Rants and Raves from James Coakes

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249 weeks ago, by James

Industry awards

Whenever I read about industry awards the winners seem to be the large companies like Reed and Robert Half. These award ceremonies are organised by publishers, for example Haymarket. It's actually big business for them, with tickets to the black tie dinner and ceremony often costing a couple of hundred pounds.

Given that these large companies spend large budgets with Haymarket isn't it a bit of a conflict of interests? Industry awards are business rather than an indicator of credibility.

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250 weeks ago, by James

BBC pays out £25m redundancy to 150 managers

A deputy director general received £949k and a head of department got £348k.

It's a completely different world to the one that most of us have to live in.

The BBC's director general Tony Hall said: "These payments were from another era and we are putting a stop to them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23125494

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252 weeks ago, by James

Recruitment is just a function

RecruitingLens and MarketingLens launched at around the same time and I have to say I'm finding it harder to get traction in the recruitment industry.

It's just been explained to me that recruitment is a business function whereas there's more knowledge and theory in marketing, so more for people to discover.

So is that true? Is recruitment essentially an artless practice?

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252 weeks ago, by James

Should large companies recruit locally?

The Department of Employment and Learning announced that more than 200 new jobs would be created when a new Tesco opened in Newry on 6th June 2013. However, the Newry Times has been inundated by calls and e-mails claiming that Tesco's method of recruitment was unfair and inadequate.

Various statements were made by locals claiming that they and various other people they knew had been rejected without reaching the interview stage.

Should local economies be supported by local recruitment?

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254 weeks ago, by James

Recruitment & Social Media Profiles

Should recruiters be able to take the contents of a candidate's social media profiles into account when they apply for a job?

Where are the lines?

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255 weeks ago, by James

Nannies Recruited On Social Media

Nannytax, a UK payroll service for paying nannies, surveyed 1,145 families and found that one in five would look at unregulated sites such as Gumtree when looking for a nanny. This is an increase of 8% since 2011.

Recruiting a nanny is probably one of the most important things that a family can consider so this really is an indicator that people are growing more accepting and trusting of what they find on social media.

Does this surprise you?

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255 weeks ago, by James

Small Business Cannot Save The Economy Alone

I'm seeing article after article in the news suggesting that the UK's small business can save the economy through sales and increased recruitment. It has all the characteristics of yet another 'bubble'. Where is the demand going to come from in a market with zero of at best very low growth.

It's true that new businesses are being created in significant numbers but they won't all succeed. An increase in hopeful entrepreneurs is not a viable business plan.

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