With tuition fees reaching as high as £9,000 per year, joining university nowadays can be considered one of the most difficult decisions aspiring students have to make. Regardless of whether a student is a member of Gen Z (18-21) or a Millennial (21+), all students have to bear the costs of accommodation and day-to-day living […]
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Innovation lies at the heart of everything global business and technology consultancy, Capco do. So, to tackle the complex challenges of today’s competitive candidate-driven market, particularly attracting and engaging with scarce skills candidates, Capco needed an innovative solution and so implemented Meet & Engage Candidate Experience technology. ‘Unicorn candidates’ are extremely valuable to organisations like Capco. However, attracting
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This article is taken from our whitepaper. Download our whitepaper, Understanding Our Emerging Talent to read more. There were a number of potentially interlinked themes that featured heavily in our research; work/life balance, equality, and social impact. In short, doing the right thing by not just your employees, but by society as a whole. Whether it was at
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We’ve seen a real uptake of universities using our one-to-one live chat during the busy Clearing period. Most of our clients implemented one-to-one live chats to give students another way to connect with them, so it often ran alongside traditional phone enquiries but also their newer social media channels like Facebook. But what’s great about
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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
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Starbucks announced recently that in response to protests at the treatment of two black men in one of their branches in Philadelphia, they would close all 8,000 branches in the US for half-a-day so all staff can undertake unconscious bias training. The estimated cost was $20m (£15m) in lost sales. A drastic move? Or simply a reflection
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Narinder Hammond, Partnerships Director at LaunchPad and I, recently teamed up to host a webinar revealing the best ways to create an engaging candidate experience, especially considering new technology and automated processes. Technology can make life easier, it’s true what they say, but often, we see technology and automation being integrated with a defined purpose. So, it’s more tech for
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As a recent graduate, it’s fair to say that I’ve become a bit of an expert in applying for graduate jobs. While the process is exciting, at times it can feel overwhelming. You’re in your final year, juggling your dissertation with job applications and coming to terms with the fact that in a few months,
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The use of technology to connect with people is nothing new – yet many universities are still using archaic methods for their Student Recruitment and Clearing activity. Live chat is helping both marketing and admissions teams transform their Clearing comms – from reducing phone and email enquiries to providing quicker and less formal online chat.
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We recently conducted research in partnership with Bright Network and EY to explore the views of women studying at UK universities, who want a career in Technology, Engineering or Consulting (TEC). We wanted to understand their past experiences of exploring future career options and get their views on what can be done to enhance the process. As part of
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