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Online recruitment

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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    Number of EU workers searching for UK roles drops by 11%

    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2018
    by Jo Faragher 27 Mar 2018

    The number of EU workers actively searching for jobs in the UK has fallen by more than 11% since the...

    • Assessment centres
    • Candidate experience
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    Why should candidate experience matter to business?

    by Nicola Sullivan 5 Feb 2018
    by Nicola Sullivan 5 Feb 2018

    What can better candidate experiences achieve that will convince boards to invest in them? Nicola Sullivan argues that improving candidate...

    • Candidate experience
    • Employee engagement
    • Early careers

    RAD Awards 2018: Prison Service and Havas win Work of the Year

    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2018
    by Personnel Today 25 Jan 2018

    An integrated campaign that challenged the public’s perception of running a prison has won top prize at this evening’s RAD...

    • Online recruitment
    • Pre-employment screening
    • Psychometric testing

    Is testing candidates before they apply the future of recruitment?

    by Peter Crush 15 Nov 2017
    by Peter Crush 15 Nov 2017

    Psychometric tests used to be long, formal exercises candidates would take some way into the recruitment process. But could testing...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment
    • Pre-employment screening

    Are we too British when it comes to recruiting?

    by Rob Smith 14 Nov 2017
    by Rob Smith 14 Nov 2017

    How we recruit and manage people in different countries varies more than we might think. But how do these cultural...

    • Candidate experience
    • People analytics
    • Recruitment & retention

    Recruitment trends: Take part in our survey

    by Brightmine 9 Nov 2017
    by Brightmine 9 Nov 2017

    The availability of workers to fill vacancies continued to decline sharply in October 2017, according to the latest REC figures....

    • Employer branding
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Listen in: Why audio is your secret recruitment advertising weapon

    by Jo McCrostie 4 Oct 2017
    by Jo McCrostie 4 Oct 2017

    One of the newest categories in the RAD Awards is for audio recruitment advertising – whether that’s via radio, streaming...

    • Candidate experience
    • Early careers
    • Recruitment & retention

    The RAD Awards 2018: Meet the judges

    by Personnel Today 28 Sep 2017
    by Personnel Today 28 Sep 2017

    As the closing date for submitting entries to the RAD Awards 2018 approaches, it’s time to meet the industry leaders...

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    Five winning works from last year’s RAD Awards

    by Personnel Today 14 Sep 2017
    by Personnel Today 14 Sep 2017

    The RADs has become known as the ‘Oscars’ of the recruitment advertising world, celebrating creative campaigns to attract and retain...

    • Candidate experience
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Seven top tips for creating a winning RAD Awards entry

    by Personnel Today 4 Sep 2017
    by Personnel Today 4 Sep 2017

    Entries for next year’s RAD Awards – which champions the best in recruitment communications – open on 4 September. If...

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    Six important employment law cases in 2017

    by Laura Merrylees 28 Jul 2017
    by Laura Merrylees 28 Jul 2017

    The decision by the Supreme Court that the employment tribunal fees system is unlawful may be one of the most...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment
    • Talent management

    Internal vacancy engines: Developing the SME talent you already have

    by Cath Everett 25 Jul 2017
    by Cath Everett 25 Jul 2017

    Many smaller organisations are too fast to recruit externally. They look for new talent outside rather than considering the people...

    • Candidate experience
    • Employee engagement
    • HR strategy

    How to improve employee attraction, onboarding and retention (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 2 Jun 2017
    by Personnel Today 2 Jun 2017

    ON DEMAND | One in four new hires leave in their first year, costing the equivalent of a year’s salary to replace them....

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    • Disability discrimination

    Recruitment: psychometric test was discriminatory, holds EAT

    by Personnel Today 8 May 2017
    by Personnel Today 8 May 2017

    Recruiters will have to be more careful about adjustments to the format of recruitment assessments for disabled job applicants, following...

    • Assessment centres
    • Candidate experience
    • Online recruitment

    Don’t let candidates be put off by an outdated hiring experience

    by Charles Martin 11 Apr 2017
    by Charles Martin 11 Apr 2017

    Finding the balance between effective candidate selection and a positive candidate experience is no mean feat. Charles Martin looks at...

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