What’s the most exciting thing to happen between Halloween and Christmas? (and it’s not Guy Fawkes’ night)
Next week we release our third Talent Acquisition Benchmark report which is very exciting for us for a number of reasons. First of all, we …
COVID, AI and the Workplace: Why Identity Politics Is Trumping Economics
Next week we have our Tipping Point event where we are bringing together a number of HR and Talent Leaders to discuss challenge related to …
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How are you managing your journey of regret?
I only recently came across the concept of the candidate regret journey. And I have to confess, I found it a bit confusing – was …
Lord Sugar, you’re fired. And take Gordon Ramsay with you.
Last week I happened to catch a clip on the BBC promoting the ‘best of the Apprentice’ which was mainly Alan Sugar shouting at people, …
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How Talent Leaders can stay relevant when hiring volumes are down
We’ve been hosting a number of industry-specific Talent Leader round-tables recently and have had a fantastic range of organisations talking about some of the challenges …
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Is the long tail wagging the recruitment sector?
Proliferating recruitment start-ups were fragmenting the sector before COVID 19, but very few have achieved scale. As redundancies are likely to drive another start-up boom, …
Peloton Subscriber, Nibbler or Orchestra conductor – which one are you?
I wanted to share a few ideas about how to complete our Talent Acquisition Benchmark Programme. There are basically three ways to do it: The …
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Here’s another algorithm that doesn’t work but this time it’s serious
Earlier this week, our team gathered at Talent Towers to spend a socially distanced day planning for two big events next month – our Talent …
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Uncertainty isn’t the only certainty, clichés are as well
One thing I think we can all agree on is that in the last few months there has been a glut of articles trying to …
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Companies can’t look after their customers so why do you think they’ll look after their candidates?
I wasn’t able to log on to my mobile phone account last week and 45 minutes, 1 bot, 2 customer reps and 3 hand-offs later, …