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Advertising in December can be a golden opportunity to find top talent. Instead of slowing down, this time of year can give you an edge!
Why should you advertise jobs in December?
Advertising in December can be a golden opportunity to find top talent. Instead of slowing down, this time of year can give you an edge!
What is the Flat Fee Recruiter service?
At Flat Fee Recruiter, we pride ourselves on delivering an exceptional, straightforward service to all our customers.
Lawful Recruitment Advertising: What You Need to Know
Ensure your job adverts are compliant with lawful recruitment advertising. FFR can help you attract top talent while adhering to UK employment laws.
Attracting Diverse Talent: Where to Start and Why it Matters
A survey by Flat Fee Recruiter has revealed that job candidates are growing increasingly wary of anonymous recruitment ads.
What is Flat Fee Recruitment?
Flat Fee Recruitment may also be called; Fixed Fee Recruitment or Flat Rate Recruitment. The employer will pay a fixed rate for online recruitment advertising services.
Job Advert vs. Job Description: Key Differences
“Learn the key differences between job adverts and descriptions to attract top talent. Flat Fee Recruiter’s copywriting services create engaging, keyword-optimized adverts that boost visibility and drive better results.”
What are the teacher resignation dates 2024?
Use key teacher resignation dates to build your school’s hiring strategy around periods when there are more available quality candidates.
What are the benefits of a careers page?
A Careers Page is a dedicated online space in which you can showcase all of your available vacancies, boosted by additional content to help promote your business as a great place to work.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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…
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.
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
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.
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..
Where do I start with screening CVs?
Here we discuss the different criteria you can use to screen CVs and the importance of prioritising.
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:
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.
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.
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:
What candidate experience myths do I need to know about?
What are six ‘candidate experience’ truths that you might need to face up to?
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.
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:
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 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 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 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.
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.
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
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.
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?
How do I tell an applicant they’ve been unsuccessful?
Communicating with unsuccessful applicants is a crucial part of the recruitment process. After all, they could be your customers or referees tomorrow.
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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