Gillian Meier's Blog (8)

Stop drowning in CV's. Use your lifelines.

With the unemployment rate in South Africa currently at its highest in over twenty five years it is estimated that around one million Job Seekers lost their jobs last year as a result of the recession. Before the recession, job seekers were careful not to apply for jobs that they were not suited to, however with so many unemployed job seekers in the marketplace companies are now being inundated with job applications, many of which are not suita

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Added by Gillian Meier on March 8, 2010 at 4:07am — No Comments

Social Recruitment – Reality or Hype?

Over the last year or so there has been much hype around Social Networking and even more specifically, social recruitment. Social recruitment is a reality and can be very valuable as part of a recruitment stra

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Added by Gillian Meier on March 8, 2010 at 4:06am — No Comments

Jobs.co.za Launches Unique Job Application Filtering Tool

Jobs.co.za, South Africa's Job Portal - today announces the launch of their pioneering new Job Application Filter as part of their existing application filtering suite. With the unemployment rate in South Africa currently at its highest… Continue

Added by Gillian Meier on February 3, 2010 at 9:55am — No Comments

Are you Ready to Capture the New Talent?

January & February months are typically known as peak job-hunting seasons. Besides the unemployed candidates who were sadly affected by the recession in the last year, many other quality professional candidates will join the job hunting market in the next few months. Are you ready to snatch up the new talent before your competitors do? It is a known fact that many employed candidates either resign from their jobs at the beginning of the New Year or actively start pursuing lucrative… Continue

Added by Gillian Meier on February 3, 2010 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

The Impact of the Recession on Recruitment in South Africa

The SA Recruiters Network recently conducted a survey amongst South African Recruitment agencies as well as Human Resources and Hiring Managers of Corporate South Africa to review the impact that the recession is having on recruitment. The SA Recruiters Network is an online networking community for South African Recruitment and HR professionals. It was formed in May this year by Gillian Meier, CEO of… Continue

Added by Gillian Meier on July 3, 2009 at 4:34am — No Comments

Advertise your jobs if you want to find the best hidden skills.

During the current financial crisis many companies are being forced to retrench staff; and it’s in times like these that quality employees are holding onto their jobs. Generally these are the candidates that are making a valuable contribution to their current employer and are less likely to be considered for retrenchment. But these are exactly the types of skills that recruiters will need to hunt down if they want to ensure that they are hiring the best. South African recruiters are fort… Continue

Added by Gillian Meier on May 19, 2009 at 7:52am — No Comments

Attracting Talent from all over the Web

By applying specialised search techniques, online talent search specialists are able to uncover passive candidates in the shadowy Deep Web - wherever they gather to work and play. The employment market is generally categorised into three main talent pools, namely the unemployed Job Seekers, the employed job seekers and the passive (non-job seeking) candidate. By understanding the nature of these various talent pools, Recruiters are in a better position to attract the right talent quicker… Continue

Added by Gillian Meier on May 15, 2009 at 5:28am — 1 Comment