Engaging with candidates for job vacancies is a key element of employers’ candidate-attraction strategy. The process of engaging with candidates is often referred to as the “candidate experience”.
Employers should strive to develop good relationships with all applicants who are engaged in the candidate-attraction process. It should view the attraction and recruitment process as another product or service that the organisation provides to a group of customers, in this case potential employees.
The shortlist for the RAD Awards 2025, the annual celebration of the best employer branding and recruitment marketing, has been announced.
Engineering, infrastructure and property firm Kier Group’s new recruitment system has seen it win the Personnel Today Candidate Experience Award.
The RAD Awards 2025 are now open for entries, showcasing the very best in employer branding and recruitment communications.
Employers are failing to consider millions of people for new jobs due to ageism, with 57 being the average age candidates are “too old”.
Day-one rights signals the need for a more strategic approach to hiring, one that emphasises thorough pre-employment screening, careful referencing, and the potential extension of probation periods.
Ikea is recruiting 10 players to work in paid positions at its virtual store on gaming platform Roblox.
A future workforce strategy should address gaps in the financial support offered by Jobcentres to job candidates.
Talent acquisition teams increasingly feel disconnected from company strategy and are being forced only to advise on ways of reducing costs.
John Lewis Partnership has published the job interview questions candidates could be asked on its careers site.
Automation in recruitment has been disastrous for young jobseekers and have cut businesses off from talented candidates.
New guidance on responsible AI in recruitment aims to help employers avoid introducing systems that perpetuate biases and discrimination.
How can employers make the application and interview process more inclusive for autistic candidates?
An innovative campaign to recruit volunteers to a youth homelessness charity has won Work of the Year at the 2024 RAD Awards. 1931.07
Heathrow and People Scout lift off with the Candidate Experience Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2023.
One in two candidates has accepted a job but backed out before starting a new role in the last 12 months, according to research by Gartner.
