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There are a multitude of jobs out there that do not require a high degree of skill or experience. There are other jobs that demand a ‘green’ candidate. And there are companies that while they are looking to find the...

Many employers consider the recruitment process to be complete once the chosen candidate has accepted the positioned offered to them. For each of the applicants, successful or not, closure comes only once they have received a communication from their potential...

Drive by management is not a complex management style to understand, but it can be tricky to manage for many employees. For some it’s too much to manage and results in them walking out the door. For others, they simply...

Earlier this year unions made a vocal push to drive a campaign to make casual workers permanent after six months of ‘regular’ work with one employer. The effects of such a move will have significant outcomes for employers, employees and...

Video interviewing is not a new concept, but is it an underutilised recruitment tool? In times of urgency, where pressures to cut costs are ever increasing, a video interview allows a recruiter a quick and cost effective means to filter...

Most organisations have an internal recruitment system in place. The job posting policy however is generally passive and doesn’t always attract the best candidate. It often fails because it relies on employee initiative alone. Intraplacement on the other hand involves...

Social media has opened up new opportunities for the world of recruitment. Where we once placed an advert in the local paper, reaching only those within our jurisdiction, we can now display a job role on our social media outlets...

The setting in which you conduct an interview, as well as how you arrange the scene, can have a significant influence on the outcome. In fact, the role you are interviewing for may very well influence that setup. Before you...

Most would agree that the need to fill a position quickly is the number one reason for a bad hire. Yet if weighing up the pros and cons of taking on a bad recruit, compared to leaving the position open,...

How highly a cover letter is rated generally depends on the recipient. That doesn’t make it at all easy to know if your cover letter is going to play a role in landing you the job or not. Since you...