Most graduates are aware that corporates sometimes use social media to screen candidates before giving them an interview, but the reality is that very few do anything about it. A quick glance at a public Facebook page can be more than enough for an employer to change their mind about an otherwise strong candidate. But how much is too much, and is it fair for top recruiters to be scouring the internet for information they … Read the rest
Whatever we’d like to believe, interns often don’t know quite what to expect from the internships they apply for. However good the copy on your recruitment pages or the open days you run, interns often just don’t know what to make of a potential job opportunity and what role they are expect to take on. This is especially common nowadays as creative firms are taking on interns and graduates remotely or part-time and often giving … Read the rest
There is so much potential to use social media for recruitment, but whatever you say or do, all of it will fall flat if you don’t have the right audience. Many firms make great use of their web capital and are very active on all forms of social media, but simply don’t have the audience for their tweets, updates and articles to make the required impact.
Though a great portion of good social media management … Read the rest
I invited Thomas Jones to write a guest post for us today about veterans and recruitment. Have you considered targeting this group with a dedicated recruitment website? Let us know, in the comments…
Over to you, Thomas!
The global financial crisis has hit the world hard. Economies have been left in tatters and governments are having to cut budgets to weather the current economic downturn. Military defence budgets have been greatly affected with many countries … Read the rest
Words really are the only way to tell a story, but they aren’t easy tools to manipulate. Copy on corporate recruitment sites tends to fall into two categories; either bland and clichéd, or overdone and clichéd—which could be enough to put potential candidates off applying.
Making best use of your web capital isn’t easy, but it is important. Here are a few ideas for getting across what you want to convey on your recruitment pages:… Read the rest
