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Recruiting Top Talent with Bean Bags and Space Invaders

Here is a simple equation for all recruitment business owners seeking to hire A-Grade recruiters into their business: If your office environment is A-Grade, they will come; If it isn't, they won't. Let me elaborate: Three times this week I have had the hiring process influenced in a major way by…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 9, 2012

Employment Recruitment

QR Codes: Possibly the Ugliest Innovation in Recruitment

When HR thought leader Dr John Sullivan ponders upon whether QR Codes might be the next Big Thing in recruiting technology, it's worth paying attention. But when a marketing agency make a QR Code out of Oreo cookies then you know this is something that requires serious consideration. QR (Quick…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 26, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Could Henry’s Return Ever Be Mirrored in the Recruitment World?

The cupboard has been unlocked, the heavy door groaned backwards, and from the musty semi-darkness here it comes. On squeaky wheels, with 2011's words still faintly visible, The Whiteboard rattles and shakes its way into the bright lights of Recruitment 2012. Welcome back. I love this time of year. The…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 12, 2012

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment

The Whiteboard’s (Alternative) Recruitment Predictions for 2012

Hmmm, there seem to be rather a lot of predictions for 2012 wafting around the social media blogosphere in recent days. How on earth is one to know what to do with themselves as the impending end of 2011 looms ever closer? How can one prepare for the trials and tribulations…

Jonathan RiceDecember 15, 2011

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Hindsight or Arse-sight? Reflecting on The Whiteboard’s 2011 Predictions

Last year, around about this time, The Whiteboard brought to you my predictions for what 2011 had in store for us in the world of recruitment. Next week I will be wheeling out a similar offering, although cunningly this time I will be issuing forth predictions for Recruitment 2012. Just…

Jonathan RiceDecember 8, 2011

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Why Recruiters Should be Social Media Screening Candidates

There are a number of ways that social media commentators, writers and bloggers can encourage people to share their online content. Often all it takes is a title that includes the words "Social Media", "Recruitment" and some random number, as in "5 Reasons to..." or "10 Best Examples of..." or…

Jonathan RiceNovember 17, 2011

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

Are Job Boards Finally Learning to Innovate?

Job Boards are starting to get the message: Innovate or die. For many years the Australasian recruitment market built their empires by sourcing active jobseekers through print media and then online job boards. As online prevailed, print media wilted, and for a large chunk of the last decade the online…

Jonathan RiceOctober 27, 2011

Employment

Blogging and KPI’s Just Don’t Mix

For a number of reasons that I won't bore you all with this is going to be a very quick Whiteboard blog post today. Oh yeah, I can hear those sighs of relief down the back there. Look I know I can be a bit verbose sometimes but come on, this…

Jonathan RiceOctober 20, 2011

Employment Recruitment

A Candidate’s Ignorant Rant

We get a bad rap in recruitment. Sometimes we invite criticism onto ourselves by failing to feedback, follow up or communicate with candidates. The biggest mistake you can make as a recruiter is to tell a candidate you will do something, and then fail to do it. A bit more…

Jonathan RiceOctober 13, 2011

Employment Recruitment

Lies, Damn Lies…and Recruitment Statistics?

This is how PR and press releases happen in the recruitment world, particularly from the larger agencies: The PR department of a recruitment company issues a periodic online survey to their company's database of clients or candidates, asking leading questions designed to elicit responses around a particular topic. The responses…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 15, 2011

Recruiting Top Talent with Bean Bags and Space Invaders

QR Codes: Possibly the Ugliest Innovation in Recruitment

Could Henry’s Return Ever Be Mirrored in the Recruitment World?

A Candidate’s Ignorant Rant

Lies, Damn Lies…and Recruitment Statistics?

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