The Recruitment Blog

It is crucial for recruitment agencies to keep up with the latest developments in cyber security. Investing in security doesn’t always have to be expensive, but it could be critical to the longevity of your business. To this end we’ve got 5 tips for business owners to keep their databases secure and thus safeguard the security of their business.

The recruitment industry is notorious for its unrelenting speed, fearfully long hours, and work-hard-play-hard lifestyle. So, every so often, it is important for recruiters to get together and give praise to excellence within the industry. The In-house Recruitment Awards 2015 are the perfect opportunity to celebrate the newcomers, overachievers and leaders in the in-house recruitment sector.

We want to know why it can be so difficult for recruitment agencies to fill internal roles. After all, as recruiters it should be relatively straight forward to fill internal roles. The truth is that it is far from simple. We think we’ve pinned down three reasons why it is so difficult to hire a successful recruiter every time.

Most people don't realise that Youtube videos are not normally mobile responsive. This can be a huge problem, because Google will read your page as not mobile friendly. This could affect your SEO rankings. Learn how to embed responsive video, without knowing html, in roughly one minute.
 

​The SMART acronym is familiar to most people in HR, but have you ever thought of it in terms of your recruitment technology? If your recruitment software can’t provide you with support for SMART recruitment objectives, then your recruitment team won’t be able to work "SMARTER".

Winner of our July blog competition- congratulations to Lora Shaw from Straco Recruitment Group! Lora writes passionately about what it takes to succeed in the recruitment industry, as well as offering an insight into the tactics and strategies Straco Recruitment Group have employed in their continued growth.

Using, or at the very least considering the lifetime value model can have major positive impact on your recruitment business. But how can agencies reconcile this long term plan with short term gains? 

Sector diversification is often an obvious move for growing agencies. Get the diversification model right, and it can be applied time and time again on your route to world domination. Get it wrong, and it could be disastrous. Obviously there are hundreds of things to think about, but here are our “Top 3 Tips”.

Does the speed of your careers site affect the quality of the candidate experience? Almost certainly. But how do you test the speed of your careers site? We're going to show you in less than one minute!

Google now prioritises mobile optimised pages above all others. But how do you know if a page on your site is mobile responsive? We can tell you exactly how in less than 30 seconds!

In a world bereft of technology, never has the importance of recruiting the right people been more prominent in the “business” strategies of the main characters.

So who is the most skilled recruiter, and what techniques are they employing?

We’re often asked to test a company’s E-recruitment capability. Here are 5 of the key areas that we look at during a health-check…