UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Me: I don’t know when to quit. Interviewer: You’re hired. Me: I quit. My best job was being a musician, but eventually, I found I wasn’t noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn’t have any patients. I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income. 4 WAYS TO SUPPORT WORKING MOTHERS IN YOUR ORGANISATION Flexitime allows working mums to leave earlier to get to that parents’ evening on time and come in a bit earlier or work through lunch to make the time up. This allows working parents to get where they need to be, without impacting on their productivity at work. 2. Remote Working. Spending time away from home and having to be in the

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8 MOVIES EVERY RECRUITER MUST WATCHCLICK TO VIEW7:08 1. Wolf of Wall Street. Plot: Jordan Belfort ( Leonardo DiCaprio) stars as a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild who quickly entices him with stockbroker culture. Quote: “Sell me this pen” – A great one to know as it is now a standard interview question for candidates applying for a sales job! 10 TIPS TO MANAGING INTERVIEW CANCELLATIONS AND NO SHOWS In addition to that, here are 10 practical tips to help reduce candidate cancellations and no shows: Reduce interview lag time – Work with hiring managers to schedule interviews as soon as possible. Try not to go beyond two weeks. Don’t let someone else be faster than you. Coach hiring managers on the importance of not rescheduling HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE TOP REASONS PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING FOR JOBS The Top Reasons People Aren’t Applying for Jobs. Enticing people to apply for your jobs seems like it should be a straightforward task. They want a new job, you’re offering them one that seems to be a good fit, but sometimes the applications just don’t roll in. That’s because anyone who has been through the process of applying

for jobs

WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER 9 Killer Questions Candidates Ought to Ask the Interviewer. You’ve made it to the interview and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your

unique

HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVING Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Me: I don’t know when to quit. Interviewer: You’re hired. Me: I quit. My best job was being a musician, but eventually, I found I wasn’t noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn’t have any patients. I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income. 4 WAYS TO SUPPORT WORKING MOTHERS IN YOUR ORGANISATION Flexitime allows working mums to leave earlier to get to that parents’ evening on time and come in a bit earlier or work through lunch to make the time up. This allows working parents to get where they need to be, without impacting on their productivity at work. 2. Remote Working. Spending time away from home and having to be in the

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8 MOVIES EVERY RECRUITER MUST WATCHCLICK TO VIEW7:08 1. Wolf of Wall Street. Plot: Jordan Belfort ( Leonardo DiCaprio) stars as a Wall Street stockbroker for L.F. Rothschild who quickly entices him with stockbroker culture. Quote: “Sell me this pen” – A great one to know as it is now a standard interview question for candidates applying for a sales job! 10 TIPS TO MANAGING INTERVIEW CANCELLATIONS AND NO SHOWS In addition to that, here are 10 practical tips to help reduce candidate cancellations and no shows: Reduce interview lag time – Work with hiring managers to schedule interviews as soon as possible. Try not to go beyond two weeks. Don’t let someone else be faster than you. Coach hiring managers on the importance of not rescheduling HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE TOP REASONS PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING FOR JOBS The Top Reasons People Aren’t Applying for Jobs. Enticing people to apply for your jobs seems like it should be a straightforward task. They want a new job, you’re offering them one that seems to be a good fit, but sometimes the applications just don’t roll in. That’s because anyone who has been through the process of applying

for jobs

WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER 9 Killer Questions Candidates Ought to Ask the Interviewer. You’ve made it to the interview and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your

unique

HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVING Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE TOP REASONS PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING FOR JOBS The Top Reasons People Aren’t Applying for Jobs. Enticing people to apply for your jobs seems like it should be a straightforward task. They want a new job, you’re offering them one that seems to be a good fit, but sometimes the applications just don’t roll in. That’s because anyone who has been through the process of applying

for jobs

HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVING Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

8 TIPS FOR MANAGING YOUR TEAM EFFECTIVELY 2) Build positive working relationships. It’s important to get to know members of your team individually, not only on a professional level but on a more personal level too. When you put the effort in to get to know a bit more about how your colleagues are doing and what they are interested in, it will build a much better rapport among the

team.

