Top performing recruitment companies in 2023 shared two key attributes – they invested heavily in automation to improve efficiency, and they focused on improving their candidate experience. read more
Four-year-old boutique agency Frazer Tremble says complete transparency with clients and candidates is the cornerstone of its award-winning approach to customer experience in recruitment, and has driven its growth since launching at the start of the pandemic. read more
Overcoming the barriers to diversity recruitment requires putting time into developing very clear definitions of the essential requirements of a role, and selecting candidates from a purely objective rating scale, says Hoban CEO Alison Watts. read more
Continuing investment in non-sales functions such as technology and support teams has helped healthcare recruitment company Cornerstone more than double its revenue in each of the past two years, says CEO Samantha Miklos. read more
Canberra-based IT recruitment specialist, Whizdom, which has long used a profit-share incentive scheme for its staff, has finally "succumbed" to paying recruiters a bonus for activity and placements, says managing director John McCluskey. read more
Organisations are effectively "catfishing" candidates by not portraying an honest picture of their EVP during the hiring process, a recruitment leader says. read more
When a single job vacancy can potentially cost a company $50 million a year in lost revenue, there is a huge incentive to build more effective talent pipelines, says a leading talent acquisition director. read more
Nearly half of all candidates who reach second interview stage will not wait more than a week to hear back from an employer, with the majority willing to take a less-preferred role if the hiring process is slow, according to a new major candidate survey. read more
One in five jobseekers now say the "quality" of prospective coworkers is a driver when considering a new role, requiring employers and recruiters alike to pay "serious attention" to the issue. read more
Google's decision to view work as a product it's trying to sell has completely shifted how it approaches recruitment interviews, its strategic advisor for people experience says. read more