Recruitment Trends
Is Big Data Disrupting Personnel Search? Recruiting in the Digital Age
Finding the right people on all position levels is THE challenge to become or stay successful in business. In the past, Executive Search companies depended solely on their consultants’ network with a bit of mystery and magic mixed in.
A New Paradigm for Recruiting – Candidate Experience
Managers and entrepreneurs have ambitious and demanding goals. They know that the right team is critical to success. After all, recruiting the right employees is the greatest force multiplier that managers and entrepreneurs have. Yet many leaders struggle to find and win over the specialists they…
How to start a career as an engineer!
Gerhard Staehler talks about his experience in recruiting young engineers and explains how you can successfully set up a career as an engineer. Furthermore, he gives advice how to avoid mistakes in the application process.
The most important message is: Preparation is everything! Try to see your…
The Big Data Benefit for Direct Search
“The Geeks have arrived in HR” – that’s the actual phrase when it comes to Big Data in Recruitment. The executive search industry has witnessed a dramatic shift in how board and senior-level executives are recruited.
Generation Y in the workplace
Generation Y is known as the generation which was born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s. There are no precise dates for when this generation starts and ends and experts also do not agree on when Gen Y started.
Video interview tips for candidates
Requesting a video along with an application from candidates is becoming more common for companies. Here is a guideline how to get started on filming your CV.
Video Recruiting Part II
The job market can be highly competitive in some business areas and professions. To stand out from the crowd, one option for candidates is to create a video resume to accompany the traditional CV.
Video Recruiting Part I
Video interviews for recruiting are on the rise. “Thank you for the interview, it was really nice to meet you!” Did they really meet, as one was in Estonia and one in Romania? These kinds of situations are getting more and more typical in recruitment business.
Active sourcing = direct search in 2015?
Those who work in recruiting know that for many jobs nowadays it is no longer enough to advertise the vacancy and wait for someone to apply. Firstly,not enough candidates are available on the job market for many technical positions, and secondly they would never actively apply.
HR experts give an insight into the strategies of international recruitment
Internationalisation has had a significant effect on recruitment. This is why human resources professionals often face very complex challenges. The publishers of the book “Strategien internationaler Personalbeschaffung” (Strategies for international recruitment), Gerhard Stähler and Wolfgang Apel,…