Don’t write off older workers – they could be the solution to your recruitment difficulties
If your business is struggling to find the right candidates for the right roles, don’t write off older workers. It’s […]
Diversity and Inclusion: Is it the key to solving the crisis in recruitment?
Sam’s* a 35-year-old office worker. Her experience of diversity and inclusion is negative and her career seems to have stalled. […]
What’s the secret recipe? Recruiting fresh talent for your team in 2021 and beyond
Recruiting in 2021 needs a fresh approach – opening your eyes to inclusivity and diversity in the workplace is how to score top talent, and retain it.
Hiring for skills and firing for attitude. The approach to recruitment is all wrong…
When you think of a job advert, it’s usually skills based. Only a small section of the usual job advert is given to describing a candidate’s attitude or approach to work. Yet this is usually the most important part of hiring!
Scaling, Failing & Prevailing… in the world of start-up recruitment!
Earlier this year, I was interviewed by the incredible Adelina Chalmers (a.k.a. The Geek Whisperer) and James Parton (of The Bradfield Centre in Cambridge) for their podcast, Scaling, Failing & Prevailing. We talked all things start-up recruitment.
Biased… who, me?
In hiring, bias is bad. There are no two ways about it. Be it unconscious or conscious, bias gets in the way and stops us from making the right hiring decisions. But we’ve all got it!
Who are you really hiring? Emotional intelligence vs. skills
The typical job interview process fixates on ensuring that new hires are technically competent. Only 11% of respondents in the study cited technical competence (or a lack thereof) as the reason for an employee leaving.
The Beer Test: Has The Humble Pint Given Recruitment Managers Beer Goggles?
There has been a rise in The Beer Test where a candidate is invited to join the team for lunch or a drink, in order to test-drive them and see if they can get on with colleagues in a more relaxed, social setting. How accurate is it? Find out more …
Miss-hiring Leads to Firing… How to Avoid Common Recruitment Mistakes
Recruiting has personal and financial costs that we often don’t think about. The results of miss-hiring are significant.
What’s Your Workplace Culture? How to Recruit the Right Candidates for your Team
There are plenty of models and research available around how to identify who will fit into your workplace culture when recruiting. But when it comes to the crunch time, do these really apply?