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Questions answered about, job boards, recruitment technology and recruitment processes + recruitment data.

An employer-led market: What you need to know

The recruitment market is changing from being candidate-led to being employer-led. What are the benefits to you as an employer when advertising vacancies?

Recruitment Advice

Are you prepared for the January Job Boom?

January is one of the best months for advertising your jobs. But with competition for candidates being fierce, it pays to be prepared.

Recruitment Advice

Should you advertise jobs in December?

Short answer: Yes! You should advertise jobs in December. Here are 5 good reasons the professionals recommend the Christmas season for hiring.

Recruitment Advice

How do you hire new staff? A guide for entrepreneurs

For your business to develop to its full potential, you will need to learn how to recruit. However, finding the best staff requires more than simply posting an advert online. Follow these steps to achieve the best results.  

Recruitment Advice

Are you selling a stressful workplace?

Responsible employers will put measures in place to ensure their staff’s mental health, so it’s important your job adverts reflect this.

Recruitment Advice

Are you promoting positive mental health in the workplace?

Communicating with unsuccessful applicants is a crucial part of the recruitment process. After all, they could be your customers or referees tomorrow.

Recruitment Advice

Should I show salary on my job adverts? Absolutely!

Short answer: Yes! Not only will salary transparency improve the response to your job adverts. There are also ethical arguments for its inclusion.

Marketing your Jobs

Advertising a job on your website – is it effective?

By following a few guidelines, you can quickly and cost effectively enhance your hiring campaign using your company’s own website.

Marketing your Jobs

How do I use social media to promote a job vacancy?

A social media campaign makes an ideal add-on to any adverts you have posted across online job boards.   By following a few rules, your social media posts could enhance your recruitment strategy.

Marketing your Jobs

Internal recruitment – how do I run a campaign?

Did you know that some of the most successful hires comes from internal referrals? This guide covers what you need to know to hire within your own talent pool.

Marketing your Jobs

How did we do? The Flat Fee Recruiter Survey 2023

We’re really pleased to have received lots of responses from this year’s client survey. If you completed it for us – thank you so much! Read the full report…

Flat Fee Recruiter FAQs

Where is the best place to advertise a job for free? A how-to guide.

This how-to guide is designed to provide you will all the information you need to promote a vacancy with little to no initial outlay: It might just save you spending thousands on agency fees.

Marketing your Jobs

How do I use free job boards to advertise a job?

By following a few simple steps, you may be able to source candidates – or at the very least, test the candidate market – without any initial costs whatsoever.

Marketing your Jobs

Where is the best place to advertise your jobs?

Most candidates now start their job-search online, but choosing the best place to advertise jobs can be tricky: Flat Fee Recruiter can help you make the best decision for your vacancy.

Marketing your Jobs

Where is the best place to advertise a job for free

Looking to advertise a job for free? This infographic covers the most effective no-cost and low-cost options when recruiting on a budget.

Marketing your Jobs

Advertising on Indeed – Is it the right job board for your role?

Indeed has millions of candidates actively looking for job opportunities, but is Indeed the best job board for your vacancy? Here are a few things to consider

Job Boards Explained

How do I post a job on Indeed? A comprehensive guide.

This comprehensive guide for employers is full of useful tips for using Indeed to advertise a job. Following this advice will help you get the best from the job board

Job Boards Explained

Is AI going to transform the recruitment industry? We asked ChatGPT.

Could AI recruitment revolutionise the industry? At Flat Fee Recruiter we were immediately intrigued by ChatGPT, so we asked it for answers…

AI in Recruitment

Posting a job on Indeed? Have you avoided these rookie mistakes?

If you’re using Indeed as an employer for the first time, or haven’t used it in a while, it’s worth considering a few key areas.

Job Boards Explained

What is Pay Per Click recruitment advertising?

Pay Per Click and Pay Per Application recruitment advertising can help you avoid wasting money but it’s difficult to keep budgets manageable

Job Boards Explained

What are the top 10 tips for effective CV screening?

