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Employers commonly use the internet to attract and recruit candidates.

Popular channels include: online job boards; traffic-generation strategies; search engine optimisation and search engine marketing; social media and business networking channels; and the employer’s corporate website or corporate careers site.


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    Recruitment agencies sign up to ethnic equality commitment

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2020

    Recruitment agencies providing candidates for law firms are being encouraged to sign up on a new diversity and inclusion pledge.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Candidate experience
    • Competencies

    Personnel Today Awards 2020: Innovation in Recruitment shortlist

    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2020
    by Personnel Today 2 Nov 2020

    With just a few weeks until we celebrate the Personnel Today Awards 2020, we profile the shortlisted organisations. The latest...

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    • Candidate experience
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    RAD Awards 2021 open for entries

    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2020
    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2020

    The 2021 RAD Awards have opened for entries as the search for the very best in employer branding, talent attraction...

    • Candidate experience
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Personnel Today Awards 2020: Employer Branding Award shortlist

    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2020
    by Personnel Today 9 Oct 2020

    Despite an uncertain jobs market, employer branding continues to be a crucial way to differentiate your organisation to high quality...

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    • Legal sector
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Lockdown recruitment in a risk-averse sector: Tim Skipper interview

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Sep 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Sep 2020

    Recruiting the right person for the right role is never an easy challenge. But doing it at a time when...

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    Six tips to avoid being overwhelmed with job applications

    by Suzanne Hurndall 14 Sep 2020
    by Suzanne Hurndall 14 Sep 2020

    With so little recruitment this year, organisations with vacancies report being inundated with applications for the limited roles they have...

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    • Europe

    Overseas candidates looking for UK jobs shows sharp increase

    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2020
    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2020

    Searches by overseas workers for UK jobs have reached their highest level since December 2018, according to job site Indeed....

    • Coronavirus
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    • Early careers

    Graduate recruitment down by almost a third in some countries

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2020
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jul 2020

    The graduate hiring market is down by almost a third in some countries due to the coronavirus, the Institute of...

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    HR in a pandemic: How three companies dealt with a surge in demand

    by Peter Crush 2 Jul 2020
    by Peter Crush 2 Jul 2020

    For organisations up and down the country, Covid-19 has put considerable strain on HR. Many in the profession are facing...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Early careers
    • Latest News

    BAE Systems: Why Covid-19 hasn’t stopped us taking on apprentices

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jun 2020

    Although most organisations have frozen recruitment while they focus on recovery, BAE Systems is bucking the trend by going ahead...

    • Coronavirus
    • Early careers
    • Latest News

    Delivery firm DPD and B&Q owner to hire thousands of new staff

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jun 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jun 2020

    Demand at DIY stores and for online shopping drives surge in demand for staff but doubts persist over the sustainability of the trends.

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    Flexible working ‘nudges’ result in 30% uplift in job applications

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 May 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 May 2020

    Recruiters that were prompted to consider flexible working when posting a job were 20% more likely to list flexible work...

    • Coronavirus
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    3,000 police officers hired as recruitment drive moves online

    by Rob Moss 30 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 30 Apr 2020

    The government has said it is on track to meet its target of 6,000 additional police officers in England and...

    • Candidate experience
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Employer branding: attracting talent during the lockdown

    by Jasmine Yule and Angela Lewis 30 Apr 2020
    by Jasmine Yule and Angela Lewis 30 Apr 2020

    How can businesses attract and recruit the best candidates when everyone's working at home?

    • Brexit
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    Huge rise in crop-picking job searches

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Apr 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Apr 2020

    Indeed, Monster and TotalJobs report surge in farm-related job searches from within the UK.

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