With many businesses trying to significantly reduce recruitment costs via a direct to market recruitment strategy, it is worthwhile reflecting on the value a recruitment partner can deliver. Today’s labour market dynamics present a window of opportunity for organisations to maintain their focus on talent retention and increase their recruitment of higher calibre new employees. […]
Aberdeen Group’s 2014 report “Mobile HCM: Find, Develop, and Deploy” provides useful and interesting insights into how mobile devices are being used in HCM today. Importantly their study found that “organisations using mobile talent acquisition tools had 35% lower turnover among high potentials”. Moreover, the report posits that the adoption of mobile tools for workforce […]
If your job can be automated, then you should definitely read on as the likelihood that it won’t exist in 5 years is high! There are plenty of examples of this and it’s not a new phenomenon. It’s been going on for eons but the pace of change has accelerated exponentially with the rapid […]
The extent to which organisations plan for and adopt a dynamic recruitment process will determine whether unwanted candidate drop-off occurs. In 2014, candidate drop-off is a key recruitment risk for organisations, although many don’t know it yet. So, why in 2014 is this a key consideration, and importantly, how can your business fast track candidates and mitigate the risk of candidate drop-off?
The Aberdeen Group has recently released an excellent study based on 234 responses that researched how “leading organisations are designing and implementing employee engagement strategies that contribute to organisational success”. The report argues that engagement has reached an “inflection“ point where organisational growth aspirations may be compromised unless they don’t re-evaluate their approach to employee […]
Mobile recruiting and it’s next evolution – allowing candidates to apply for roles through their smart phones – have created a relatively urgent need to rethink the way in which CV submission and CV screening processes are set. This could represent an amazing opportunity to reshape and potentially, vastly improve a part of the candidate […]
With the holiday season almost here, the team at deliberatepractice wanted to take the opportunity to wish you a very merry and safe Christmas and New Year! As leaders and confidants in your business, your focus on ensuring that others prosper, stay safe and obtain career success often leaves little time to think of yourself. […]
Sometimes, redundancies occur in a swift and unexpected manner. At other times, you may know that a wave of redundancies is on its way, but you don’t know if you will be directly affected. Irrespective, it can be an anxious time. It can be particularly difficult to deal with the feeling of a loss of […]
For companies who are truly focused on mastering talent acquisition, don’t forget the importance of your organisation’s candidates. Not only those candidates who accept your job offer, but those who interview unsuccessfully, those who don’t pass your initial telephone screening, those who send in their resume. These candidates may not be suited to your requirements […]
You have employees who have survived a round of retrenchments but instead of relief, you sense that some are left with an empty, somewhat disconnected feeling. Some overtly express feelings of guilt, believing they are in a better position to cope with the impacts than those who were retrenched. These feelings, among others, are sometimes […]
