10
Sep
Why do we test? Well, in part it is to prove our theory, in part it is to prove our work erm...
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07
Sep
Jobseeker habits and search engines Before we can move forward, I need to explain a little of how search engines work and how job seekers search for jobs in search engines. Basically, we enter words into search engines to explain what we are looking for; the web promotion industry/search engines call these ‘keywords’. The job of the job site is to organise their web pages/content and...
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07
Sep
Top 10 companies to leave Based on member data from over 200,000 professionals signed up to Escape the City Rank Company 1 Accenture 2 Ernst & Young 3 OWC 4 Deloitte 5 KPMG 6 Deutsche Bank 7 IBM 8 Citi 9 Morgan Stanley 10 Goldman Sachs Top 10 companies to join Based on member data from over 200,000 professionals signed up to Escape the City Rank Company 1 Airbnb 2 Uber 3 Virgin Galactic 4 Vita Coco 5 Pact Coffee 6 Kiva 7 Crowdcube 8 Graze 9 Tough Mudder 10 Charity Water Source: Escape the City ...
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04
Sep
As the third-largest provider of recruitment websites in the UK, and having clients in 15 countries, with 14 million-plus transactions per month on our client sites, we have quite an insight into what a candidate wants from a recruitment website. So here are our top tips. 1 Dedicated mobile design and features, not a responsive website Responsive is the lazy way to do mobile on a recruitment...
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03
Sep
Want to know the Employer & Recruiter No Nos With Religion? Plain and simply, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a member of staff because of their religion or belief (or on any other protected ground). Protection is also afforded to non-believers who have the same rights as believers. Acas says: "From 2 December 2003, when the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations came into...
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02
Sep
OK, so I have been making job boards since 2005 and have consulted with a few hundred job board owners in the past 10 years as this post goes out. Having been a recruiter for 10 years and been around when the first job board came to market, and having been one of the first users, I think I have a unique insight. That and...
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01
Sep
Should we use information about candidates posted on social networking sites to help us make recruitment decisions? In my view, no – what people do in their social life is not a reason for a person to be hired, fired, promoted or demoted. I see lots of problems with this area and many legal cases that will fall in the favour of the candidate. For example, as I...
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