Browsing: Employer branding

New research from Chandler Macleod has confirmed what savvy employers have known for a long time - that the term "employer of choice" is so overused it's meaningless - and that the majority of candidates say the term is irrelevant in attracting them to a role. read more

Spotter's fees and referral fees are nothing new in recruitment, but now a new job board has been launched that offers referral fees of up to $10,000 to people who refer successful candidates. read more

In what it describes as an Australian-first, Clements Recruitment is seeking up to 20 employers to take part in an international recruitment exercise to be held across seven German cities. read more

Detailed new research from Universum Communications shows that high-achieving students want to work for Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Macquarie Bank, CSIRO and Microsoft. But it also shows clearly that some employer brands are failing when the data is broken down by gender. read more

Ernst & Young has won the top employer ranking among students, and its on-campus recruiting activities have been rated as the most-impressive, in one of the most detailed studies of graduate recruitment to be done in Australia. read more

A comprehensive study on graduate recruitment trends by Onetest shows recruiters should try to keep HR people away from career fairs and staff them with either former graduate program participants or current employees working in the role. read more

Newspapers won't fall out of the employment advertising mix entirely, but the way press ads are used will change completely, says one of Australia's most experienced recruitment executives. read more

Corporate careers sites are still failing to capture meaningful data on candidates, with many sites lacking basic features to allow jobseekers to apply for a vacancy, a new Taleo report has revealed. read more

Job boards and corporate careers sites are the most widely-used and highly-ranked candidate sourcing strategies, ahead of recruitment companies and referral programs, a new report on talent management in the US and the UK has found. read more

Recruitment companies can remain relevant and useful to their corporate clients by offering unbundled services that are vital to the hiring and selection process, says Optus unit recruitment manager Catherine Ward. read more