The latest topical information about the world of recruitment – from predictions about future trends to technology and innovations.
Although the economy would appear to be moving along an upwards trajectory, albeit at a slower pace than anticipated, competition between employers to attract the best available talent for their organisations remains as intense as at any point over the past five years. Smart employers will understand that candidates will be seeking organisations whose values [...]
Continue reading...12. March 2013
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For Matt Berry, Director or Resourcing at Centrica, the daily challenge of his team is that around half of all candidates are already customers of British Gas. The other half are potential customers. “There can’t be too many people in that scenario, and it certainly focuses the mind in terms of the way that you [...]
Continue reading...28. February 2013
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The interview is a central part of the recruitment process for all organisations. It’s an exchange between you and each applicant. An opportunity for them to sell themselves as the best candidate for the job and for you to mark your stall as the employer of choice. But when it comes to graduate recruitment, employers [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2013
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Tonight we run the first MonsterBuzz debate of 2013. After our successful events in 2012 we continue our series of debates with the contentious subject ‘The Candidate Experience – does it really matter?’. It’s a topic that continues to divide opinions about what we really mean by the term. I have to give recognition to Gerry Crispin [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2013
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On the 24th January we’ll be running the first MonsterBuzz debate of 2013. This time the debate will be centred around the topic of “The Candidate Experience – Does it really matter?”. Our panel of six includes; Gary Franklin (Co Founder of the Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers), Colin Minto (Global Head of Resourcing G4S), Julia [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2013
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Julia Biggs is the founder of Interimity a HR and Recruiter community network on Linkedin and a regular contributor to the HR and Recruitment Buzz. Julia shared with us her thoughts on ‘why HR has the recruitment industry we deserve’ I have spent a long time as a recruitment agency client, a shorter time as a [...]
Continue reading...4. January 2013
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Another day and another hire, the world of recruitment doesn’t stop and that’s what makes it so fun. I’ve been asking friends in the Recruitment Industry to give us their predictions for 2013. We’ve been talking to Darren Brown (Co-Founder and CEO at Logic Melon) and Mike Roberts (Event Director at the Graduate Recruitment Social Media [...]
Continue reading...11. December 2012
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There has been much written about the Candidate Experience and it really has been a topic of much debate over the last year, we see the references to the Employer Brand, the fact that candidates can be consumer and your customers potential candidates and so much more. So we have decided that the next MonsterBuzz [...]
Continue reading...10. September 2012
Prior to the MonsterBuzz debate taking place on the 13th September, I wanted to speak to some of the panel and this week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Donna W Miller HRD Europe for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The debate is centred on the thorny subject of “HR vs Recruiters – Never the twain shall meet” and [...]
Continue reading...9. August 2012
I’d like to take a moment and talk about on the job learning. We’re in a period of time where learning and development is now the greatest currency a company has to offer. Consider that for a moment. Companies are facing the toughest times they’ve had to worry about for the last 20 years. The [...]
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30. April 2013
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