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How recruitment leaders can adopt a more strategic approach to benefit both themselves and their company – part 1

In the past, managing talent was relatively straightforward. You had specific roles to fill and knew where to find suitable candidates. Employees worked on-site and you had face-to-face interactions with them.  However, today’s workforce looks very different. Global changes have disrupted traditional employment patterns, and both talent and employers seek each other out from anywhere…

Finding the Perfect Candidate in a Crowded Job Market: Tips and Strategies

The current candidate market in both the UK and EU is highly competitive, with a focus on attracting top talent. Despite skills shortages and redundancies in some industries, there remains a high demand for skilled professionals across many sectors, particularly in the technology industry. The technology sector is especially affected by the competition for top…

Building and Nurturing a Talent Pipeline

How building and nurturing your talent pool helps attract and retain talent in both upturns and downturns of the market In today’s ever-changing job market, building and nurturing a talent pipeline has become an essential part of every organization’s talent management strategy. A talent pipeline is a pool of potential candidates who can fill key…

Job Design and the role of Talent – Attracting great Talent

One of the most common roles Talent Acquisition Teams are asked to perform is the crafting of adverts and sourcing approaches that appeal to top candidates. An art more than a science, this requires a deep understanding of what is considered attractive to candidates in terms of job roles, benefits, work-life balance, and culture. It…

What should recruiters be focusing on in 2023?

2023 is the year to be proactive and enhance your talent acquisition and retention efforts as an HR or recruitment professional. To make this happen, there are several things you can focus on to make sure your company stands out. Focus on Employee Well-being It’s no secret that employee well-being can significantly impact talent retention…

The importance of employer branding

The Importance of Employer Branding in an evolving marketplace Despite changing market conditions, the competition for top talent still remains fierce, particularly in areas of intense skills shortages.  Alongside this, social change has created a workforce that more than ever before is focused not just on salary, but on working for an organization that they…

How to incorporate diversity and inclusion into your 2023 hiring strategy

Diversity and inclusion in recruitment. You might have heard the term DE&I or received or administered some training in this area at your company, but you still might not really know how to incorporate diversity hiring into your hiring strategy.  As we move into 2023, a year in which the tight labour markets of 2022…

How Talent can contribute to effective workforce planning

Future Proofing versus Reactionary hiring- How Talent can contribute to effective workforce planning It’s that time of year again when we are all starting to look at the year ahead – and for most, this involves looking at workforce planning. Yet, all too often, this happens in a silo that separates out those that are…

What is the RPO model all about?

Written by Cody Nilson, Talent Acquisition Manager at Primary Bid, via Troi.  The RPO or Recruitment Process Outsourcing model started out as high-volume hiring at a fixed low cost.  Simple as that really, it was a way for companies to outsource their volume hiring requirements easily whilst controlling their costs with an external agency. It…

How do you attract and retain talent in this rapidly changing environment?

In times of unprecedented challenges talent has a new heightened expectation of how their work compliments their life choices, and if they feel employers are not meeting those expectations they are walking away. Few industries are insulated from the upheaval caused by The Great Resignation with 73% of CEOs citing staff shortages as their main…