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As a non-profit, recruiting can be one of the most challenging aspects of building your organisation. Unlike for-profit companies, charities can struggle to attract top talent due to limited resources, lack of visibility, and the uncertainty that comes with the sector. Recruiting for a charity requires a unique approach that takes into account the needs...

In today’s competitive job market, recruiting staff can be a difficult and time-consuming task. With the ever-increasing demand for skilled workers, organisations need to get creative when it comes to finding the right people to fill their open positions. However, there are many issues that may arise when recruiting staff, such as difficulty finding qualified...

Here’s what it told us… AI is set to change almost everything in our lives, so we decided to ask it how it saw things changing in some specific areas.  Here’s the second in a series of articles where we find out, straight from the Robot’s Mouth, how it thinks AI will change things.  This...

Here’s what it told us… AI is set to change almost everything in our lives, so we decided to ask it how it saw things changing in some specific areas.  Here’s the first in a series of articles where we find out, straight from the Robot’s Mouth, how it thinks AI will change things.  This time...

When hiring, it is essential to not only find the right talent but also to ensure that they have the best onboarding experience possible. The onboarding process sets the tone for the employee’s entire experience at the company. It is the first impression that they will have of your company, and it can either motivate...

Sometimes you just can’t afford the person you need.  If you need a level of expertise or a niche skill that costs more than your hiring budget then you have a problem. Recruiting someone with less experience than you need and training them up isn’t your only solution, if you can be flexible. There are...

You have your short list of candidates, now you need to interview them. Below are some hopefully helpful insights into the interview process: Make sure you act quickly. Good candidates are likely to be in more than one process. If you don’t book them in quickly, they may be off the market or too far...

There are three main ways to source candidates: advertising, agencies and networking. Advertising is relatively inexpensive, especially online and in local press, and can be fairly well targeted on social media and specialist job boards.  Writing the advert is crucial – get that wrong and you will not attract the right candidates.  It is also...

Given our background in recruitment we have heard many interesting reasons for wanting to move on, but typically they fall into one of 5 categories: “Mis-sold the role” – typically a hangover from a poor recruitment process where expectations have not been set correctly. “Looking for a new challenge” – this covers a multitude of...

Once you have sourced your CVs, unless it has been a very targeted search or specific head hunting campaign, then you need to vet them and select which candidates you are going to invite in for an interview.  If you have written a good job description then this should be fairly simple, just a logical...

If you are recruiting for a role which you yourself have performed it can be very difficult to remain objective. You were probably good in that role. After all you have since been promoted into a role where you have to recruit it. This is all very logical, but can lead to missing out on...

When you have found the right candidate you need them to accept the job. Here there are some key elements to consider: Manage expectations from the offset: If you can only pay £30k then don’t advertise at £30k+ and don’t let the agencies show you candidates who are looking for £35k who “might accept less”....

As the interviewer, preparing for the interview is just as important as for the candidates.  You are investing an hour of your precious time to make a very important decision. There are two stages to the preparation, the general preparation and the individual preparation. Do the first one right and the second is much easier....

A job description isn’t a wish list! A good job description should be informative and interesting; it should sell the role to prospective applicants. When writing your job description here are a list of 7 things to keep in mind: Do some market research before you write it. Check out the local candidate pool and...