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How To Implement A Practical Work Assessment In Your Recruitment Strategy

The recruitment process in any organisation can be long and drawn out, often with many different stages involved before finding the right candidate. Implementing a practical work assessment can help speed up this process and improve your chances of finding the best person for the job. With a majority of candidates (68%) believing that a […]

Chris Platts 8 February 2023 7 min
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We used ChatGPT to predict the future of recruitment – it didn’t disappoint

Ok so not exactly, BUT we did use ChatGPT as a bit of a science experiment to determine whether or not the ‘tool du jour’ was worth its salt….so our Marketing team popped a few questions into ChatGPT and the answers we received were pretty darn accurate! Question #1: What role do real-life assessments play […]

Chris Platts 8 February 2023 3 min
Recruitment

Forecasting Employee Attrition: How to Get Ahead of the Curve

Employee attrition can be costly for any business. It can mean losing key talent, and it can also come with hefty recruitment fees. In order to ensure that your organization’s attrition rate is as low as possible, you must be able to accurately forecast employee attrition. But how do you do this? Let’s take a […]

Chris Platts 6 February 2023 3 min
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3 Top Recruitment Predictions for 2023

We’re always interested to find out what big data companies believe will be the ‘next big thing’ in the high-volume recruitment industry. So we thought we’d do a round-up of our top 3 recruitment predictions for 2023! #1 Proactive candidate engagement  Proactively engaging candidates has long been a common practice when filling C-suite executive vacancies […]

Chris Platts 11 January 2023 2 min
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What is a recruitment life cycle, and how can you ensure you’re doing it right?

Knowing what a recruitment life cycle is and ensuring you’re doing it correctly can make a big difference to your recruitment efforts. A well executed recruitment life cycle can result in better candidate selection, improved hiring process efficiency, and increased overall satisfaction. In this article, we’ll define what the recruitment life cycle is and discuss […]

Chris Platts 3 January 2023 6 min
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How long do you have? The ticking clock of candidate hiring

So you find a candidate interested in the role you’re hiring for through your recruitment process and a few weeks later they sign on the dotted line and everything is good in the world, right?  If only fairy tales were real!  Although it certainly used to be as simple as that right?  Does this process […]

Chris Platts 6 December 2022 6 min
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Is a ‘one-size-fits-all’ recruitment process valid anymore?  

Wouldn’t it be brilliant if we could use the exact same method, strategy, and process to recruit for every single role we had?  Think about how much time we’d save!  But how successful would we be?  Our guess? Not very…. Unfortunately, a ‘one-size-fits-all’ recruitment strategy that guarantees success for every hire doesn’t really exist.  The […]

Chris Platts 22 November 2022 5 min
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6 Essential Tips to Boost Recruiter Productivity

Achieving productivity as a recruiter can be challenging, especially when so many demands are on your time. From sourcing and screening candidates to conducting interviews and onboarding new hires, finding ways to work smarter, not harder, can be difficult. Fortunately, a few simple tips can help you boost productivity and get the most out of […]

Chris Platts 25 October 2022 6 min
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ThriveMap Joins Forces with Lever to provide full candidate application tracking, analysis, and recruitment

ThriveMap provides end-to-end assessment solutions with Lever’s Talent Relationship Management platform. We’re proud to announce an enhanced integration with LeverTRM, to provide end-to-end recruitment solutions. This integration will help companies find the right talent more quickly within this Lever partnership. It enables high-volume recruiters to take control of their recruitment process and ensure that the […]

Chris Platts 23 September 2022 3 min