Recruitment Focus
Why good recruiters are not magicians
Most sales jobs, and recruitment is no different, are very much about the art of making the impossible look easy. Swans, ducks and icebergs come to mind.Why recruitment is like watching TV!
While on-site with a client to review recruitment strategy we discussed the need to offer better incentives for people to join them, better hours, better pay, more interesting work.You need charismatic sales people, not bumblebees!
As the end of a recruitment year draws near, employers always start to fret about who will be in their sales line up for January.Time to end The Summertime Blues
As I write at the start of September our vacancy board has pretty much the same jobs on it as six weeks ago, plus half as many again of new ones that have come in since.Economists: Sorry guys, you just don’t get it
It seems that economists and brokers are disappointed by financial performance within the recruitment sector, despite a 20-30 per cent uplift in sales and profitability, something that most companies would be overjoyed with, writes Clive Jefferys, JMA Network.What do candidates really buy into?
So the latest TUC survey shows that whether you can feel the benefit of the economic recovery is dependent on where you live in the UK. No surprises there.Hiring set to remain a long-term challenge
By Clive Jefferys, JMA Network: We can all sense the recovery: The news trumpets growth figures to be proud of and order books are strengthening across all business sectors. However, the challenge of hiring new staff seems to grow with every day.It’s official! Employment is a seller’s market
By Clive Jefferys, JMA Network: We've all been waiting for a few months for this to hit the headlines. Unemployment has fallen below seven per cent and even more importantly, wage rises have started to outstrip inflation.The future of employment
By Clive Jefferys, JMA Network: So the survey said - eight out of 42 countries now have fully positive employment trends, and that includes six out of seven G8s. Poor old France eh?The great 'job swap' has begun!
It seems that January pay day precipitated the greatest number of resignations across UK industry for many a year. It sounds paradoxical, but if you want to improve your job prospects the best thing you can do is leave your job, writes Clive Jefferys, JMA Network.
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