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How to Use LinkedIn Endorsements for Recruitment

 
LinkedIn

If you’ve been sourcing on LinkedIn over the last few weeks, you’ll have noticed some a new section on user’s profiles called Endorsements. Here’s the rundown of what they are and how a recruiter can make the most of them.

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For recruiters: Why your use of recruitment software stinks

 
Recruitment Software

Recruitment software can provide organisations with a number of fantastic benefits, however if your recruiters don’t find the software easy to use or they don’t keep the information up to date then it could have a serious impact on your company’s productivity. To make sure you’re using it to its maximum capacity it’s also important that it's configured to mirror your recruiters normal work practices as much as possible.

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The war for talent

 
The war for talent

With an aging population and an increased specialisation in niche skills the most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talented, smart, sophisticated businesspeople who are technologically literate, globally astute, and operationally agile.

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Turning your corporate recruitment team into super recruiters

 
Super recruiters

In the past a large portion of a corporate recruiters day was made up of administration however as the digital revolution rolls on we’re now thankfully starting to see these mundane tasks slowly disappear. Through the use of a capable recruitment software top candidates can now be accelerated through from application to placement at top speed.

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How to use recruitment software to generate new business

 
Recruitment Software

With the fierce competition out in the recruitment market it is proving increasingly difficult for recruiters to stand out from the crowd, however many are now doing just that through the use of recruitment software.

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Things to consider when choosing recruitment software

 
What to consider

As the recruitment software market continues to move forward it’s clear the days of choosing a solution on the basis of one or two features is long gone. With technology now at the level where it can provide a whole host of additional benefits for your business the decision process is far more complex than it once was.

SAAS: The new model for recruitment software

 
SaaS - The new model

Software as a Service (SaaS) is the term used to describe software provided to users over a network e.g. the internet, in a pay as you go model. Not to be confused with those cloud computing companies which are those involved in the slightly broader concept of web based technology-enabled services shared across the internet. Simply put, SAAS applications run ‘within the cloud’.

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