Recruitment 2.0

It’s the first working day of a New Year for many and traditionally a time to ring in the changes, but the issues facing HR have a familiar feel about them. Adzuna’s latest UK Job Market report revealed a 12 month high in advertised vacancies in November. Add to that the inevitable surge of January jobseekers as your employees dust off their CVs in line with their New Year resolutions.

As the year draws to a close, we look back at our 10 most popular blogs of 2016. From strategies to reduce unconscious bias to gamification in graduate recruitment, we've offered weekly advice on current trends and long-term challenges:-

Hiring optimism at its highest for 3 years according to a new survey from Manpower which predicts a rush for talent prior to the triggering of Article 50 in 2017. Your recruitment software is one of your biggest assets in beating this rush but it’s only effective if you take advantage of all it has to offer. As you review your hiring strategy don't forget these four ways to improve your success:- 

Working in HR or recruitment is both rewarding and painful (often at the same time). Keeping in mind a few basic laws will help to lessen the pain and bring more hiring success in the year ahead:-

Recruitment software can help to transform your hiring success in today’s competitive jobs market  but too often hiring teams and recruiters are failing to get the most out of their technology. Our nine tips show you how:-

The jobs market is still in a state of flux as employers wait to hear how Brexit will affect their hiring plans in 2017. Our eight tips will help to take your talent acquisition strategy into the new year:-

Recruitment software sometimes faces accusations of turning the candidate experience into a robotic process but when used effectively it can transform your employer brand and hiring process. Here are five of the most misunderstood facts about HR software:-

REC’s report on jobs for October 2016, revealed that demand for candidates is at its highest since May, offsetting concerns over the impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Not only is hiring up but job seeker interest is down. Applications for open jobs fell by 3% in October, according to CV Library.

Vacancies are up, candidates are down and the global talent shortage is at its highest since 2007[1]. To compete in 2017, HR needs to step up its efforts to get more results from its hiring processes. Here’s how:-

As the UK jobs market shows no sign of a post-Brexit collapse, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to source talent without the support of technology but too many employers still rely on manual systems. Until, that is, there comes a time when the need to know about recruitment software is unavoidable. Here's what we mean:-