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Recruitment

Let the good times roll!

ProgressionHR, Recruitment

You’ve found a stand-out candidate. The position has been offered and accepted. They’re excited. You’re excited….but what happens next is often neglected.

It’s the time that passes between the offer and when your new starter joins.

The trick is to keep momentum going in the hiring process – ensuring they maintain their enthusiasm in the weeks before their first day. It also pays to remember that saying goodbye to their current job and work friends can often be an emotional and challenging time.

So here are some ideas to make sure the good times roll!

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What to know before you offer, or accept employment.

Guest Contributor, Recruitment

One issue that can arise when recruiting is: when is the deal actually done? When can the employer confidently say “yes we have got the person we wanted”? When can the candidate go out and celebrate having scored their (hopefully) dream job?

As this article has been written with ProgressionHR in mind, I could say not to worry, just trust Kelly and Laura and they will sort everything out for you. However, just in case you have not utilised their services (I can’t imagine why not) here are a few important points to remember. Read More

The unique candidate

Recruitment

We recently went to a seminar and the presenter talked about how securing the “unique candidate” can give an organisation the edge they need to win in business.

That led us to thinking about what really is unique talent in the HR context?  We often hear people describing how hard it is to find the right talent.  But we wonder whether this is actually about someone having a unique skill set or whether it is really about us looking at people in a unique way rather than through a traditional view. Are we doing the same thing over and over again and hoping for a different result?

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