The nominations for the UK Recruiter Blog Awards are now open! In this, our eleventh year, we have introduced new categories from across many different platforms from traditional blogs to LinkedIn articles, via Podcasts and Livechat and everything in between. You can find out all about the awards and nominate your own favourite blog here.

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"How do you know if a candidate is serious or not? Be on the lookout for these five warning signs a job candidate is wasting your time."

"Get the most out of your candidate interviews with questions that determine their cultural fit, personality and work style without receiving canned responses."

Jane Hatton has written this for us as part of our Blog Carnival series. Jane is the founder of Evenbreak, an award-winning social enterprise run by and for disabled people. They help employers attract and retain talented disabled people through a specialist online job board and a best practice portal. This article looks at how Recruiters need to work a bit harder to attract this pool of talented candidates.

"You’ve got your company’s hiring plans for 2019. Now you have to plan out your talent acquisition staff headcount to meet those goals."

"Good recruiting is invaluable to a strong HR shop, and bad recruiting is the quickest way for your HR shop to lose credibility with your leadership. So, what can you do?"

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How to position marketing in talent acquisition strategies
Tuesday 23rd October, 1pm. Online.
#TalentTalk discusses how to position marketing in talent acquisition strategies, as opposed to using it to make sourcing efforts more effective than obsessing with applications. They'll also take a look at candidate experience and data and how it plays a big part in that.

Sharing Your EVP Through Human Stories
Friday 26th October, 3pm. Online.
The #SocialRecruiting Show will be sharing the hows of sharing your peer-to-peer content and human stories rather than the why you need to do it. Be this online, on social or on stage.

The Rec Tech Showdown - Obsequio
Wednesday 31st October, 3pm. Online.
In this series of live chat shows Louise talks with a range of recruitment technology providers about their product with a chance to ask questions and gain insight. This week, Obsequio.

The Rec Tech Showdown - The Talent Finder
Tuesday 6th November, 1pm. Online.
In this series of live chat shows Louise talks with a range of recruitment technology providers about their product with a chance to ask questions and gain insight. This week, The Talent Finders.

The Recruitment Conference
Wednesday, 14 November 2018 from 09:30-16:30. Sway Bar, 61-65, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BZ.
The Recruitment Conference is designed to be THE ONE event of the year, which provides you with real-life, practical strategies that can be applied as soon as you walk back into the office. Find out more here.