Are clichés on a CV a pet hate of yours? New research reveals that they are driving employers away from potential candidates
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£10,000 scam recruiters revealed in shocking tabloid exposé
Fraudsters are luring job seekers into paying fees to cover supposed costs, only to discover that the employer has NEVER heard of them
Read More »Five-a-day diet of tech fuels recruitment sector
Are you one of the 4 in 5 recruiters who are reportedly using technology more than 5 hours a day?
Read More »Employers biggest CV gripes revealed
The New College of Humanities has revealed employers biggest gripes with CVs with typos and grammatical errors leading the way
Read More »Disclosure. What recruiters and candidates don’t like sharing.
We all like to keep information confidential, but is this helping the job search or making things worse?
Read More »Recruiters look to mini-me’s when hiring
Recruiters tend to look for “mini versions of themselves” when hiring according to a report from the CIPD
Read More »Findings show some recruiters are bad judges of character
Some recruiters can make flawed judgements about a candidate’s personality based on what they read in their application according to research
Read More »Recruitment ‘scammers’ jailed
10 recruitment workers found guilty after scamming £300,000 in taxpayers’ money by creating a ‘culture of dishonesty’
Read More »Government to proceed with regulation prohibiting recruiters from advertising exclusively in other EEA countries
Advertising exclusively in other European countries denies UK workers the opportunity to apply.
Read More »Three quarters of employers have spotted lies on a CV
Finding these lies does not mean that all those applicants who lie are completely discarded.
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