How will the rising cost of fuel affect recruitment?
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The rising cost of fuel has hit all of us hard recently. I think we’re slowly realising that things aren’t going to get any easier. Just the opposite in fact.…
Normal service will be resumed soon
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Hello – remember me? For the last couple of weeks I’ve not been able to use my favourite introduction: “Hi, my name is Andrew Lloyd Gordon and I’m a blogger…you’ve…
Job application forms take too long to complete
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: don’t force jobseekers to fill in long application forms. An extremely bright and talented Phd told me the other day that…
Personality tests for job applicants are a waste of time
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Yes, you read the title right. I think that personality tests for job applicants are a waste of time. Why? Because we don’t know anything about human nature. You don’t…
The death of newspapers?
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I’ve talked about the future of newspapers before. It’s a subject I find fascinating for a number of reasons. For the last 12 year, I’ve only worked in the online…
Recruitment advertising workshops – Manchester and Birmingham
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We’ve just completed the second in our three-part Recruitment Advertising Workshops series. The event today was in Birmingham at the Orange Studios. This was an excellent venue with great facilities.…
Use your email signature block to drive applicants to your recruitment site
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Some people use them and some people don’t. Sometimes you don’t mind that people don’t and sometimes you wish that they did. Of course, some are too long. And some…
A – A to Z of recruitment and HR
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A In HR and recruitment, A can mean: Administrator – the lynch-pin of the recruitment process in many an office. This is the support that keeps the whole thing afloat.…
What you can learn from Australians searching for jobs
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I’ve long suspected it but now I know. We are big Down Under! I’ve just read an article by Sandra Hanchard on the Hitwise website. It suggests that jobs.ac.uk is…