CSR started to rise to prominence in the 1960’s, but really got into its stride in the 1990’s with Generation X, was developed further with Generation Y, but really has become vital any organisation with… CSR – IS IT JUST ABOUT PAINTING YOUR LOCAL YOUTH CENTRE?

Ask someone how much it costs to recruit an employee, and they would probably say that ‘It cost us x £s for the advertisement’, or ‘We had to pay an agency 23%’. The actual answer… THE TRUE COST OF RECRUITMENT

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So more and more articles are appearing about the great work that IBM’s Watson amongst others is doing in the field of recruitment and how soon recruiters will be obsolete. Sorry Skynet, but we have… THE RISE OF MACHINES

External Peer- Peer / Employee Referral Programmes According to numerous statistical sources, 84% of people rely more on peer to peer information than any other source. What that means is, if you have 10 people… WHY PEER TO PEER RECRUITMENT TELLS YOU THE MOST ABOUT YOUR EMPLOYER BRAND

I met a fascinating businesswoman the other day. To use Daniel Priestley’s phraseology,she was not only completely “oversubscribed” she was also the “Key Person of Influence”. Her business, a B2C service was a massive success,… THE IMPORTANCE OF HIRING BEFORE YOU REALLY NEED SOMEONE

The recruitment process in any organisation should provide an efficient service to the stakeholders, be cost effective and avoid the loss of good candidates through poor service. It should also encourage successful candidates to recommend… WHY RECRUITMENT DRIVES RETENTION AND GOOD RECRUITMENT DRIVES THE COST OF RECRUITMENT DOWN.

Why don’t we train people how to interview? In a manufacturing business if you have a technician who operates a manufacturing robot, do you hire them, give them the manual and then let them get… WHY DON’T WE TRAIN PEOPLE HOW TO INTERVIEW?