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Monthly update – March 2012

Posted under webrecruit news on Thursday, April 19, 2012 No Comments

What do you think is the most popular job seeking tool for your industry? That’s exactly what we’ve been looking into in the last few weeks to help better understand job seekers, and improve the recruitment experience for both candidates and employers. As the market 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

Monthly update – February 2012

Posted under webrecruit news on Friday, March 9, 2012 No Comments

February has been the month for social media. With increased investment, dedication to unique arrangements and success in utilising LinkedIn, it is quickly proving to be one of the more triumphant channels in reaching out and attracting passive candidates. In contrast to many others, webrecruit continue reading

January Monthly Review

Posted under webrecruit news on Friday, February 3, 2012 No Comments

Despite it being the New Year when activity levels are usually high, 2012 started a bit slower than expected.  Whilst we were still busy, it gave us the opportunity to research current trends much more in-depth, increase our presence on another big social media channel continue reading

webrecruit’s review of 2011

Posted under webrecruit news on Friday, January 6, 2012 No Comments

Firstly, please accept my apologies for missing my last update – it really has been that busy here! The webrecruit team is back and settled in, ready for the challenges and opportunities 2012 will present. This month I have chosen to do a brief recap continue reading

webrecruit’s best bits: top blogs of the year

Posted under webrecruit news on Monday, December 19, 2011 No Comments

2011 proved to be an interesting year for both the team at webrecruit, and indeed recruitment in general. Each week, our team of bloggers were kept busy creating posts and sharing commentary on the developments in online recruitment. Here, we share with you webrecruit’s top continue reading

Social media: saying and doing two different things

Posted under webrecruit news on Monday, November 21, 2011 1 Comment

Social media – it’s something everyone says they do, but when it comes to moving past setting up an account or page, how many people actually leverage it to engage with customers, educate prospects and identify talent? webrecruit’s latest Jobseeker Survey revealed just how much continue reading

Monthly Update – October 2011

Posted under webrecruit news on Friday, November 4, 2011 No Comments

October saw the end of our first financial quarter whereby we increased the team again, started working with some big names and put the ground work in on some exciting initiatives.  For me, however, a definite success story last month was the continued performance of continue reading