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The true cost of an open vacancy & 7 ways to reduce your time to hire
over 5 years ago by Stephen BrownOpen vacancies in your business can represent a huge opportunity cost.On average, our search assignments take 67 days to reach offer from the date of attending a client briefing, if you add to this the candidate’s notice period; on average another 90 days and you are roughly looking at 6 months before your plans to appoint someone become a reality.Now consider that towards t...
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Ten quick tips for getting a job through LinkedIn
over 5 years ago byGetting noticed on LinkedIn is like being a needle in a haystack!In the meantime you are either really busy searching for and applying for jobs, or you are too busy in a job which you want to leave to have the time to do anything about it. If this sounds like you, then you should invest a few critical minutes in your LinkedIn profile and then sit back and let the world’s big...
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The top 6 ways to improve employee engagement
over 5 years ago byThe best way to improve performance is to improve staff engagement.Improving staff engagement drives better customer service, increases repeat and referral business, reduces waste and makes it easier and cheaper to attract the brightest talent to help you grow.The International Employee Engagement Survey conducted by Gallup and known as the ‘Gallup 12’ was published in April...
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Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?
over 5 years ago by Stephen BrownLast month was our 22nd anniversary of being in business.In 1996 I left a moderately well paid job in engineering (at that time I think all jobs in engineering were moderately well paid) to start up a technical recruitment company. Mainly because I could see a real need for a recruitment service that could think like an engineering employer and to be quite frank, my mates an...
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Is your job soul-destroying?
over 5 years ago by Stephen BrownIf you dislike what you do, it can destroy your soul!I once worked a glorious summer in a factory with no windows, an aggressive production manager and a miserable workforce. My supervisor told me it was character building, to which I replied it was in fact soul destroying! I needed the money to pay for college so I stuck it out to the bitter end and in the process became on...
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