Recruitment expert Roy Ripper has just bought out a new book called Recruitment Blueprint: Control the deal and make more placements. Louise is reading a copy and already really enjoying it. She will no doubt blog about it soon. We're letting you know now as it's free as a kindle download until end of play tomorrow (Tuesday 29th)
Always happy to share a bit of good news, one of our sponsors Flo is a year old this month and Managing Director, Craig Aston, has written this celebratory blog One Year in Business.
Inspiration from recruiters
Four Important Concepts for Recruiters; #3 Listening
80% of your job is listening
Never interrupt candidates and clients
Tune into the tone of voice, hidden objections
When the person on the other end of the phone is talking, don’t be thinking of what you’re going to say next - Listen to what he or she is saying
Don’t feed answers
If you don’t understand something, have them explain it
Love it or hate it, Facebook is here to stay so why not make the most of it?! In this article Blogging4jobs shares 50 things every recruiter can do on Facebook.
This article from TIRA looks at the challenges of ATS systems. If CRMs are more of interest to you, don't forget our next Recruitment Technology & Supplier Showcase Event is coming up on Thursday 5th June.
Advertised salaries fall 5.3% year-on-year to £31,818 in March, driving the average British pay packet down £1,800 in the last 12 months.
Continued salary stagnation in many industries, with pay slipping furthest in retail, graduate, customer service, and sales sectors
Overall, a positive outlook for the UK jobs market – vacancies increased 24% year-on-year, with 841,011 advertised UK vacancies in March, a 5% monthly increase.
Competition for jobs has fallen 29% year-on-year, with 1.42 jobseekers for every advertised vacancy in March.
More vacancies than jobseekers in the ten best cities to find a job in the UK. Cambridge was the best city to find a job with six jobs to every job seeker.