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Sector focus - Hospitality and Leisure
In hospitality and leisure, employees are the forward facing ambassadors of your business, and your reputation relies on their conduct, honesty, and capability.
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Mapping and optimising your digital candidate journey
Increasingly, candidates expect to be able to apply for jobs digitally. It offers a more convenient method of application for candidates, and it can cut hiring costs for employers.
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Sector focus - Retail
In retail, employees are the driving force behind the success of the business, whether dealing with customers and clients, managing stock and sales, or steering the business towards new ventures or product lines.
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Recruiting Gen Z employees
As Generation Z (commonly regarded as those born after 1996) enters the job market, they offer a wealth of insight, flair, and technological know-how. Having grown up with super-fast broadband, social media, and on demand TV and shopping, Gen Z are arguably the most tech-savvy generation, and are able to make valuable contributions to businesses with their fresh perspectives and progressive outlooks.
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Event roundup: qualified for the job? How to spot fake qualifications
In our most recent webinar, we spoke to leaders in the qualification verification technology industry about the dangers of qualification fraud in hiring, and how to identify fabricated educational and training claims.
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Fraud in recruitment: what are the risks to my business?
The recruitment sector has never been hotter. Despite economic uncertainty and the continuing fallout from COVID and Brexit, demand for talent has reached record levels, to the point where for the first time since records began there are more job openings than people out of work.
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Event roundup: the future of hiring: plans to transform the way the UK hires
In one of our recent webinars, we spoke to representatives from the Better Hiring Institute (BHI) and DCMS about the digitalisation of hiring including the Data Reform Bill and what it means to overhauling hiring and onboarding.
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How your recruitment journey affects your business performance
While it may outwardly appear to be simply a means to an end, the recruitment process is an integral part of your business. How you go about hiring new employees has a direct affect on your business’ performance – after all, it’s about the people you choose to run the day to day of the company.
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