How to get the best out of your recruitment agency

The more recruitment agencies working on your vacancy, the faster it’s filled, right? Actually, the opposite is usually true! According to Louise Archer from Retrained Search, inviting multiple recruiters to try and fill a role (called ‘contingent recruitment’) has an average fill rate of below 25%. In contrast, fill rates are up around 95–100% for […]

Political Intelligence: Why it Matters for Hiring Leaders in the Social Care Sector

You know how there’s IQ and EQ, which stand for intelligence and emotional intelligence? Well, there’s also something called political intelligence – or PQ. It’s all about being able to read the room, so to speak. It’s about understanding the needs and wants of the people around you and figuring out how to work together […]

How to create a positive candidate experience

By Claire-Ann Leo As recruiters, it is important to create a positive candidate experience for all job seekers. A positive candidate experience not only contributes to your employer brand and attracting top talent, but it also makes the process of hiring more efficient and meaningful. It all starts with the way you interact with potential candidates, […]