February 24 Monthly Round Up
Spring is pretty much just around the corner here in the UK, the days are getting longer and it's getting a bit warmer too, still lots of rain though!
This month saw The Recruiting Playbook hit over 2,000 subscribers which is crazy!
My TikTok account also hit the 22,000 follower mark too which again is insane.
Thank you to every single one of you who subscribes to the blog or follows me on social. And if you don't already, what are you waiting for?
Here's a round up of February's articles in case you missed any:
Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
Making The Move From Agency To Inhouse Recruitment
This is something I get asked about a LOT!
Most inhouse folk started their recruitment journey as agency recruiters before making the move inhouse.
Many have their reasons for making the move away from agency life and into internal recruitment, I suspect it’s for the same reasons I did initially, I just don’t like business development. And I’m not very good at it.
But what is the move inhouse actually like? Continue Reading
ChatGPT Prompts For Recruiters
44% of recruiters aren’t using generative AI frequently.
That’s the results of a poll I ran last week.
If you’re not sure what you can use ChatGPT or other generative AI platforms for here’s some ideas. Continue Reading
Recruiter Capacity: How many live roles should a recruiter have?
How many live roles should a recruiter have?
It's a question that gets asked by Talent Acquisition Leaders almost daily across all platforms.
A recruiter only has 40 hours per week, how many roles can they manage before they're over capacity? Continue Reading
Job Search Advice
The Ultimate Guide To Job Searching
Searching for a job is hard.
They say it’s easier to get a job when you’ve got a job, but given the last four years of mass lay offs and economic uncertainty, this is no longer true.
The truth is, it doesn’t matter whether you currently have a job or you don’t, searching for job is hard full stop.
There is a lot of conflicting advice when it comes to job searching, CVs, job interviews and recruitment in general, as a recruiter of almost 20 years I thought I’d pull together this no BS guide to help people in their job search. Continue Reading
If You Enjoy Your Job It’s Because You’re Good At It, Not The Other Way Around
A lot of people think that the reason they're good at their job is because they enjoy it.
But that's usually not the truth, the reason you enjoy your job is because you're good at it. Continue Reading
Avoid These Common Mistakes During Your Job Search
Looking for a job is hard and with so much conflicting job search advice online it’s difficult to know what you should and shouldn’t do during your search for a new job.
I’ve been a recruiter for almost two decades and here are the common mistakes I see a lot of people make. Continue Reading
How Much Should You Pay For A CV Writer?
I will rewrite your CV & LinkedIn profile for only £1,200.
What? Seriously?
This landed in my inbox from a chap who'd been offered this service. He's been looking for work for quite some time, he has the open to work banner and posted about trying to find a job. Continue Reading
Crowdsourcing Job Search Advice From Recruiters
I like to give job search advice, you'll find a lot of it in this blog and on my TikTok channel .
But you should never take advice from just one person I reckon, and it's best to get advice from some different people to help you decide which advice you're going to listen to.
So that being said I asked my network of Recruiters and Talent Acquisition Leaders on LinkedIn the below question and then captured all of the comments to give you as much well rounded advice as possible. Continue Reading
Other Posts
How I Grew My TikTok Account To 10,000 Followers
I woke up this morning and saw I'd hit the 10,000 follower mark on TikTok.
I've had quite a lot of people message me asking about getting started on TikTok since I started the account back in September.
Whilst I'm still figuring a lot out, here's what I've learned. Continue Reading
Being Vulnerable Makes You A Better Leader
So, there's this idea floating around that to be a good leader, you've got to be this impenetrable fortress of strength and confidence. But, here comes Brené Brown, flipping that notion on its head.
If you haven't stumbled across her TED talk on being open to vulnerability, you're missing out. She's spent a good part of her career convincing us that it's okay to show that you're human, even, and especially, when you're in charge. Continue Reading
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