Tag: Small Business Recruitment

The number of recruitment firms that expect to meet or exceed their yearly revenue targets has fallen by ten percent, according to a recent report.

If you are considering hiring new employees to start in January, February or March, you probably need to begin the recruitment process earlier than you might think.

Recruitment continues to steal time from managers’ “real jobs”, interviews aren’t getting any easier and though there may be more recruitment consultants cold-calling and more CVs coming your way, actually finding the ideal employee is still tough. Follow these 5 steps to streamline the process.

It’s not always easy to find the perfect candidate, but as Rowdy McLean discovered, hiring the wrong one can be seriously detrimental to your business. Here’s how this entrepreneur dealt with the offending employee and turned his misfortune around.

It’s tough to find the right employees. It all starts with asking the right interview questions.

I.T and social are presenting a clearer platform of knowledge sharing and networking for our younger generation. As a result, entrepreneurial opportunities seems to be whisking our youngest off their feet, presenting a range of recruitment and retention risks.

It’s time for one of your employees to move on, so now’s the perfect time to learn about the business’ strengths and weaknesses in a candid exit interview.

Let a good one get away? That’s a bad mistake but not the worst. Here’s the one that trumps all the rest.

As a new group of graduates face the task of job-hunting, why not think about hiring one and allow them to take that first step on the ladder of their career? It could have far-reaching benefits for your business too.

When it comes to recruitment, small businesses have to be more discerning than big companies about who will suit their organisation. So, what are the benefits of having a talent acquisition, performance development and succession strategy in place?