HOW CAN EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY INFLUENCE RECRUITING? Employee advocacy is one of the most influential ways to boost a company’s recruiting game. Take a look at referrals. They’re #1 in almost every recruiting metric across the board. When employees speak out in favor of a company you’ll see friends, friends of friends,

and

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing WHAT COMPANIES OFFER THE BEST EMPLOYEE PERKS? McDonalds: There is a company car program which includes insurance, maintenance and repair. Whenever an employee reaches a work anniversary (5 years,10, 15, 20, etc.) they are rewarded with an extra week of holiday. After every 10 years of service to the company, employees are able to take an 8 week sabbatical. CREATING JOB POSTINGS THAT ATTRACT A DIVERSE RANGE OF 1. They are not inclusive – Subtle language can dramatically increase engagement from diverse groups, with issues such as: gender coding, masculine wording, and disability or age related wording all having an impact on diverse candidate applications. 2. The attraction strategy is not targeted – While diverse candidates look for jobs in ARE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE MORE VALUABLE THAN A DEGREE? Today, employers are looking for a variety of talents, skills and personality traits in future candidates. This means that people who haven’t attended university, have just as much of a chance of getting employed due to the potential skills and experience that they have gained in the time that others have spent studying for a degree.. So, what is more valued – a degree or experience and skill? LINKEDIN INVITATIONS: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW (AND THEN SOME!) Stacy Donovan Zapar is a 15-year recruiting veteran and CEO of Tenfold Social Training, a training / consulting company for recruiters and hiring teams.She is also the Most Connected Woman on LinkedIn with more than 36,000 first-level connections. She served as Technical Editor for Wiley’s LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day and is a regularly-featured contributor on The Undercover Recruiter. WHAT IS GEN Z'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE CAREERS? Employer branding experts, Universum have recently released the findings of a survey they conducted investigating the attitudes that young people (born between 1996 and 2000) have towards their future careers, fears about work and thoughts about higher education.. Gen Z are the most digital savvy generation yet and are the first to have grown up their entire lives with easy access to UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing 3 WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY IN THE HIRING PROCESSSEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM 4 WAYS TO SUPPORT WORKING MOTHERS IN YOUR ORGANISATION Flexitime allows working mums to leave earlier to get to that parents’ evening on time and come in a bit earlier or work through lunch to make the time up. This allows working parents to get where they need to be, without impacting on their productivity at work. 2. Remote Working. Spending time away from home and having to be in the

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7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS 7 Things to Consider When Reviewing Employee Rewards. It’s well known that recognising and rewarding employees for excellent work helps to ensure they feel valued for their efforts; creating a culture of high performance, increasing employee engagement and improving recruitment and retention. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

WHAT IS GEN Z'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE CAREERS? Employer branding experts, Universum have recently released the findings of a survey they conducted investigating the attitudes that young people (born between 1996 and 2000) have towards their future careers, fears about work and thoughts about higher education.. Gen Z are the most digital savvy generation yet and are the first to have grown up their entire lives with easy access to UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing 3 WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY IN THE HIRING PROCESSSEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM 4 WAYS TO SUPPORT WORKING MOTHERS IN YOUR ORGANISATION Flexitime allows working mums to leave earlier to get to that parents’ evening on time and come in a bit earlier or work through lunch to make the time up. This allows working parents to get where they need to be, without impacting on their productivity at work. 2. Remote Working. Spending time away from home and having to be in the

office 9

7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS 7 Things to Consider When Reviewing Employee Rewards. It’s well known that recognising and rewarding employees for excellent work helps to ensure they feel valued for their efforts; creating a culture of high performance, increasing employee engagement and improving recruitment and retention. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

