Articles on the subject of recruitment
Our free ATS Buyer Guide is available for download at the bottom of this page. It is written for employers who are trying to make recruiting more successful. It’s perfect if you are an HR Lead or internal recruiter and you’re trying to find the best Applicant Tracking System for Read more…
Managing employment reference requests is one of the most time-consuming jobs for any HR Department. For those with safeguarding obligations, new employees cannot start work until all checks are complete. So, delays in collecting employment reference requests can affect an employee start date. Finding new staff members is hard enough, Read more…
Congratulations! You may be reading this because you have selected your new employee. Now it’s time to take up references and check the reliability of the information you received. If you are looking for an example Employment Reference Request template, one is included in this post. Firstly, let’s deal with Read more…
Scheduling Interviews is time-consuming and locks up diary space. With interview no-shows on the increase, what’s going wrong and what can you do to fix it? Candidate No-Shows Many HR officers report an increase in the number of interview no-shows. They’re experiencing candidate drop-outs, even after confirming on the day Read more…
HR officers and internal recruiters would generally like more job applications from people who are suitable. People generally start by writing an informative advert. Then they post the advert on an appropriate job board and hope. However, adverts sometimes fail to attract relevant job applications in the numbers required. It Read more…
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could receive more job applications from people with the right skills, experience and personal qualities? Unfortunately, many HR Heads and Recruiters complain after receiving too few applications or too many applications from the wrong people. The conversation often starts “Indeed just sends me rubbish Read more…
The new General Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force during May 2018. It’s time to make sure you’re compliant with this handy GDPR checklist for recruiters. GDPR obliges organisations to manage personal information more securely and acquire individual consents to store and process that data. It covers electronic data and Read more…
Let’s discuss 1-click apply. We’ll check out the benefits, some disadvantages and why General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gets in the way. What is “1-click apply”? “1-click apply” has been offered by job boards such as The Caterer, Indeed and TotalJobs. It allows jobseekers to submit job applications with a Read more…
Training Providers find apprentices and place them into apprenticeship vacancies with local employers. Now Training Providers can post apprenticeships on Recruit an apprentice automatically. Training Providers Apprenticeships are big business and Training providers are cashing in. Government-subsidised training fees are a big incentive for employers. But, they need an Ofsted Read more…
“Ofsted inspector very impressed with our applicant tracking system” Executive Summary 463 pupils 108 service staff 23 teachers 1 solution Providing nursery and primary education in addition to offering its local community some high value services makes for a challenging set of recruitment requirements. CVMinder has enabled Paula, Office Manager, to: Save Read more…