Effective Recruitment and Selection

Elements of fair practices that needs to be followed when hiring a candidate with a criminal record ...Read more

Interviews have irrefutable worth to any recruiter or organisation within the hiring process. Performance Based Interviewing (PBI) is a technique that can be used to deliver a more effective candidate shortlist. ...Read more

Whether you are hiring for yourself or for your client, the cost of selecting the wrong candidate is high. Follow these 4 easy steps to learn how to select the right candidate more often. ...Read more

Head-hunting, Recruitment, Poaching, Candidate Search, Headhunting ethics, headhunting legal, law, legislation headhunting ...Read more

HR consulting specialists recognise the increasing importance of assessments and aspire to simplify this process for recruiters and hiring managers in the workplace. As part of their repertoire of HR solutions, assessment specialists are streamlined to add significant value to business practices through the professional evaluation of existing and n ...Read more

Studies show that for every one hundred CV’s viewed, 80 percent of them are in some way exaggerated or outright false. Job fit is very important and many companies use behavioural interview questions to try to match the candidate with the job, however very often, a hiring decision is made in haste – sometimes even within the first five minutes ...Read more

With the vast number of unemployed individuals in the market, job seekers are becoming increasingly desperate. There seems to be a direct relationship between the rise of unemployment and a drop off rate in regards to the accuracy of information provide in job applications and on CV’s. ...Read more

Before the recession, job seekers were careful not to apply for jobs that they were not suited to, however with so many unemployed job seekers in the marketplace companies are now being inundated with job applications, many of which are not suitably qualified or skilled for the positions that they are applying for. ...Read more

Having recently experienced what has been described as the worst economic performance in 25 years, the global economic crisis has given rise to over a million job losses in South Africa during 2009. Despite the fact that many South African companies predicted a subdued hiring climate for 2010; companies are being faced with the challenge of having ...Read more

What are Job Seekers looking for in a job advertisement? Recruters, find out how to write a good job ad. ...Read more

Gillian Meier, CEO of Jobs.co.za - South African Job Portal - shares some of the challenges that will be facing recruiters in 2009 and beyond. ...Read more

Jobs.co.za announces the launch of its new Candidate Preference Profiler tool available at no cost to its subscribing clients. ...Read more

Anger in the workplace becomes a problem when emotions are heightened beyond the point of rational control and constructive direction. The biggest challenge faced when managing fury in the workplace, is keeping a level head about you and directing your anger positively. Here are some tips to practice when directing your anger, managing it and ensur ...Read more

Improving Recruiter time management is all about learning how to prioritise your responsibilities and ensuring that these priorities are effectively applied and managed. Effective time management and learning ways in which to do so in the most operative manner possible is a skill that requires continuous attention and refinement throughout your car ...Read more

Building business relationships with any client is vitally important to master and pay attention to. Regardless of whether or not you have a good track record with creating lasting, long term relationships with your clients, each business relationship is diversely different and offer unique dynamics that need to be nurtured. Included in this articl ...Read more

To be a successful Recruiter, you need to be a passionate leader. Recruiters are a source of empowerment which binds opportunity to success. In order to produce such results, Recruiters need to learn to lead. Leadership is a behaviour and just as in classical conditioning, behaviour can and is a learnt function. By applying determined learning to g ...Read more

Due to the nature of the South African recruitment industry, Recruiters have little room to make mistakes when looking to hire staff with a sustainable guarantee to the employer. There are a few common Recruiter mistakes or sins if you will, that lurk in the under belly of every agency or HR department that Recruiters can benefit from by being able ...Read more

Recruiters are required to market vacancies to the relevant Job Seekers in the least biased manner possible, so as to avoid blatant and direct candidate discrimination. The percentage of job adverts that are transparently discriminatory is staggering and in most cases the Recruiter is unaware of the dangers they expose themselves to carelessly word ...Read more

Recruiters need to identify the real and critical requirement to conduct background checks on Job Seekers during the hiring process. Job Seekers have been known to bluff about many a detail in their job application pertaining to their skill, work history and qualifications. Fraudulent and dishonest information is making a greater feature in Job See ...Read more

The pros that extend from Recruiting on the internet, far exceeds other resources available to recruitment agencies. Such advantages are beginning to leave a mark in the South African employment market and show sure signs of permanence and further development as our technological experience expands. Understanding the benefits of online Recruitment ...Read more

Job Advertising and candidate / Job Seeker search each have their unique pros and both provide a wealth of means to finding ideal candidates to fill job vacancies. For best results, Recruiters are required to embrace both of these effective methods to finding candidates and apply these individually to each employer vacancy they seek to satisfy. ...Read more

A company’s culture guides individual decisions and actions on an unconscious level. As a result, corporate culture within an organisation can have a potent effect on a company’s well being and success. Company culture, effectively provides a sense of order and contributes to a sense of continuity and unity. Job Seekers should seek a Corporate ...Read more

There are five simple, yet highly effective steps to great recruiting. Finding a match between the two requires in-depth knowledge and the ability to apply this knowledge effectively. Follow Jobs.co.za five simple and effective steps to successful recruiting and make successful matches that promise sustainability. ...Read more

Recruiters are required to look at the process of finding the right candidate from three different but equally important dimensions. The trick to quality candidates is; they should serve as sustainable human resources, perform the required job function, all while following a career path that is best suited to their needs. ...Read more