Take a look at this really great article by a good friend Krissie Davies – Managing Director of Manpower Ireland: A new era: The ‘human age’
A new era: The ‘human age’
21/03/2011 — landerassociatesGuest Blog: Exploring new ways of recruitment – Arrows Group case study
30/11/2010 — landerassociates
Introduction
IT recruitment is a very competitive industry where the best candidates often play hard to get. Consequently, we sensed we could improve our processes and results by nurturing a passive candidate pool. In fact, it is widely accepted that the best candidates are usually the passive ones.
Why Agile?
Agile, a methodology and philosophy of software development, fitted all the requirements, since it is language agnostic (shared by all sorts of roles) and also because Agilistas feel very passionate about it. In fact, it didn’t take very long for us to fall in love to and apply Agile principles to our everyday work and even life! We soon found this was a niche where we could play a key role as part of the software community, adding value to it. Read the rest of this entry »
Guest blog: Think you have your connections hidden?…think again!
22/06/2010 — landerassociates
Mark Williams – ETN LinkedIn Training (commonly know as @mr_linkedin)
Understanding your LinkedIn Privacy Settings
If I had a pound for every Recruitment Consultant who asked me the following question, I would be typing this blog post on my new shiny (and complete unnecessary) iPad!;
“Should I have my connections browse open or closed?”
The answer is naturally influenced by who you intend to connect with and so individuals need to consider their specific circumstances before deciding but the following may be helpful; Read the rest of this entry »
Guest Blog: Vive La Difference!
16/06/2010 — landerassociates
Nick Butcher – Capital International IT Staffing
So, as the new government rumbles into action, much like a rather large and complicated freight train with a power source at either end, a thought has struck me.
Erstwhile antagonists like Uncle Vince and the boy George have been surfing the interview circuit from Newsnight to Today and back again peddling the snake-oil of unified purpose. “Ah, no”, they say, “We didn’t really disagree with each other BC (before coalition) Any evidence to the contrary (and there’s lots) was simply a magnification of our tiny, tiny specks of disagreement – that’s electioneering folks!” Read the rest of this entry »
Guest Blog: Recruiter or a Recruitment Consultant?
27/05/2010 — landerassociates
Marc Morris – 1st Option
Some say that the difference between a recruiter and a recruitment consultant is that a recruiter simply makes placements; a true recruitment consultant makes placements but also adds value to both the candidates and clients by consulting, as well as closing deals. Whatever your definition is, most people would agree that recruiters need to “add value” to gain that sought after credibility. This is especially true when it comes to service providers. Whether it’s promoting an umbrella company based on the free pen they provided or avoiding the subject completely, recruiters should think again!
