Many employers target candidates without defining what really interests or pushes them away. If you’re recruiting for a job in any field, gathering broad demographics is not enough. A candidate persona is a “fictional representation of your ideal…

Tim Sackett (@TimSackett) brought up a great point about employer branding in his post, “How Fake is Your Employer Brand”. Tim said, “I think most employment brands are completely fake. The reason I feel this way is…

The NHS currently employs more than 1.7 million people. It is the biggest employer in the UK, and the fifth largest in the World. Caring for millions of people every day, the NHS workforce has become an…

We are dashing towards the end of the year at lightning speed. 2017 is on the horizon. This means that Christmas is knocking on the door and certain holiday traditions must be adhered to. Winter is the…

Broadbean recommends to Google ‘top tips for starting a recruitment agency’ and you will be inundated with results- ideas, tips, tricks of the trade.  I am by no means claiming that I know more about this than anyone…

It won’t be the first or last time we talk about recruitment and marketing disciplines being more closely aligned than ever before.  Both disciplines require gaining competitive advantage to increase revenue.  So whether you’re a direct recruiter or an agency recruiter, what…

Social Recruiting, a phrase continually bandied about by just about everyone with any interest in finding the silver bullet that will solve all recruiting headaches.  Many organisations will claim their social recruiting endeavours are ‘successful’ but what does success…

Employers ignore the candidate experience at their own peril. The 2014 Candidate Experience Awards, which asked 95,000 job applicants about their experience applying to companies, revealed candidates take much more out of their applications than a job or rejection. 24%…

Uber is one of the biggest rising star companies of the last few years, and they plan to keep growing. They’ve announced plans to employ over 1 million women over the next five years. As with any large company, great things come…

It will come as no surprise to most HR departments worth their salt that data and analytics are critical to an evidence based approach to solving HR challenges and informing future strategy.  However, there are concerns in…

By 2021, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. But with great power, comes great opportunity. Millennials are known for a number of things: the rise of the avocado ????, an unprotested enthusiasm for flexi-time ????,…

Finding highly capable women is essential if recruiters are to hire the best people and help businesses address the gender diversity challenge. Juliet Turnbull, founder of recruitment site 2to3days, explains how flexible working is the key to…