The world of resourcing and recruitment communications has changed massively in the last few years.  The needs of organisations vary...

Get ready.

These films are inspired -- and truly frightening. In fact, Floor 9.5 has stayed with me, and 2 weeks later, I'm still nervous...

First time I've ever written that: crypto employment. But news pinged in on my Google alert, I clicked the link and got lost in a rabbit...

The companies required to comply with the new law (requiring large organisations to reveal their gender pay gaps), employ more than...

Helpful advice on where AI can bridge the gap between driving efficiency and maintaining the quality of recruitment

Three simple and effective initiatives to support D&I in your organisation. 

Some great advice from Srini Pillay, M.D. on how to be more productive at work; try focusing less and scheduling in some time for a...

“Clients do not come first. Employees come first . If you take care of the employees, they will take care of the clients” – Richard Branson.

Research out today from Cap Gemini & LinkedIn highlights how a lack of digital talent is impacting on business performance. Over half...

Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report says. It also claims poor mental...

It seems like only last week data scientists were the "Rock stars" of the recruitment world, being courted and offered huge salaries. Now...

Virgin Media's disclosure that disgruntled applicants had a direct correlation with their bottom line intrigued a lot of people. But why...

It's interesting to see where the VC's are seeing the opportunities in HR Tech. As the challenge to recruit intensifies the focus is on...

The Independent recently reported that “disabled people need to apply for 60 percent more jobs than non-disabled jobseekers before they...

Whilst us recruiters may like to think that from point of application through to hire is a fairly linear process its becoming...

Assessment is key in understanding what highly talented people are like and the indicators that signal star potential.

Burger King are taking a stand against bullying in a really clever advert to promote National Bullying Prevention Month.

It's great to see...

More interesting commentary on ChatBots and their development in the recruitment space. Delighted we are leading the way with our own Bot...

According to Personnel Today as much as 22% of employees have changed their minds after accepting a job due to problems during the...

This study from Jerusalem has potentially interesting implications for performance coaching. Working with individuals to understand how...

Interesting article in 'Personality and Individual Differences', summarised in the BPS Research Digest. If introverts are more reluctant...

Great article from one of our clients

Nice examples here of how five brands are using their employees as advocates over social media, not just for consumer marketing but for...

It’s a classic recruitment tale, you design a digitally enabled all-singing, all-dancing candidate friendly recruitment process that...

It's better.

Fascinating news out of the AI world as the AlphaGo project applies artificial intelligence to the ancient Chinese game of Go.

When investing in your employer brand strategy, my advice would always be to start with your internal population first. They are your...

79% of adults in the UK binge watch TV (Ofcom October 2017). "Films are getting longer, even books are getting longer (although chapters...

As a major UK employer and high profile recruiter the Civil Service yesterday set out its stall by this announcement.  The...

People used to think of Crawley as a feeder for Gatwick or dormitory town for London. No longer it appears. The latest Adzuna reports...

Over the last dozen or so years the amount of money spent on recruitment marketing in the UK has fallen by £1 billion.  The shift to...

My personal favourite from Arianna Huffington is number 5: 'Get rid of brilliant jerks'.

Now, whether you feel this is entirely philanthropic or not, that's a lot of money to give away. The idea that companies can help change...

The average person spends approx 2 hours on social media today, according to Socialmediatoday. According to YouGov 2017 research 73% of...

Five ways to managing relationships as a core competency

Two particular things inspired this blog:

1. An interview I read with Ray Kurzweil, Google's Director of Engineering.

2. The release of...

Increasingly I'm spending less time at "my" desk. I split my time between our offices in Bristol and London as well as working from home,...

I’m sure you think this is a strange topic for me to write about. After all I work in the industry and my company is a successful RPO...

Is it time for a career change? So you've had an outstanding career and you've been as fast as Virgin Lightning. But what do you do when...

There is a big difference between having an Employee Value Proposition and managing your employer brand to deliver the right results....

Employers can be too worried about policing how employees can use social media that their efforts to minimise risk become a detriment to...

Most storytelling within organisations tends to reflect the established views, norms and structures. Increasingly employers are looking...

Here's some really interesting stats from SocialReferral who've done a study with 155 HR decision makers.

Many businesses recognise the...

Research by HBR underlines the exponential contribution that High Potential stars can make to driving business performance. 

Very good article outlining why being a glass box business is important in both winning new customers and as an employer brand for your...

Great insight from leading HR professionals.

It's nearly the end of a long week, busy and half of it spent in hotels. My Fitbit tells me that recently I've averaged less than 6 hours...

We're moving closer and closer to a keyboardless world, but in order for this to happen we need effective voice response. Google would...

Is your workplace built for extroverts? Are you perhaps overlooking talented people who would not naturally push themselves forward?

Or...

A social media audit ‘is not’ a purely data driven exercise, that looks deep into your social media channels. We don’t need your login...

Innovation within the recruitment industry encourages us to explore new means of finding candidates for our hiring community in ways that...

Great insight from their Head of HR International on the impact this approach has had.

Google has become a go to place for so much. Banned at quiz nights but our first port of call when we can't remember what film someone...

Until recently, product sales models looked remarkably similar to candidate pipeline funnels, you put leads in the top and, over time,...

Believe it or not, a question that is seemingly helpful can be really paralysing.

I read the intro to Inc's article about management and...

After watching this video, I'm perfectly happy to back away slowly without ever learning that secret recipe!

KFC's new virtual reality...

Many companies incorporate blogging in their marketing efforts because it’s full of business benefits. A company blog differs from a...

At least that's the case if you're pitching your next big idea to the @AngelsDen. 

So if you're looking to win investment for your...

Have you ever been to party and spent the evening trying to avoid someone because you know they are soooooooooo boring.  They have...

You've decided you need a content calendar for your social media channels - but where do you start?

Here are some key operational points...