Newsletter - ukrecruiter newsletter #601

21 May 2013

This week we are working hard on our upcoming Recruitment Technology event; with a great line up of speakers and 20 technology companies on hand during the afternoon it's one not to be missed.

We've spotted an interesting event coming up later this week; Hiring Unicorns. An evening event which brings together both HR and recruitment agencies and “the industry’s most influential world class speakers & thought leaders for all encompassing discussions on human talent management at a very high strategic level” - might be worth checking out.

Finally, we ran a really interesting guest post on the blog yesterday about the activities of certain individuals within the recruitment industry; Something is Rotten...

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600 Interesting and Useful things for Recruiters - Part 2

600 Interesting and Useful Things for Recruiters. We kicked off the series last wek and here are the next two (all being shared though Louise’s Blog throughout the rest of the year). Have fun reading them!

10 recruitment books to boost your earnings

Supplied by Alex Martin of UK Recruiter

10 Key Questions When Taking a Client Brief

Supplied by Michelle Ansell and the Team at Douglas Jackson

If you would like to contribute a list of ten things please email Louise for the available topics and in return you’ll get fame and glory (and full credit)!

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Snap! What to do when you receive the same CV from two agencies.

The issue of receiving the same CV from two agencies is as old as time itself however it still occurs regularly and causes no end of consternation for everyone involved. For the in-house recruiter, it places them in the middle of two battling agencies – never a good place to be!

AdMore Recruitment share their thoughts on how to handle the situation here.

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Here’s How To Grab That Hot Recruit’s Attention Fast.

Part of a series of articles on successful cold calling by Terry Petra for The Fordyce Letter. Here he offers a number of openings that will get the attention of a candidate, even one who’s been hearing from other recruiters regularly.

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Social Media - You Have To Give To Get

If you want people to share your content, engage with you, recommend you to others - all the positives you might hope to get from investing your time in social media - you need to first give to people the attention and help that they will appreciate and want to reciprocate.

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What’s the best time to make sales calls?

Stephen Hart of Eden Changes looks at the most effective times of day to call your potential clients.

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Role-Playing During Interviews: Coffee, Anyone?

If you are recruting sales people and normally pre-screen them on the phone this is an interesting take on a role play exercise which can help.

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If you want to contribute to the content of the newsletter please email Louise as normal or our new editor Alex Martin.

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