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7 Brilliant Recruitment News Stories to Kick-Off Your Week – 30th November 2015

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In addition to mobile, social media is also an increasingly prevalent tool in job searches. Among those who use these platforms, some 13% reported that information they posted on a social network helped them land a job. Challenge #1: Glassdoor’s recruiting team still needed to grow, and quickly. “We their sources of hire.

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8 Intriguing Recruitment News Items this Week – 11th January 2016

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Pinterest Hires It’s First-Ever Head of Diversity. Following on from last week’s announcement that Twitter had hired former Apple VP of Diversity and Inclusion, Jeff Siminoff, to join their team, another social media giant has just announced a similar hire of their own. Candice Morgan. Dover, Cheryl R.

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BUMPER EDITION: 9 Stories the Recruitment Industry is Buzzing About this Week – 24th August 2015

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Social media dynamos Instagram and Pinterest nearly doubled their users between 2012 and 2015 , according to a new study — and Pinterest is winning. based think tank, surveyed 1,907 adults this spring to learn about their social media habits. Some serious food for thought their diversity recruiters!

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6 Recruitment News Stories to Kick-Off 2016 – 4th January 2016

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That’s because according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) recently released 8th annual report on the recruitment industry’s performance , we can see that total recruitment industry turnover increased by 9.7% in 2014/15 to reach £31.5 Twitter Hires New VP Of Diversity And Inclusion From Apple.

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7 Eggs-citing Recruitment News Stories this Easter – 27 March 2016

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The study has highlighted that “ resume whitening ” is becoming a common occurrence among ethically diverse candidates. We first heard about it when John Zappe of SourceCon wrote about it back in 2014 , but now that the site has undergone a major renovation , we feel it deserves another mention! Have you heard of Rally Point ?

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7 Juicy Recruitment News Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into – 16th May 2016

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The latest fall in permanent staff availability was the slowest since January 2014, while temp availability decreased at the least marked pace in 31 months. Any link between hours worked and productivity was shown to be weak in a 2014 paper from Stanford University. The report also found that candidate availability has fallen.

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9 Major Social Recruiting News Stories this Week – 27th July 2015

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Twitter is in hot water with workplace diversity campaigners everywhere. In an official public apology for the image, a spokesperson for the company explained: “This social event organised by one team was in poor taste at best, and not reflective of the culture we are building here at Twitter.