Only a tiny portion of recruiters prepare hiring managers for interviews, despite this being one of the simplest ways to improve placement conversion rates, an industry advisor says. read more
Too many career websites focus on what an organisation wants, rather than potential benefits for the candidate, according to an employment marketing expert. read more
The "next frontier" for AI is to become a training and directive tool that enhances the performance of rookie recruiters, according to recruitment software company Bullhorn. read more
Top performing recruitment companies in 2023 shared two key attributes – they invested heavily in automation to improve efficiency, and they focused on improving their candidate experience. read more
Four-year-old boutique agency Frazer Tremble says complete transparency with clients and candidates is the cornerstone of its award-winning approach to customer experience in recruitment, and has driven its growth since launching at the start of the pandemic. read more
Overcoming the barriers to diversity recruitment requires putting time into developing very clear definitions of the essential requirements of a role, and selecting candidates from a purely objective rating scale, says Hoban CEO Alison Watts. read more
Continuing investment in non-sales functions such as technology and support teams has helped healthcare recruitment company Cornerstone more than double its revenue in each of the past two years, says CEO Samantha Miklos. read more
Canberra-based IT recruitment specialist, Whizdom, which has long used a profit-share incentive scheme for its staff, has finally "succumbed" to paying recruiters a bonus for activity and placements, says managing director John McCluskey. read more
Organisations are effectively "catfishing" candidates by not portraying an honest picture of their EVP during the hiring process, a recruitment leader says. read more