10 top tips for effective CV screening, designed to help you quickly get to the best candidates.

Recruitment Advice

How do I tell an applicant they didn’t get the job?

Communicating with applicants is a crucial aspect of the recruitment process that is often overlooked. It is important not just to let successful applicants know but to also inform the unsuccessful ones. This is because they could be your customers…

Recruitment Advice

How do jobseekers search for jobs?

Flat Fee Recruiter has been monitoring job seeker behaviour for 6 years. Find out the results here and improve your recruiting efforts..

Job Boards Explained

Why use video in your recruitment campaigns?

Video will help you to generate more candidates and it will also give your applicants an opportunity to invest emotionally with your company and brand.

Marketing your Jobs

Where do I start with screening CVs?

Here we discuss the different criteria you can use to screen CVs and the importance of prioritising.

Recruitment Advice

How do I use boolean logic to search for candidates?

Searching vast CV databases can seem a little daunting. Boolean searching will enable you specifically search for keyword terms that are managed by the following 3 most common operators:

Job Boards Explained

How do I approach passive candidates?

if you are approaching candidates who know nothing about you, your company or the job role, is slightly different and Flat Fee Recruiter has put a few tips together to get you started.

Recruitment Advice

When and what do I need to say throughout the recruitment process?

Communicating with all your applicants is an integral part of your recruitment process for a whole host of reasons and will maintain your employer brand integrity.

Recruitment Advice

What is the best way to arrange interviews?

Your recruitment process will be smoother if you know this information at the start of your recruitment campaign:

Recruitment Advice

What candidate experience myths do I need to know about?

What are six ‘candidate experience’ truths that you might need to face up to?

Recruitment Advice

How can I improve the candidate experience?

A good experience throughout the recruitment process will undoubtedly encourage good reviews and positive feelings across the whole company brand.

Recruitment Advice

How can I optimise my careers page?

How can you optimise your careers page for success? Paste the URL you were given, in as many places as you can, such as:

Marketing your Jobs

What are the benefits of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)?

These applicant monitoring and management platforms aren’t unattainable for the smaller company though, in fact, Flat Fee Recruiter provides its own tracking system for each and every recruitment campaign.

How to use FFATS

How can Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) help the SME?

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) are proving to be the recruitment must-have for businesses, of all sizes

How to use FFATS

How do Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) make screening CV’s easier?

Applicant Tracking Systems can be inexpensive and are an absolute lifesaver in terms of saving time and money on your recruitment. So what is an Applicant Tracking System and how can it help you recruit smarter?

How to use FFATS

How can I optimise the location for my job advert?

There are a number of key areas that need to be mastered in order to ensure your job advert is seen by the maximum number of relevant candidates.

Marketing your Jobs

Why are job titles important for recruitment adverts?

When choosing a job title when you are advertising a job, you need to think like an applicant. Job titles need to be generic, searchable and the most frequently searched keyword term on the job boards.

Marketing your Jobs

Why aren’t my job adverts pulling in talent?

here is a whole host of reasons that your advert may fail to achieve your expectations and subsequently result in not hiring

Marketing your Jobs

Job Adverts vs. Job Descriptions

We answer the questions: 1. What is the purpose of a job advert? 2. What is the purpose of a job description.? 3. What is a good job advert?

Marketing your Jobs

What is the best job title?

How important is my job title when posting job adverts? Here are some great tips to maximise your advertising potential.

Marketing your Jobs

What is a job board aggregator?

A question we get asked a lot is what does the term job board aggregator mean and how are aggregators relevant to the success of a job advert?

Job Boards Explained

How do you tell unsuccessful applicants they didn’t get the job?

Communicating with unsuccessful applicants is a crucial part of the recruitment process. After all, they could be your customers or referees tomorrow.

Recruitment Advice

Should you share your salary on job adverts?

Whether or not to reveal the salary is one of the trickiest decisions a hiring manager has to make when recruiting. This article aims to explain the logic to help you make an informed decision on whether to show the…

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