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Rowan Watkins posted a blog postBusiness nutrition - you are what you eat
Thinking about how people make hiring decision, specifically why people choose different methods of hiring. I wanted to link it to a decision people make every day. From here on you will have bear with me as I stretch an analogy beyond all recognition.Essentially, I believe the decision to hire is very similar to choosing what to do when you get hungry!As an organisation becomes hungry i.e. it needs more people or to recruit as we call it in the industry, it is broadly faced by 3…See More
Maureen Sharib commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Recruiters - What will become of us?'"What is missing here is the real role the Internet is playing in hiring. Sure, it's exposing some candidates that hitherto had not been exposed. Think about it as Job Board II, following the explosion of Job Board I where some candidates…"
Hassan Rizwan commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Recruiters - What will become of us?'"Powerful thought. Sourcing could be easily done by any talent assessment and ATS. So whats's the job for the recruiters then, is it only forwarding the work done by assessment tools and ATS? No. The actual role is to select the candidates. This…"
KC Carpenter commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Recruiters - What will become of us?'"The same thing was being said when monster, 6 figures, career builder etc. were becoming popular. Recruiters who continue to actually 'recruit' (as Brian touched upon) will utilize all available resources to recruit the candidates that…"
Brian Meeks commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Recruiters - What will become of us?'"I was in the recruiting game 21 years ago and the point then, was to take the good people from one company and sell to another, hence the term 'head hunter'. I am curious, do people actively 'Recruit' anymore? This blog makes it…"
A blog post by Rowan Watkins was featuredRecruiters - What will become of us?
I recently read a blog which talked about how social media and networking sites were going to be the death of the recruiter. I disagree, if anything I believe the role of recruiter has become ever more important, but has also changed.The argument in this blog was that the internet has enabled accessibility to candidates that would never have been possible before the internet revolution. Therefore by posting a few ads and doing some poking around on LinkedIn HR team can now source candidates…See More
Rowan Watkins posted a blog postRecruiters - What will become of us?
I recently read a blog which talked about how social media and networking sites were going to be the death of the recruiter. I disagree, if anything I believe the role of recruiter has become ever more important, but has also changed.The argument in this blog was that the internet has enabled accessibility to candidates that would never have been possible before the internet revolution. Therefore by posting a few ads and doing some poking around on LinkedIn HR team can now source candidates…See More
Maureen Sharib commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Intuition in Recruitment - A £Multi-million gamble!'"Yes, I am hot to trot on this one."
Slouch commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Intuition in Recruitment - A £Multi-million gamble!'"This is a very good post. The thing that allows a lot of good recruiters to be good is that they know sooner than the rest when the time they are spending is wasted time. Gut feel is so important and thanks for writing this."
Rowan Watkins posted a blog postIntuition in Recruitment - A £Multi-million gamble!
How often do we do things that just feel right? We don’t know why we do them, we probably can’t explain why but we just know it’s right. It’s been the same in recruitment for years. Recruitment consultants will tell you they get a gut feel when meeting a candidate; that they somehow know when they find someone who is right for their client, but how reliable is ‘gut feel’?I must admit, I definitely do experience gut feel. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a woman – after all aren’t we supposed to…See More
Becky Metcalf commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Attracting Talent, It's All In the Story...'"Love it! We try to scare the pants off of candidates for some of our positions (because they are challenging roles!). We give it to them straight, the good, the bad and the ugly. That way when they sign on, they've bought in for the long haul -…"
Chris Russell commented on Rowan Watkins's blog post 'Attracting Talent, It's All In the Story...'"Its all about marketing your employer brand. Good marketing = easier hiring."
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Business nutrition - you are what you eat
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 6:30am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Thinking about how people make hiring decision, specifically why people choose different methods of hiring. I wanted to link it to a decision people make every day. From here on you will have bear with me as I stretch an analogy beyond all recognition.
Essentially, I believe the decision to hire is very similar to choosing what to do when you get hungry!
As an organisation becomes hungry i.e. it needs more people or to recruit as we call it in the industry, it is broadly… Continue
Essentially, I believe the decision to hire is very similar to choosing what to do when you get hungry!
As an organisation becomes hungry i.e. it needs more people or to recruit as we call it in the industry, it is broadly… Continue
Recruiters - What will become of us?
Posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
I recently read a blog which talked about how social media and networking sites were going to be the death of the recruiter. I disagree, if anything I believe the role of recruiter has become ever more important, but has also changed.
The argument in this blog was that the internet has enabled accessibility to candidates that would never have been possible before the internet revolution. Therefore by posting a few ads and doing some poking around on LinkedIn HR team can now source… Continue
The argument in this blog was that the internet has enabled accessibility to candidates that would never have been possible before the internet revolution. Therefore by posting a few ads and doing some poking around on LinkedIn HR team can now source… Continue
Intuition in Recruitment - A £Multi-million gamble!
Posted on July 31, 2009 at 12:15pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
How often do we do things that just feel right? We don’t know why we do them, we probably can’t explain why but we just know it’s right. It’s been the same in recruitment for years. Recruitment consultants will tell you they get a gut feel when meeting a candidate; that they somehow know when they find someone who is right for their client, but how reliable is ‘gut feel’?
I must admit, I definitely do experience gut feel. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a woman – after all aren’t we… Continue
I must admit, I definitely do experience gut feel. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m a woman – after all aren’t we… Continue
Attracting Talent, It's All In the Story...
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 10:08am 2 Comments 0 Likes
Employer of Choice, EVP (Employee Value Proposition) call it what you will but attracting talent to your business is a serious business and give it any cool name or anagram you like, it's also bloody hard!
So why do most companies suck at attracting talent and end up spending huge sums of money with recruitment companies, as usual, the answer is a leadership one. Those organisations who are phenomenal at attracting the best talent, have as their best talent guy/girl, their CEO.… Continue
So why do most companies suck at attracting talent and end up spending huge sums of money with recruitment companies, as usual, the answer is a leadership one. Those organisations who are phenomenal at attracting the best talent, have as their best talent guy/girl, their CEO.… Continue
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