Be Recruitment – Gail Hilton
I’m tired. In fact, scrap that. I’m exhausted. It’s the end of the year in not for profit world and things should – we always think – be quietening down. Instead I have a huge (and quite frankly unachievable) list of things to do before Christmas and it is feeling somewhat overwhelming. Our plans for […]
Do you have a retention issue in your team? Are you fixing it with continuous recruitment?
Do you have a retention issue in your team? Are you fixing it with continuous recruitment? Retention is the key to winning the war on talent. Concentrate on fixing this, before you spend more money on replacing lost talent. Common sense right? But like most people-based practices the basics of retention does involve common sense […]
Pipelining talent – not all Grad fairs and free lollies
Being a professional recruiter for almost 20 years I have spent the majority of my time at the pointy end of things. The reactive vacancy given to us to fill ASAP. Organisations can save a lot of recruitment dollars in pipelining talent for their organisation. In the article below I aim to demystify the art […]
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 […]
Meet the founders: Jenny and Zena
Jenny Rosser and Zena Clark founded Be. Recruitment in June 2018 to deliver affordable, high-touch recruitment services to the social care sector. Zena explains:“We felt that there was a gap in the market for a high-touch recruitment company specialising in community services. “We knew that at the lower end of the the salary scale, a […]
Tips to hold on to your social care staff for longer
Preliminary findings from our Salary Survey are in, and there are some important takeaways for employers. If you’ve got a retention issue in your organisation, read on to find out what workers in the social care sector really want. 1. Staff in the social care industry want more clinical supervision Almost half the respondents to […]
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 […]
Why innovation is at the heart of Be Group
At Be Group, we combine deep expertise in the health and social care sectors with the power of cutting-edge technologies to continually improve the recruitment experience. By leveraging advanced tools and resources, we’re staying at the forefront of industry trends, enabling us to deliver tailored solutions and communications that truly meet the unique needs of […]
Five ways we’re innovating to improve recruitment outcomes
At Be Recruitment, we understand the crucial role of innovation in improving recruitment outcomes in the social care sector for candidates, employees and employers. That’s why in this post, we’re excited to share five key ways we’re embracing innovation to improve everything we do, from onboarding and payroll, through to regular communication and training. 1. […]
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, […]