All posts by Michelle Green

Best Digital Creative

Have your digital recruitment campaigns stood out from the rest this year?

 

To be crowned winners of Best Digital Creative 2018, it’s about true quality of content. Did you demonstrate originality? And how did your creative execution engage with your target audience?

As with any campaign, the proof is in the pudding on whether you fulfilled the brief. If you can explain the overall objectives, how you achieved those objectives and if you can show a return on investment – then you’ll be on your way to wooing the judges at this year’s judging panel.

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Best Employer Training & Development

Do your training and development practices distinguish you as an outstanding place of work?

 

To be awarded the best within Scottish recruitment you must evidence how training and development is embedded within the workplace culture. If you can couple this with a low churn rate and a focus on upskilling staff, then you should be entering now for Best Employer Training & Development 2018. Organisations that have those elements engrained in their DNA attract the very best candidates, and retain them.

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A record month for s1jobs, despite a fall in unemployment

Quarterly figures released by the Office for National Statistics last week showed that unemployment in Scotland fell by 1,000 to 112,000.

The increase in Scottish employment rates however is not reflective of the number of Scots who are on the lookout for a new role. In the same month that s1jobs celebrated its 17th birthday, records were broken – with 1 million visitors recorded in January.

Over 63,000 bold and brave Scots visited the site in just one day as they looked to further their career. With over 20,000 Scottish vacancies in January across 36 different sectors, with growth in vacancies in Accountancy, Financial Services, Marketing, Production and Retail.  s1jobs continues to attract the masses, with jobseekers able to find many quality mid-levels roles as well as entry level and part-time vacancies with many large national employers.

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The Power of Employee Stories for Employer Branding

s1jobs welcomes International HR Expert, Matt Alder in a series of guest blogs.

 

Employer Branding has never been more critical. Long-term skill shortages, uncertainty around immigration and the challenges created by digital transformation means that an ever growing number of employers are finding it difficult to attract the talent they need to their businesses. In such a candidate driven market, companies must offer a compelling and persuasive case to convince the best people to join them, and a strong employer brand is critical to achieving this.

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