Support your early careers candidates with a personalised hiring journey that adds real value If you recruit in the Early Careers space, typically you’ve set a multi-stage hiring journey which will take several hours to complete over a period of weeks or potentially months. You’ll have designed your hiring journey to achieve the best outcomes …
Personalisation is something we take for granted in almost all aspects of our lives, to the point it stands out when we’re treated in an untailored way. It feels clumsy, out of sync and off-putting. You know the sort of thing; the email arriving saying ‘Dear First Name’ rather than your actual first name. It’s …
The power of positive personalisation: it’s more than getting the name right! Read More »
A few weeks ago I hosted a panel webinar with three experts in the early careers space. Olwen Watson, Global Emerging Talent Selection Operations Lead at HSBC, Grace Clayton, Head of Volume and Early Talent Assessment at Cappfinity and Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green, Faculty Head of Award and Progression Gaps at Manchester Metropolitan University, joined me …
Right support at the right time: empowering your future talent during the hiring journey Read More »
This task seems to get harder every year. Is it simply that we live in a more unstable world, along with all the associated economic and human factors that entails? That certainly could be said of the last twelve months and moving into 2023. To make some sound predictions for next year, I’ve drawn on …
Reminding yourself that your candidates are digital-savvy consumers in all other aspects of their lives, can be a super-useful lens through which to evaluate your hiring journey and the experience it delivers to your potential hires. As can the data showing how candidates are behaving and performing during the journey. For example, what stage are …
Why the hiring journey can be the perfect place to create employer brand advocacy Read More »
There’s never a shortage of predictions when it comes to the impact of technology on the world of Talent and Resourcing, but here TMPW’s Rowena Bach takes a look at two major themes – mental health and candidate experience – and shares her observations on the impact technology is having in these areas. When it comes to mental health, …
2019 HR Tech Predictions: How Are They Coming Along? Read More »
Following the launch of Bright Network’s 2019 research – Insights From Tomorrow’s Workforce – I wanted to take a moment to focus on one aspect of the findings that particularly stood out to me. To read a summary of the research findings check out my recent article. According to the research group, one of the most significant …
How To Boost Your Candidates’ Confidence Throughout The Recruitment Journey Read More »
In partnership with Bright Network, we recently launched Bright Network’s 2019 research – Insights from Tomorrow’s Workforce – looking at the views and aspirations of our future talent. One thing that stood out to me was the reminder that when dealing with Gen Z, we’re dealing with sophisticated consumers. Underestimating the importance of treating candidates …
Candidates As Consumers: The Key To Reducing Renege Rates Read More »
If you’ve ever developed an employer brand, you’ll know that it takes commitment and a lot of resource. You need to fully understand your business, your purpose and your point of difference as an employer. Research is undertaken; EVPs (Employer Value Propositions) and core messages are created; target audiences are identified; the creative execution takes …
Employer Brand Activation: Ensuring A Positive Candidate Experience Read More »
After looking through research by Manpower on the use of technology, especially, virtual assistant technology to support the recruitment process we decided to pick out some our favourite salient points that really drive home everything that we believe about technology and its place in recruitment. From clicking ads for jobs on social media to asking Siri, Cortana …