WHAT IS GEN Z'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR FUTURE CAREERS? Employer branding experts, Universum have recently released the findings of a survey they conducted investigating the attitudes that young people (born between 1996 and 2000) have towards their future careers, fears about work and thoughts about higher education.. Gen Z are the most digital savvy generation yet and are the first to have grown up their entire lives with easy access to 10 TRICKS TO GETTING A HIGHER SALARY Takeaways: Understand the needs of the employer. Make your company realise that you are a valuable asset to the team, and they’ll be more likely to take your offer more seriously. Be realistic. Negotiate a fair compensation. For context, discover out how much other companies are paying people who work in the same industry as you. 7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EMPLOYEE MONITORING 6. Explain the benefits to your employees. A really important thing to know before implementing employee monitoring is to explain it to your employees beforehand. Many employees are generally wary of monitoring software and so explaining to them the benefits and what goals you hope to achieve with it will make the process significantly smoother. THE TOP REASONS PEOPLE AREN'T APPLYING FOR JOBS The Top Reasons People Aren’t Applying for Jobs. Enticing people to apply for your jobs seems like it should be a straightforward task. They want a new job, you’re offering them one that seems to be a good fit, but sometimes the applications just don’t roll in. That’s because anyone who has been through the process of applying

for jobs

5 TIPS TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Consider the following 5 tips: 1. Measure your value: One of the most frequent mistakes that employees make is that they use competing job openings in order to determine their value. This is not an accurate gauge because it fails to take into account human nature: people are most concerned with themselves. In order to determine whether your HOW CAN YOU MEASURE SUCCESS ON A DIVERSITY PROGRAM? What gets measured gets done, fact. Accountability is a key driving in the success of diversity and inclusion training, and all too often in the past organisations have dipped their toe in the water and deliver a single course (usually unconscious bias) and seen little impact as a

result.

CREATING JOB POSTINGS THAT ATTRACT A DIVERSE RANGE OF 1. They are not inclusive – Subtle language can dramatically increase engagement from diverse groups, with issues such as: gender coding, masculine wording, and disability or age related wording all having an impact on diverse candidate applications. 2. The attraction strategy is not targeted – While diverse candidates look for jobs in HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND WEED OUT TOXIC MANAGERS The first step in weeding toxic behavior out of your business is recognizing you have a problem in the first place. Here are 11 signs of toxic behavior you need to watch out for: Poor coaching skills – getting frustrated when teaching new skills to employees. Micromanaging. Lack of compassion and social skills. WHY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY NEEDS MORE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP Author Byline: Lior Zitzman is the Director of Digital Audience at BigRentz, a construction equipment rentals marketplace with a network of over 1,500 rental partners. He has more than 15 years of experience in enterprise-level SEO at automotive publishing and equipment companies. In his spare time, he enjoys website development, gadgets,

and fishing.

VISUAL RESUMES: HELP OR HYPE? Visual resumes tend to be more successful when applying for creative, less traditional roles, such as marketing. You will also see visual resumes used by graphic artists and designers. Almost any company that values or expects creativity, ingenuity or out-of-the box ideas would appreciate the visual interpretation of your story. ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES IN HR SETTING THEIR SIGHTS TOO HIGH? And I hope for you fellow HR graduate peers—that’s your goal, too. Marley Huckabee is graduating from Baylor University in May with her degree in HR. She currently serves as President of the Baylor Association of HR and is the HR Intern in the Baylor Career Center.

She

UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW HAS THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS CHANGED IN THE NEW 19 hours ago · It is fair to say that 2020 shook recruitment (along with most other sectors) to its core. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the recruitment industry that were expected to take years have happened in mere months. 5 WAYS TO FINDING A NEW JOB AFTER BEING LAID OFF If you have just lost your job or have been out of work for a while – don’t worry – this is actually an exciting opportunity for you even though it may not feel like it. If you’ve been made redundant and haven’t been working for a while it can be easy to get discouraged by the tough job market. However, if you get smart about what you do and how to target what you’re after – you 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Me: I don’t know when to quit. Interviewer: You’re hired. Me: I quit. My best job was being a musician, but eventually, I found I wasn’t noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn’t have any patients. I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income. 20 WARNING SIGNS YOU'RE BURNED OUT AT WORK Here are 20 signs that you might be at the end of your tether and need to take some time out: If you set your alarm early just so you can press the snooze button, then the first thing you do in the morning could be the biggest sign that you’ve had enough. If you’re normally frantic in the morning and end up being late, you need to

