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

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In a game-changing move for diversity hiring within the banking sector, HSBC will now actively require recruitment firms to send 50/50 name-blind candidate shortlists only. Glassdoor’s 2015 Recruiting Metrics: Revealed. We had to recruit recruiters to recruit – a fun challenge to say the least!

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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 Fascinating Recruitment News Stories You Must Read this Week – 24th October 2016

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In recruitment news this week: LinkedIn’s 2016 Workforce Diversity Report is In! As of June 2016, representation at LinkedIn is as follows: 54% of LinkedIn’s workforce is white (down 2% from 2015) and makes up 63% of leadership (unchanged from 2015). 3% of employees are disabled. 3% of employees are disabled.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Recruiters

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million Americans on Facebook, 66 million on Twitter, and 122 million on LinkedIn, social media is no longer an area that recruiters can afford to ignore. In fact, LinkedIn’s 2015 U.S. Strive for diversity. Overall, diverse groups have been found to complete tasks better than non-diverse groups do.

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8 Exciting Recruitment News Stories this Week – 8th February 2016

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LinkedIn’s Q4 2015 Earnings are Out. In other LinkedIn news, last Thursday saw the announcement of LinkedIn’s financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. Marketing Solutions: Revenue increased 20% year-over-year in the fourth quarter to $183 million and increased 28% to $581 million in 2015.

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

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LinkedIn tells us that a whopping 62% of talent acquisition leaders cited employer branding as a top priority at their company in 2015 – a figure that was up from 58% in 2014. Twitter Hires New VP Of Diversity And Inclusion From Apple. diversity @TwitterOpen https://t.co/IsUoNGewLC. Now you know! Huge #lgbtprogress !!

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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. Mobile App Usage Grew 58% in 2015. Candice Morgan.

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