The recruitment industry acts as a weather vane. Whether a political change such as Brexit or when the economy takes a hit, it is one of the first business indicators.
March 2020 saw one of the biggest challenges facing not only the recruitment industry, but the entire world. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the working of lives of millions were changed overnight.
From employees being placed on furlough, to a rise in redundancies and a seismic shift in working patterns. With national lockdown came an increase in remote working. Suddenly juggling home life with work and childcare, all in the same location, was a significant cultural change for many.
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- Recruitment
So you think you’re it with a cherry on the top, right? Every recruiter wants to be better, win new clients and be the big biller in the business… but not everyone can reach the dizzy recruitment heights of star-consultant.
Being the best recruiter does not equal showing up in your Audi and waving your Rolex around in people’s faces, climbing to the top requires some seriously hard graft. You need to be adaptable and able to focus on growth, as well as development. How you define success is up to you, but ultimately you have to have a basic understanding that it’s not all just about numbers on the board.
If you want to be a better recruiter then you need to figure out how to hack your productivity to make the most of your day, which will leave you with more time to develop relationships with your clients.
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- Recruitment
Pandemics are bad for the recruitment industry, we all know this now. So how do recruiters manage their cash flow during such a turbulent time?
Of course, the pandemic has been bad for everyone, but that goes without saying.
However, with the help of the furlough scheme and the economy slowly recovering, data shows the UK is experiencing a rebound in employment which means that the recruitment industry needs to be able to keep the money rolling in.
Cash flow is one of the biggest concerns for recruitment agencies across the country, and if you happen to be pay-rolling a few hundred contractors, it becomes an even greater issue.
So how do you get your hands on cash, and more importantly, keep the money rolling in?
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- Recruitment
The question many HR leaders are currently asking is: How do you create a positive candidate experience in the new normal? So much has changed over the last year, yet the challenge of recruiting and onboarding the best candidates remains, even as most (if not all) of this process is now completed remotely in many cases. So what is the secret to success?
As businesses have made the shift from predominantly face-to-face recruitment processes to more virtual interactions, many have found the change to be extremely effective. The breadth of technology now available – for example, cloud platforms, AI-powered analytics and streamlined automation – makes it even more likely that online recruitment and digital onboarding will become the preferred approach, even after pandemic restrictions have been removed.
So what are the companies having the most success with remote recruitment doing differently? At Access, we work with HR leaders across multiple sectors and businesses, and we’ve discussed multiple approaches with them. Of course, each business has its own unique way of doing things, however, we also found the following 5 approaches usually prove advantageous.
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- Human Resources
In today’s market, according to our recent Recruitment Pulse Survey candidates are more cautious about changing roles. So a counter offer extended by their current employer may be even more likely to encourage them to stay in the current climate.
There are, however, strategies you can adopt throughout the recruitment process to help minimise the chances of your candidate accepting a counter offer.
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- Recruitment
At times, recruitment can feel like a constant battle. You’re always trying to find open vacancies, stay close to your clients and attract new ones, get the best talent before your competitors and ultimately fill roles before someone else does.
The UK recruitment industry is made up of over 29,000 agencies, ranging from small start-ups with a couple of staff to large global staffing firms. There are a number of character traits that can help you survive in the fast-moving recruitment industry. So if you are thinking of beginning a career and want to know what makes a great recruitment consultant, see if you have these attributes before you dive in.
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- Recruitment
Business development is crucial to the success of your agency – whether that be over the phone, through social selling, account penetration or via referrals.
In the latest Recruitment Pulse survey conducted in partnership with Talent Nexus, 81% of recruitment agencies ranked winning new clients as their top priority. With a global pandemic adding additional barriers to business development, it may be time to re-evaluate your approach.
Here’s our tips for helping business development become your core strength.
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- Recruitment
The UK has witnessed a phenomenal rise in cyber attacks and security breaches in recent months. The shift to remote working has essentially created a larger attack surface for increasingly sophisticated cyber attack techniques. According to Hiscox, one small business in the UK is successfully hacked every 19 seconds.
Recruitment agencies are particularly susceptible to breaches due to the sheer volume of personal data they sit on. Here are four of the top things recruitment agencies can do to strengthen their security:
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- Recruitment
Designing your recruitment website for a smartphone rather than a desktop is a business-critical decision. But don’t confuse mobile responsive with mobile-first - there is a big difference, particularly when it comes to results.
According to the Ofcom Online Nation 2020 report, 71% of all measured time spent online was on smartphones. While 35% of internet users accessed it only via a mobile device. For recruiters of even greater significance is that according to Indeed, mobile devices account for the majority of job searches for most occupations.
Here’s why mobile-first recruitment websites are the ultimate conversion tool and the key numbers to bear in mind when you are thinking about your mobile recruitment website project.
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- Recruitment
User experience and functionality make a big impact on the success of your recruitment website ensuring it a revenue generator. Is your website helping you win new clients, as well as attract candidates? Is it converting visitors to applications saving you money on job boards?
Here’s 5 of the most common areas why recruitment websites fail and where they may not be delivering the best return on investment.
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- Recruitment