take some

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE QUIT THEIR JOBS 9) Lack of trust or autonomy: The most valued attributes at work include trust, honesty, and fairness, according to 90% of employees. 80% say that a lack of trust is enough to make them leave. RELATED: How to Build Employee Trust with Honest Career Conversations. 5 TIPS TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Consider the following 5 tips: 1. Measure your value: One of the most frequent mistakes that employees make is that they use competing job openings in order to determine their value. This is not an accurate gauge because it fails to take into account human nature: people are most concerned with themselves. In order to determine whether your 7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS 7 Things to Consider When Reviewing Employee Rewards. It’s well known that recognising and rewarding employees for excellent work helps to ensure they feel valued for their efforts; creating a culture of high performance, increasing employee engagement and improving recruitment and retention. 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER 9 Killer Questions Candidates Ought to Ask the Interviewer. You’ve made it to the interview and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your

unique

CONTINGENCY VS. RETAINED RECRUITERS: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? The contingency recruiter will be a lot quicker and most probably deliver more candidates to increase the odds of making a placement. Another difference is that the retained recruiter has signed up to a service level, sometimes a retained search can be challenging and these projects can be rather lengthy. The contingency recruiter will

simply

DO I WRITE MY LINKEDIN SUMMARY IN THE 1ST OR 3RD PERSON? The only difficult thing about LinkedIn is that there is no prescribed way to get your profile done. There are so many bits of information required, including an area that requires you to write a summary of your life in 2000 characters or less. This stumps most people and even turns some away from creating a profile on the website. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW HAS THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS CHANGED IN THE NEW 16 hours ago · It is fair to say that 2020 shook recruitment (along with most other sectors) to its core. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the recruitment industry that were expected to take years have happened in mere months. 5 WAYS TO FINDING A NEW JOB AFTER BEING LAID OFF If you have just lost your job or have been out of work for a while – don’t worry – this is actually an exciting opportunity for you even though it may not feel like it. If you’ve been made redundant and haven’t been working for a while it can be easy to get discouraged by the tough job market. However, if you get smart about what you do and how to target what you’re after – you 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Me: I don’t know when to quit. Interviewer: You’re hired. Me: I quit. My best job was being a musician, but eventually, I found I wasn’t noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn’t have any patients. I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income. 20 WARNING SIGNS YOU'RE BURNED OUT AT WORK Here are 20 signs that you might be at the end of your tether and need to take some time out: If you set your alarm early just so you can press the snooze button, then the first thing you do in the morning could be the biggest sign that you’ve had enough. If you’re normally frantic in the morning and end up being late, you need to

take some

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE QUIT THEIR JOBS 9) Lack of trust or autonomy: The most valued attributes at work include trust, honesty, and fairness, according to 90% of employees. 80% say that a lack of trust is enough to make them leave. RELATED: How to Build Employee Trust with Honest Career Conversations. 5 TIPS TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Consider the following 5 tips: 1. Measure your value: One of the most frequent mistakes that employees make is that they use competing job openings in order to determine their value. This is not an accurate gauge because it fails to take into account human nature: people are most concerned with themselves. In order to determine whether your 7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS 7 Things to Consider When Reviewing Employee Rewards. It’s well known that recognising and rewarding employees for excellent work helps to ensure they feel valued for their efforts; creating a culture of high performance, increasing employee engagement and improving recruitment and retention. 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER 9 Killer Questions Candidates Ought to Ask the Interviewer. You’ve made it to the interview and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your

unique

CONTINGENCY VS. RETAINED RECRUITERS: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? The contingency recruiter will be a lot quicker and most probably deliver more candidates to increase the odds of making a placement. Another difference is that the retained recruiter has signed up to a service level, sometimes a retained search can be challenging and these projects can be rather lengthy. The contingency recruiter will

