So you’ve done your first round of interviews, and 1 candidate hugely stood out from the crowd and you’re now ready to make your offer and start preparing to welcome your new colleague. Unfortunately life isn’t always that easy, and you may well have found that you are still struggling to choose between 2 or…
Following on from our success at the PPMA awards in May, we are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Personnel Today award for’Innovation in Recruitment’ for our work with Hackney Homes. In October 2013, Hackney Homes commissioned Jobsgopublic to run a complex recruitment campaign to fill 43 diverse and varied Operational,…
Welcome to the second issue of Jobsgopublic’s ‘Help & Advice’ section of our client blog, your new source of essential reference information. We are delighted to once again have Glen Knott from People HR Solutions providing his expert insight. In this issue we will be looking at job descriptions. What exactly is a job description…
Recruitment is typically a reactive process, someone resigns or a new position is created and as a result this vacancy is advertised and…you know how the rest goes. There can be various stresses along the way as you anxiously await the applications, hoping that the next one you see will be ‘the one’. The main…
When you think of interns what springs to your mind? No doubt a fresh faced, whipper snapper straight out of school or uni brimming with enthusiasm but fairly new to the world of work. A new concept has made its way over the pond that might change this impression, the ‘returnship’. What is a ‘returnship’?…
We’re pleased to announce your Jobsgopublic ATS is getting a makeover! As part of our ongoing programme of improvements we’ve redesigned the recruitment system for a fresher, more modern look and an easier to use interface. We’ll be rolling out the new design over the next few weeks, but here’s a preview of the changes.…
Since its creation SmartSearch has grown from an initial idea to a highly successful operation. The team continues to help clients find top quality candidates for executive and hard to fill vacancies! What is SmartSearch? SmartSearch is Jobsgopublic’s bespoke resourcing service specialising in executive, senior management and hard to fill roles. How does it work?…
Jobsgopublic are delighted to announce that we have been presented with the Public Sector People Manager’s Association (PPMA) award for Best Volume Recruitment Campaign. This was in recognition for our work in partnership with Birmingham City Council for Hackney Homes in 2013/ 2014. The awards were held in Leeds on Thursday May 6th and the…
As discussed in our previous article, keeping your employees can be challenging with a number of factors affecting their happiness and contentment at work. It is essential that as an employer you are aware of the potential issues that could arise. The next step is the more difficult part as it requires foresight and the…
Staff retention can be a tricky business. The grass is always greener and as the economy picks up and the number of vacancies rise, it can be difficult to stop the eyes of your employees wandering. As this is a common problem you might not have too much trouble replacing those that do leave however…