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How to use your brand with social media to hire top talent

Posted under employer advice, featured on Monday, May 14, 2012 2 Comments

Today’s recruitment campaigns have demonstrated you don’t need to be a big company to create buzz around your brand. With more and more businesses recognising and leveraging social media to communicate their hiring messages, we’ve seen that recruitment advertising can take many forms. It’s no continue reading

Women & IT: Get with the Programme

Posted under IT recruitment on Monday, April 30, 2012 No Comments

Since 2001, the number of female IT graduates in the UK entering the field of technology has dropped by almost 50%, according to research by the Guardian. It would seem women have not been flocking to the profession of information technology. In fact, ‘Everywoman’, an continue reading

Will LinkedIn replace the traditional CV?

Posted under social networking, webrecruit news on Monday, April 16, 2012 16 Comments

LinkedIn is becoming a popular recruitment tool, but it won’t replace the need for the traditional CV just yet, a poll run by online recruiter, webrecruit, has demonstrated. The poll revealed that 42% of people do not think LinkedIn will replace the traditional CV, compared continue reading

Career progression more important than salaries

Posted under featured, webrecruit news on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 No Comments

According to a recent report by online recruiter, webrecruit, career progression is valued more than salary in IT vacancies. The survey of over 500 job seekers who applied for IT roles in March 2012, found that over half (57%) would find career progression more attractive continue reading

webrecruit reaches LinkedIn milestone

Posted under featured, webrecruit news on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 1 Comment

Online fixed-fee recruiter, webrecruit, has today reached an astonishing 75,000 members in their LinkedIn Group: Transforming Recruitment Online. Set up in May 2009, the group has brought together leading figures in the online recruitment industry to discuss and share industry news, updates and best practice. continue reading

Employer focus: Clinical Solutions

Posted under case study on Monday, February 27, 2012 No Comments

What is it that catches a hiring manager’s eye? And what do they expect from you as a job seeker?   We spoke to long-standing webrecruit client, Clinical Solutions, to find out what candidates can do to distance themselves in the hiring process. Lucy Bowyer, continue reading

Become a LinkedIn Power User – 10 tips on using LinkedIn for Business

Posted under featured, social networking on Monday, February 13, 2012 No Comments

Become a LinkedIn Power User – 10 tips on using LinkedIn for Business Want to leverage a network of over 150,000,000 professionals? Do you dream of being able to contact thousands of potential star employees – even the ones who are not currently looking for continue reading

Should Employers Prefer School-Leavers to Graduates?

Posted under employer advice, featured on Monday, January 30, 2012 2 Comments

A recent survey  has shown that one in five employers prefer to hire school-leavers to graduates. However, the number of school-leavers applying for a place at university has risen by 61%* the last 14 years. The main reasons given by employers for preferring school-leavers to continue reading

7 ways to discover local talent using social media

Posted under social networking on Thursday, January 26, 2012 No Comments

  LinkedIn sees fewer than 2 professionals join it every second. Facebook boasts over 800 million members, and Twitter has been embraced by everyone from celebrity culture to bloggers, businesses and brands. And let’s not get started with Google+. This global community is a significant continue reading

Using Google+ to Find a Job

Posted under featured, social networking on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 No Comments

Are you following webrecruit  on Google+ yet? We’re excited by the possibilities of having a company social media page supported by the search engine giant, Google. But what about job seekers? Can you use Google+ to find a job? We’ve covered searching for jobs using continue reading