BACKGROUND CHECKS – HAVE YOU DONE YOUR HOMEWORK?
In this day and age the importance of background checks on prospective job seekers cannot be emphasised sufficiently. The demand by businesses for background screening has increased by 11% over the last five years and it is interesting to note that of over 470 000 Qualification Checks conducted by MIE in 2015 more than 70 000 qualifications […]
STRATEGIC TALENT ACQUISITION
In today’s skills short market , and with such a high demand for key talent, it is not enough to utilise the recruiting strategies of old. Reactive based recruitment and non-strategic recruiting models – including “headhunting” – are not going to necessarily attract those top candidates, fill your empty seats or enable you to put […]
PASSIVE CANDIDATES – WHY ARE RECRUITERS SO FIXATED?
Miché van Noie, Talent Resourcer, Recruitment Division 70% of the workforce are Passive Candidates 1 30% of the workforce are Active Job Seekers 1 Research conducted by Monster Worldwide LLC in 2006 Active job seekers are open to the next opportunity to change and approaches from recruiters, actively looking for new employment. They browse job boards, […]