Recruitment best practice

From attraction to sourcing, and interviewing to onboarding, there are a lot of processes involved in hiring; all of which contribute to the overall effectiveness of your ability to attract, engage and retain talent. As a specialist recruiter and provider of tailored workforce solutions, we have a lot of knowledge to share about best practice recruitment. Check out our insights and events below to keep your finger on the pulse of recruitment.

 

Recruitment best practice events

 
    • Build Back Better: Smarter Hiring in the ‘New Normal’

      Thursday 13th May 2021, 11:00 BST

    • After a year of turmoil, businesses are looking to bounce back and grow their teams. But hiring in the ‘new normal’ is not easy. When should companies invest in headcount? How do HR & Talent Strategies need to change in light of COVID-19? And what is the best way of recruiting in this new world? 

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    • Future of recruiting in a post-COVID world

      Hosted on 28th January 2021 

    • Remote and hybrid recruitment is here to stay, regardless of what 2021 has in store for us, and businesses need to tackle this topic head on so they can attract, source and retain the best talent.

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    • Remote recruitment: how to attract, hire and on-board people virtually

      Hosted on 7th October 2020

      With remote working now the norm, we explore how companies’ recruitment processes need to adapt.

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Recruitment best practice tools & resources

 

Flexible workforce health-check

 

Flexible workforce health-check

Answer three questions to receive a summary of the health of your contingent recruitment strategies based on cost control, visibility and compliance.

Take the health-check 

talent acquisition health-check

 

Talent acquisition health-check

Answer just three quick questions and receive a detailed summary of the performance of your talent acquisition based on time, quality and cost of hire.

Take the health-check 

12 key pillars of flexible workforce management

 

12 key pillars of a flexible workforce solution guide

This useful guide offers insight to the 12 key components of a successful flexible workforce solution including Technology, Cost Control & Savings and Risk & Compliance Management.

Download the guide 

12 key pillars of talent acquisition

 

12 key pillars of talent acquisition guide

This guide offers insight to 12 key ‘pillars’ every successful talent acquisition function should focus on, with key questions to ask of your organisation at every stage.

Download the guide 

 

 

Recruitment best practice insights

hiring mistakes you're making right now

5 Post-COVID Hiring Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making

Mistakes. We all make them. And HR and talent acquisition is no different.

In this article, we’re giving a rundown of our top 6 post-COVID hiring mistakes that are being made by unwitting talent acquisition professionals right this minute. Are you guilty of any of them? Read on to find out.

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how to attract, hire and on-board people virtually

How to attract, hire & on-board people virtually

At the start of the pandemic organisations' initial efforts were focused on mobilising a remote workforce in order to maintain a certain level of operations. Over six months later, there is a need to plan more strategically about how to thrive under these conditions on a longer term basis.

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hiring-techniques-on-video

Utilising a leading tech platform to facilitate virtual interactions

Hiring managers are far too busy to spend time meeting everyone, just to sift their first round of applications for their vacancies… But what if you could meet someone in the same time it took to read a CV?

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ways rpo can speed up time-to-hire

What does the future of recruiting look like in a post-COVID world?

COVID has affected our lives in numerous ways and some will argue that it’s changed the way we live and work for good. Candidates will be looking for job roles within businesses that allow for this level of flexibility and that means that businesses will need to be prepared to offer this in order to attract the top talent.

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rpo benefits quality-of-hire

How can Recruitment Process Outsourcing improve the quality-of-hire at your business?

Hiring managers are far too busy to spend time meeting everyone, just to sift their first round of applications for their vacancies… But what if you could meet someone in the same time it took to read a CV?

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reduce cost-per-hire

Reduce cost-per-hire with an RPO solution, here's how...

A Recruitment Process Outsourcing Solution could help reduce your cost-per-hire in a number of ways. We review the three main benefits for talent acquisition teams in this article.

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contingent workforce solution saves costs

Three ways a Contingent Workforce Solution can save costs

A Contingent Workforce Solution also known as an MSP (Managed Service Programme) could help you unlock cost savings, provide greater control and more visibility over spend on your flexible workforce. Find out how in this article as we delve into the three main ways a Contingent Workforce Solutions can save costs.

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contingent workforce solution improves visibility

How to gain visibility on the location, cost and output of your contractor workforce

Finding Information about the location, cost and output of your contractor population can be crucial when evaluating the performance of your contingent workforce. So how could a contingent workforce solution help your business secure greater visibility on your contractor workforce?

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contingent workforce solution improves compliance

How a Managed Service Programme (MSP) for recruitment can increase compliance

Contractor compliance is a big factor to manage on your own; legislative requirements are always changing and one single human error can set you back a long way. So with this in mind, how could a Managed Service Programme (MSP) for recruitment help you?

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workplace change

The Workplace is Changing - is Your Business Ready?

For many office-based businesses, COVID-19 has created more questions than answers. However, amidst the uncertainty of the post-pandemic workplace, two points stand clear. 1. The office isn’t dead - it’s evolving & 2. Businesses need to cater to these changes - or risk losing talent to their competitors. 

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