Recruitment 2.0

As just 8 candidates apply for each highly skilled vacancy HR must turn its attention to employee retention. Here are five secrets to getting started:-

Four out of five candidates attending interview receive no feedback if their application isn’t successful.

In a candidate driven market, an effective employee referral programme should be the top source of your high quality hires.

The announcement by the BBC that the 13^th Dr Who will be played by a female for the first time in the show’s history was greeted with a Twitter meltdown and a variety of responses to this unprecedented move.

Over 80% of leaders surveyed by Deloitte [1] in this year’s Human Capital Trends Survey rated talent acquisition as important or extremely important. In the light of poor retention rates, an exodus of EU talent and the increasing incidence of bad hires, creating a streamlined hiring process has become an urgent priority for HR.

A new survey[1] found that 86% interviews and 72% of all hires come from online sources. Identifying which of those sources is the most effective for your business is essential for success in talent acquisition. As Google For Jobs launches, where exactly should your hiring team be focusing its efforts?

Understanding job seeker trends enables your business to target its recruitment strategy more effectively. Are these habits affecting your hiring success? 

The latest Talent Forecast from Korn Ferry’s Futurestep division found that in today’s candidate driven market, hiring professionals are most likely to measure their success in three key areas:-

Hiring success depends on a number of things, including understanding the recruitment trends that may affect your ability to source and retain talent. Here are seven your hiring team needs to be aware of right now:-

In today’s candidate driven market, getting your job post right first time avoids critical hiring delays but for some employers this is proving to be a problem. REC’s latest Jobs Outlook survey found that 80% of businesses are readvertising jobs when they fail to fill a vacancy the first time around. Before you post again, here's our advice:-