simply

DO I WRITE MY LINKEDIN SUMMARY IN THE 1ST OR 3RD PERSON? The only difficult thing about LinkedIn is that there is no prescribed way to get your profile done. There are so many bits of information required, including an area that requires you to write a summary of your life in 2000 characters or less. This stumps most people and even turns some away from creating a profile on the website. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW HAS THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS CHANGED IN THE NEW 12 hours ago · It is fair to say that 2020 shook recruitment (along with most other sectors) to its core. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the recruitment industry that were expected to take years have happened in mere months. 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Me: I don’t know when to quit. Interviewer: You’re hired. Me: I quit. My best job was being a musician, but eventually, I found I wasn’t noteworthy. I studied a long time to become a doctor, but I didn’t have any patients. I became a professional fisherman but discovered that I couldn’t live on my net income. 20 WARNING SIGNS YOU'RE BURNED OUT AT WORK Here are 20 signs that you might be at the end of your tether and need to take some time out: If you set your alarm early just so you can press the snooze button, then the first thing you do in the morning could be the biggest sign that you’ve had enough. If you’re normally frantic in the morning and end up being late, you need to

take some

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE QUIT THEIR JOBS 9) Lack of trust or autonomy: The most valued attributes at work include trust, honesty, and fairness, according to 90% of employees. 80% say that a lack of trust is enough to make them leave. RELATED: How to Build Employee Trust with Honest Career Conversations. 5 TIPS TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Consider the following 5 tips: 1. Measure your value: One of the most frequent mistakes that employees make is that they use competing job openings in order to determine their value. This is not an accurate gauge because it fails to take into account human nature: people are most concerned with themselves. In order to determine whether your 7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS 7 Things to Consider When Reviewing Employee Rewards. It’s well known that recognising and rewarding employees for excellent work helps to ensure they feel valued for their efforts; creating a culture of high performance, increasing employee engagement and improving recruitment and retention. 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER 9 Killer Questions Candidates Ought to Ask the Interviewer. You’ve made it to the interview and you’ve prepared for all the questions they are supposedly going to ask you. You go in confident, chest up, and smiling for what feels like forever. They start asking you questions about your background and life stories to illustrate your

unique

CONTINGENCY VS. RETAINED RECRUITERS: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? The contingency recruiter will be a lot quicker and most probably deliver more candidates to increase the odds of making a placement. Another difference is that the retained recruiter has signed up to a service level, sometimes a retained search can be challenging and these projects can be rather lengthy. The contingency recruiter will

simply

ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES IN HR SETTING THEIR SIGHTS TOO HIGH? And I hope for you fellow HR graduate peers—that’s your goal, too. Marley Huckabee is graduating from Baylor University in May with her degree in HR. She currently serves as President of the Baylor Association of HR and is the HR Intern in the Baylor Career Center.

She

DO I WRITE MY LINKEDIN SUMMARY IN THE 1ST OR 3RD PERSON? The only difficult thing about LinkedIn is that there is no prescribed way to get your profile done. There are so many bits of information required, including an area that requires you to write a summary of your life in 2000 characters or less. This stumps most people and even turns some away from creating a profile on the website. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. UNDERCOVER RECRUITER A Wake-Up Call: Tackling the Employee Insomnia Crisis. When COVID-19 struck this time last year, most employees were forced to work from home. One of the results of enforced remote working is the rise in the number of people experiencing insomnia. One in four people reported sleepless nights and Google searches for the word “insomnia 5 HARD TRUTHS ABOUT AGENCY RECRUITING 2) Recruiting agencies hire young: Most recruiting agencies hire right out of college. There are many reasons for this, but the one I have noticed the most is because recent college graduates will work 60 hour weeks for about 30K a year. That is typically what is asked of you right out of the gate. Most agencies will have working hours from 7 HOW TO HANDLE THE HEARTBREAK OF A CLOSE COLLEAGUE LEAVINGLETTER FOR A

