How do candidates become ambassadors?

  • April 3, 2015
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Creating a positive and great candidate experience is a critical differentiator to attract top talent. We have identified what frustrates candidates, what they value the most and the difference between a poor and great candidate experience. We asked our candidate database what they believe as ‘special elements’ that organizations could consider providing for job seekers […]

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The One Minute Manager

  • March 26, 2015
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“There is nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals,” is how Kenneth Blanchard introduces the reader of this book into the secrets of ‘Situational Leadership’. The story is all about the great ‘One Minute Manager’. “The One Minute Manager’s symbol – a one-minute readout from the face of a modern digital watch – […]

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What’s so bad about job applications?

What’s so bad about job applications?

  • March 4, 2015
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It seems that, for some, completing a job applications has become one of the most dreaded stages of applying for a job, turning the interview into a piece of cake. Technology is supposed to make everything fast, nice and comfy, so why is the internet full of complaints? Well, first of all, technology is not […]

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Building A Compelling Employer Brand

Building A Compelling Employer Brand

  • February 24, 2015
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The Employer Brand concept isn’t a new one, but many companies are only just starting to seriously embrace the idea. Many still question whether it’s worth their time to build an employer brand. Is it, really? Well, definitely! It’s a must, even. For a company, large or small, investing on one’s employer brand is a great way […]

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Job Landing Page Optimisation

5 Things to Keep in Mind for Job Landing Page Optimisation

  • February 13, 2015
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Attracting candidates is a big part of any recruiter’s job. The latest LinkedIn report on 2015 Global Recruiting Trends shows that the talent war is intensifying as companies are willing to invest more and more on their talent brand. Another interesting fact is that candidates start to have a bigger voice and choice on what they want to do […]

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HOW Why How we do anything means everything

Book Summary – HOW: Why How we do anything means everything

  • February 9, 2015
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Dov Seidman is founder and CEO of LRN. His career is focused on how companies and their people can operate in both a principled and profitable way. Fortune magazine called Dov the “hottest advisor on the corporate virtue circuit” and he was also named one of the “Top 60 Global thinkers of the Last Decade” […]

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HR Essentials: 5 Tools Everyone In The Industry Should Use

HR Essentials: 5 Tools Everyone In The Industry Should Use

  • January 22, 2015
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It’s time for companies and recruiters to becoming savvier and early adopters when exploring and embracing new HR technology. To help you manage essential HR tasks, I’ve put together a list of 5 tools that are user-friendly, customer-centric and definitely gaining market share and fans around the world: 1. Outsourced Work Sometimes the interaction between […]

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Book Summary: It’s Not the How or the What but the Who

Book Summary: It’s Not the How or the What but the Who

  • January 8, 2015
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The difference between success and failure within companies is marked by the art of great ‘who’ decisions. In ‘It’s Not the How or the What but the Who’, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz shares his lessons about the identification of people who have potential and how companies can help these people develop and deploy. The 21st century business […]

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Talentsquare in Retrospective – A Year of Growth

  • December 22, 2014
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In order to prepare ourselves mentally for the new extra kilos we will put on this holiday season and shake off the guilt-trip, we thought we should review all the amazing happenings of this year that make them feel well-deserved. Our exciting baby is growing fast, its user experience is becoming a reference in the […]

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The Hero's Journey - The Road to Self-Improvement

The Hero’s Journey: The Road to Self-Improvement

The monomyth, or the hero’s journey, is a pattern described by Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). This basic pattern can be found in many narratives from around the world, and goes like this: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces […]

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