Here's a selection of the Hot Topics we have tackled on our Hub-pages - use the links to read on!
Recruiting in Recession - Even if you aren't recruiting - don't forget recruitment!!
So everyone in recruitment knows it's pretty quiet just now and we all know why. That's not to say that there is nothing happening, far from it; for example Consortio is working on two cracking projects at the moment but it's the corporate recruiters that I want to appeal to in this message.
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Employer Brand
Businesses across the globe are embracing the concept of Employer Brand; they understand that communicating with candidates and employees is a very different science to communicating with their customers and many have spent a lot of money to understand and develop an Employer Brand that will work for them. The problem is that an Employer Brand is not a magic wand in itself and in fact it can be a burden because if you don’t achieve consistency with everything you do in projecting and communicating that brand to the outside world, then it will ultimately fail, particularly with the brutally brand aware Generation Y.
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The Evolving Graduate Market
Well, the world economy is certainly changing and this ‘recession’ will have a real impact on the graduate recruitment market for both employers and recent graduates looking for their dream job. With fewer graduate opportunities available and the need for employers to find the best graduates to fill their reduced vacancies and get more immediate results from them; the relationship between the two will definitely evolve in a different direction and indeed this has started already, at Consortio we are graduate recruitment specialists ensuring the attraction of the best graduate talent.
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Interviewing Matters
It is true that the weakest part of any recruitment process is the interview, why? Well because it is the make or break first face to face contact between you and the candidate and if things aren’t thought through carefully and unless a structured, appropriate, non-discriminatory and effective interview and assessment process is put in place then it is likely that one of three things will happen.
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