Recruitment 2.0

In a previous article we looked at 10 essential questions recruiters need to ask their clients before agreeing to fill a vacancy. Part two covers ten more questions to build a more in-depth picture of the  employer’s overall approach to hiring and assess their long-term needs.

There’s an emerging new trend in the workplace. Ghosting.

Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, Professor Moshe Vardi of Rice University suggested that, within 30 years, the rise of the  robots will result in unemployment rates in excess of 50%.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fully upon us. It’s predicted that 6.4 billion connected ‘things’ will be in use during 2016 - with 5.5 million new things connected every day – rising to nearly 21 billion in 2020.

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Hiring processes for young people are broken and jeopardise the ability of employers to attract graduates. That’s according to a new report from Business in the Community (BITC) and City and Guilds Group which found that one in five young people were put off by a company following a bad candidate experience. Businesses are being urged to change their recruitment strategies to attract the talent they need to compete.

An interesting tweet appeared on our Twitter feed yesterday, courtesy of Recruiting Blogs:-

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To source quality candidates for your client vacancies, recruiters must ask a number of essential questions. In the first of a two part series, we present ten of the most important:-

New research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (AAPSCo) predicts that the number of job vacancies in the UK will continue to rise in 2016. As employers ‘scramble’ to hire the best talent to protect future growth and productivity, companies need to get comfortable with digital technology to remain competitive.