COWORKER LEAVING

Book a farewell lunch and keep in touch. Don’t forget to keep in touch with your colleague – it doesn’t have to be the end. You might even find you become better friends when you remove work from the equation. Book in a farewell lunch so you can have one last fun memory with them at work, and make sure you make the effort to check

in with

THE IMPORTANCE OF BENEFITS & PERKS The Importance of Benefits & Perks. As the talent market becomes more and more competitive, companies are increasing their focus on employee benefits as a tool to attract and retain top talent. Today, rewarding your people is more than just about improving their financial gain. People wanted to be rewarded in ways that benefit their wellbeing HOW TO USE DATA TO INFLUENCE HIRING MANAGERS Company names. Time to fill for similar positions. How to influence: First, simply telling them versus having this data will allow the HR or hiring manager to have evidence that they need to convince their boss. Second, it establishes your credibility. And third, the client is forced to explain their logic to you. WHY POLITICAL DIVERSITY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACESEE MORE ON THEUNDERCOVERRECRUITER.COM HOW TO DEAL WITH AN EMPLOYEE ABSENCE SURGE ON MONDAYS AND Most employers will have a threshold whereby a specific number of absences on Fridays and Mondays become unacceptable due to the disruption it causes their business. Having trigger points in your policies and procedures which leads to a formal procedure is always helpful and should be encouraged. At the formal meetings you should

always start

THE INTERVIEW QUESTION CHECKLIST FOR JOBS IN COMMUNICATIONS Based on over 20 years of working in every type of communications role imaginable and across most industries, here’s a comprehensive, mega checklist of over 60 questions. They’re written in such a way that, irrespective of whether you’re a candidate or a recruiter, these are the questions in communications that matter most. HOW TO AVOID CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT OR ACCEPTING COUNTER A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. EMPLOYER BRANDING: THE MCDONALD'S VS. DISNEY EFFECT The answer is quite simple: branding. While the economy may be a hot button issue for the country right now, they don’t care as much about Disney’s acts because Disney has branded themselves as “The Happiest Place on Earth”. Meanwhile McDonald’s is stimulating their employee base with wage increases. HOW HAS THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS CHANGED IN THE NEW 11 hours ago · It is fair to say that 2020 shook recruitment (along with most other sectors) to its core. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the recruitment industry that were expected to take years have happened in mere months. 50 JOKES ABOUT CAREERS & JOB SEARCH Cookie Type Duration Description; __gads: 0: 2 years: This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. 20 WARNING SIGNS YOU'RE BURNED OUT AT WORK Are you feeling drained? Do you get tired easily? Are you getting irritated by everything and anything at work? You may need some time off. Every so often, as humans, we work ourselves too hard and become burnt out – and the best thing to do is take a break, relax, and

refresh ourselves.

10 REASONS WHY PEOPLE QUIT THEIR JOBS Not everyone will be happy in their job – some will be living out their dream position, and be enjoying every moment, but others may want to take a break or leave completely.. If an employee leaves, sometimes it can be inevitable, but if you’re constantly losing your best players and turnover is turning dirty, then you have a real

problem.

7 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING EMPLOYEE REWARDS Gill is a founding Director of Pure Resourcing Solutions has worked in the recruitment field since 1988. Gill’s experience is broad based and includes eight years of specialist recruitment experience within an international specialist recruitment company including five years working within financial services recruitment in Sydney, Australia. 5 TIPS TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY Successful salary renegotiation is a complex, multistep process that takes some time. Employees who walk into their boss’ office and baldly ask for more money leave the 9 KILLER QUESTIONS CANDIDATES OUGHT TO ASK THE INTERVIEWER Cookie Type Duration Description; __gads: 0: 2 years: This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. CONTINGENCY VS. RETAINED RECRUITERS: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Cookie Type Duration Description; __gads: 0: 2 years: This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES IN HR SETTING THEIR SIGHTS TOO HIGH? Cookie Type Duration Description; __gads: 0: 2 years: This cookie is set by Google and stored under the name dounleclick.com. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. DO I WRITE MY LINKEDIN SUMMARY IN THE 1ST OR 3RD PERSON? LinkedIn is a great website and a necessary tool for getting yourself noticed with candidates and clients. A lot of key people take time to get their profiles updated, including the CEOs of Fortune 500

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SURVIVAL TIPS FOR PARENTS WHO NOW MUST WORK FROM HOME * Post author By Guest On the afternoon of Friday, 20 March, schools across the UK were ordered to close ‘until further notice’ to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At the same time, organizations that have avoided being shuttered under the directive of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have moved their

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