd party recruitment service. I'm also aware that there are still some recruitment providers who haven't changed their fee ratios or champagne and long lunch lifestyles since the nineties, and I know that that exorbitant fees do not guarantee the best service and results from any agency.
Read MoreThose of us the in HR profession are quick to stomp on business leaders when we see/hear of them undertaking discriminatory behaviours and actions.
But let me tell you. HR is absolutely just as culpable when hiring for its own.
Read MoreInterviewing is a minefield. So many stakeholders dancing around, and not actually finding out what they really want to know, and second guessing and presuming as a result, all because they're terrified of setting off the bomb of an anti discrimination claim.
Read MoreIn fact, too many of the HR professionals we meet with daily, just don’t understand how many elements they need to master to be great in their roles. Too often a HR professional with a "perfect on paper" CV, is anything but high performance.
Read MoreAnd here it is. One of the most powerful tips for success as an interviewer.
Read More...if you’re an employer doing your own recruitment, and you don’t maintain contact with candidates outside of the times you’re actually hiring, what message about your brand and its values does that send?
Read MoreEmbedded search is the effective outsourcing of all your search requirements to a third party who provide consultants who work on your site, absorb your company culture, and act in accordance with your company’s brand values. They become, in effect, your own employees but being employed by a third party means they do not impact your headcount or staff budget
Read MoreWe have bred new generations of HR professionals who don’t have any of the fundamental knowledge or skills that have been the traditional bread and butter of HR.
Read MoreI know for example that some firms are already asking for applications using Twitter – try fitting your career into 140 characters or maybe you have to think differently……
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