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Building Personal resilience for our Future Leaders– a ‘stress beater’ for Talent Programmes
It’s not a secret that stress is a leading cause of ill health among office workers. In 2011 the annual CIPD Absence Management Survey1 found that stress had overtaken acute illnesses, such as cancer, as the main reason office employees took sick leave. Stress is not new. We all feel stressed from time to time, [...]
Continue reading...Lord Sugar Vs Stella English: The Importance of Finding the Right Candidate
5. April 2013
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Few people in the business world can have missed the recent furore over the Stella English VS Lord Sugar unfair dismissal case. Whilst the particulars of that tribunal may have become sensationalised for media consumption, the case has certainly highlighted one of the fundamentals in business recruitment: the ability to find the right candidate [...]
Continue reading...Failing to spot an employee’s strengths can prove to be a leader’s biggest weakness
9. October 2012
Are strong leaders born or trained? I am always being asked this question and personally, I believe it’s a combination of both. Some of the great leaders were born with the skills in their blood, but I think others have developed their own leadership ability through life’s experiences. But, what about when it comes to [...]
Continue reading...The Real Success of the Olympics? A Talent Management Strategy.
15. August 2012
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Like most of us, I watched amazed and overjoyed at the success of Team GB, but what really threw me was the reality that this was no accident, to “good old Britain” doing well. This success had been a clearly planned and well executed Talent Management Strategy and I thought back to the Monster Buzz [...]
Continue reading...Recruiter’s Tips – Countering Counter Offers
2. August 2012
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I recently wrote a blog about candidate control. This is a follow up around the subject of counter offers; every recruiters nightmare. Firstly quoting the dubious “within 18 months, 93% of those accepting a counter offer leave” stat is NOT a counter offer strategy! Combating a counter offer starts right back at the very first [...]
Continue reading...Referrals are Great…. BUT….
26. July 2012
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Over 30 years in recruitment and yes I’m a big fan of referral programmes and below are some links to some of my “best of” recruitment referral blogs and articles. Today, new social media referral programmes are being built that utilize the power of an individual’s network. The rise and potential of referral programmes knows [...]
Continue reading...Talent Contagion, Disengagement, and Cathedrals of Hope
4. July 2012
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Talent Contagion Talent, like money, is no longer flowing freely from one organization to another. In Europe today, we are seeing huge difficulties in persuading people of talent to move to new jobs. The reason is the same as it is in the finance sector, namely a lack of confidence. Banks won’t lend money to [...]
Continue reading...An Interview with Jon Ingham.
2. July 2012
With the very first of our Monster Buzz events coming up later this month, we took the opportunity to speak to one of our guest panellists about the event and his views on Talent Management vs Talent Acquisition. Do you think a debating panel is a good idea? Jon enjoys a good debate, but knows [...]
Continue reading...The One With Some Candidate Feedback
27. June 2012
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One thing has occurred to me of late. In all the discussions on the candidate experience very few people are actually speaking to candidates. Recruiters the world over are marvelling in their new found technology and boldly driving operational performance but without really listening to a key stakeholder in their endeavours.
Continue reading...10 Monster Tips – Signs that your employees are disengaged
19. June 2012
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We are seeing a lot of signs that employees are disengaged and this we know is causing companies real concern. Recruiting and Retaining talent has become a key board issue. So what are those signs that your own employees might be disengaged? Here is our Top 10; There is a lack of clarity of [...]
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