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The lesser known benefits of working for a small business

Posted under career advice on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2 Comments

Large organisations typically have the ‘pulling power’ when it comes to attracting new recruits. Bigger budgets and better resources tend to equate to higher salaries and more of an attractive EVP (employee value proposition). However, before being blindly seduced by the buzz around big brands, continue reading

Online skills tests: An intro for small businesses

Posted under Business advice on Friday, August 10, 2012 1 Comment

Quick, accurate and efficient are all words that hiring managers strive to achieve within their hiring process. webrecruit recognises that small businesses operate differently to larger organisations and often find managing recruitment hard work. With less staff to manage the process, or restricted budgets, it continue reading

Tune in tomorrow for CareerCamLive!

Posted under career advice on Monday, August 6, 2012 1 Comment

webrecruit’s teamed up with Aimee Bateman, of Careercake.TV, to bring you CareerCamLive – a new, interactive feature aimed to provide you with top career advice. The first show is nearly upon us and we are very much looking forward to seeing Aimee in action. The continue reading

Job hunt with an Olympian’s mindset

Posted under career advice on Friday, August 3, 2012 1 Comment

In light of the London 2012 Olympics, I saw fit to write a blog using the Olympic mindset for inspiration. You can draw many parallels between what motivates an athlete and what should motivate people in their job search. ‘Career-driven’ is a term commonly used continue reading

One week to go!

Posted under webrecruit news on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 2 Comments

7 days till CareerCamLive goes live! The excitement is building here at webrecruit as the 7th of August fast approaches, bringing with it, Aimee’s debut session kicking off at 6:30pm. You may well already know, but we’ve teamed up with the wonderful Aimee Bateman of continue reading

Olympic Games help to boost UK employment

Posted under webrecruit news on Monday, July 30, 2012 2 Comments

The London 2012 Olympic Games have been creating a tangible sense of excitement across the country over the past few weeks, but it seems the Games are doing more than just inspire patriotism, they are helping to boost UK employment, as online recruitment firm webrecruit continue reading

What’s the point in Pinterest for business?

Posted under online recruitment, social networking on Friday, July 20, 2012 No Comments

Pinterest has certainly caused a stir within the blogosphere of late. Statistics surrounding the image centric platform show unparalleled success in terms of user growth. In February of this year it was announced that the site had accumulated 10.4 million users, with its popularity outdoing continue reading

Why large organisations are using social media to recruit

Posted under employer advice, online recruitment, social networking on Friday, July 13, 2012 No Comments

You will have no doubt heard the word ‘brand’ bandied about a lot recently. Usually followed by the two biggest buzz words of the 21st century; social media. There’s no getting away from the fact that social media has taken the business world by storm recently. continue reading

LinkedIn targets the market

Posted under social networking on Monday, July 9, 2012 No Comments

On the 20th of June LinkedIn rolled out an exciting, new feature which allows organisations to post targeted updates to specific company followers. LinkedIn company page administrators are now able to send custom messages to members based on company size, industry, job function, seniority, geography continue reading

Do away with call-centre drudgery – Give games a go!

Posted under employer advice on Monday, June 25, 2012 4 Comments

Sounds like child’s play doesn’t it? Infantile nonsense really… That’s where you’re wrong. Introducing office games can work wonders for firing-up a lacklustre team of phone operators. It’s no secret that call-centres can be highly stressful places to work. Workloads can be seen as repetitive, continue reading