Recruitment

Often because of a skills gap in the sector you recruit in, it can be necessary look further afield for suitable candidates. There are often people in different professions who would be interested in relocating for the right opportunity, or who are actively looking to do just that. In some fields, like IT and medicine, it is fairly normal to con

When you find a potentially interesting candidate for a role you are recruiting, whether they are someone you find online or someone who is already on your recruitment database, but who you haven’t personally spoken to, you are obviously going to be keen to get them on the phone and pitch the job to them. What many recruiters forget when

Have you found the perfect candidate, only to discover that they are in the wrong county or travelling times or distances are just unsuitable?

Well, now you can save having to ‘read the fine print’ or search through your records to find out a candidate’s location before putting them forward.

Chameleon-i now gives users the ability to

Back in the day, if you knew someone who worked in one of those trendy offices that had a table football game and a PlayStation in a corner somewhere, it was a huge source of envy. How different, it seemed, life must be, if your working environment was a little bit fun, rather than a sea of battleship grey, livened up only by a noticeboard where

When you were still at school or college, do you remember getting advice on those first job interviews from teachers, careers advisors or your parents? That may feel like a long time ago, and of course, now you work in recruitment you are pretty well versed in interviewing. However, some of those basic tips actually stay relevant, even though in

Whether you are a new agency trying to put your name out there, or an established, well known recruitment business, how you build and maintain awareness of your brand, and how consistent your brand messaging is is really important. Branding is not just about helping people remember who you are, but about giving a shorthand that reminds people of

When you are posting jobs on job boards and websites, or emailing potential candidates from your hiring database with details of a new role your clients want you to find people to fill, it can be surprisingly easy to include buzzwords that are either worthless in convincing your target audience that this job is for them, or can actually be obnox

Working from home is something that many jobs can now offer, but not every business has caught on to the benefits yet and many still tend to be reluctant to let people work remotely. There are obvious benefits to working from home for employees, reducing their cost in both time and money for getting to work, and allowing them to be more flexible

Headhunting can be far more challenging than finding candidates from the active jobseekers in your recruitment database, but can often be the way to find people your clients will be really excited about hiring. Generally, to headhunt means to get in touch with someone who is already working in a similar position or industry, and to try and lure

Chameleon-i has released its Chrome LinkedIn plugin to a very appreciative audience.

We all now that LinkedIn can be an extremely powerful tool in the right hands. With its vast reach, search technology and the long-term nature of its members’ profiles, LinkedIn remains one of the best ways to effectively so