Like any other area of your business it is essential that you keep a firm handle on key statistics relating to your recruitment efforts on an ongoing basis. This will ensure that you are able to assess not only what your company is doing well, but more importantly to highlight key areas of concern which …
What is pre-boarding? Put simply pre-boarding is the time between a candidate accepting an offer of employment to starting on day one. Another phrase we’ve used is ‘decision to desk’, in other words the candidate deciding to join the company and then arriving at their desk. It’s fair to say that this is a bit …
What’s the point? It never ceases to amaze us how many clients still don’t carry out exit interviews with their outgoing employees. You may think “why bother?” but the reality is an exit interview is one of the very few times you can glean a really honest opinion from someone who has first-hand experience of …
What are they? By definition employee referral is a structured programme employers put in place to encourage and incentivise their employees to recommend candidates from their own network. In theory it’s a fairly obvious initiative to put into place and the benefits may seem obvious, however the success of these schemes can vary wildly. …