With Internet recruitment delivering real benefits for hirers, more job advertising is being done through online career pages, job boards and social media than ever. And it’s SEO that is driving qualified jobseekers to these job advertisements. If you’re not researching and using keywords and phrases in your...

With the rise in the usage of digital tools in recruitment, more and more companies are replacing the traditional face-to-face job interview with a video interview – especially in the early stages of the recruitment process. Since the early days...

January is a strong hiring period as supply of talent usually outweighs the demand for qualified candidates, and budgets are ready to be spent. In fact, it is the perfect time to advertise your...

It is common to hear the expression, “January is the best time of the year to start hiring new staff.” But is this the actual truth or simply just another myth? Past surveys have...

Recruitment isn’t easy; it can also be expensive in a tight employment market. Anything companies can do to get access to new pools of talent is welcome, which is why more HR departments are...

In 2017, a study of 75,000 job ads over a six week period found that 478,175 ads contained gender bias, so clearly, gender equality is something that recruiters need to get better at. However,...

There are hundreds of UK employers looking for ‘gurus’, ‘ninjas’ and ‘rock stars’. Typically, for marketing or IT roles, but what, if anything, do these buzzwords add to the job advert, and what do...

As experts in the recruitment industry, here at Zoek we understand the many frustrations HR professionals may face when it comes to recruiting candidates. When a job vacancy opens up, you’re going to want...

HR tech has transformed the recruitment process, eliminating a lot of the repetitive donkey work for personnel and automating many processes that were previously done manually. But, despite all the advances in recruitment technology,...

New employment and anti-discrimination legislation mean that it is more important than ever that recruiters and HR personnel to be meticulous when it comes to their recruitment policies – especially when it comes to...

Now that platforms like Facebook have been around for over a decade, there is no denying that social media plays an increasingly large part in the way we connect and communicate with each other. ...