Last time, we looked at the benefits of working for a boutique recruitment company. This time we focus on why working at a large corporate recruitment company is a good choice. Training Joining a large global recruitment firm will give you continuous ongoing training and development. Even as you move higher up in your organization, there is useful, recruitment specific training provided. We speak with senior people in these types of companies, and they sometimes [ … ]

Do what you would tell your candidates to do. It amazes us how many experienced, successful recruiters get rejected because they don’t follow the advice they give out all the time to the people they work with. This is Isn`t Tokyo Station Check out the location. Don’t only trust Google Maps or Apple Maps. Find out what is nearby. Find the nearest train station exit and work out how to get there in plenty of [ … ]

25 interesting facts about Resumes, Recruiting and HR in 2016   Being in Rec to Rec we get some unusual requests from prospective candidates when we ask for a resume. These range from “please write it from my Linked In” to a stunned silence and then a “really, I’ve never written one before” and many more. It certainly makes for an interesting day. The facts below are targeted at corporate recruitment, but some of the below [ … ]

  This is an excellent article outlining The 7 Deadly Sins of Recruiting.  I believe that as we all progress in our recruiting careers the task get a bit repetitious and we begin to forget about these sins in recruitment.  Why not differentiate yourself?   The author takes the time to explain each sin and how to avoid it, so probably good for everyone to review, regardless of what level you are in your recruiting career. [ … ]

YOUR WORK AS A TALENT ACQUISITION PRACTITIONER IS CUT OUT FOR YOU IN JAPAN BUT YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY. Yes, 83% of companies cite Japan as “difficult” to hire in. You are not alone. We thought we would play around with some numbers and see why this may be the case. In all there are 1.88 million people working in “Information & Communications”. This is approximately 2.9% of the total working population of 62 million. Incidentally the [ … ]