Quarsh Blog

By Lucy James.
Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of recruitment. Ten years ago no such thing existed. For me, the division is very clear – Facebook for friends, LinkedIn for business, and the two are used very differently. However, Twitter doesn’t have as obvious a place and caused a huge problem recently for Paris Brown, sacked by Kent Police at the tender age of 17 for comments she had made on her Twitter feed before she was employed by the force.  More

By Jason Collings.
However you source candidates for a job there comes a point when you have to decide who to hire. How this is done can vary, from the traditional: CV, interview, references, to the highly ‘scientific’: application form, skills tests and psychometrics. But which is best? The answer is that all have their strengths and weaknesses, and may be appropriate dependent upon your needs and how skilled your hiring team is. More

By Dave Evans.
I have noticed a widespread belief that Recruitment Process Outsourcing is only for big business. People aren’t thinking and talking about the benefits that it can deliver to SMEs, especially SMEs that are growing rapidly. Frankly, this is a very one dimensional view of what RPO can do for a company. In fact, smaller businesses are often better placed to benefit from RPO services than the large multinationals. More

By Jason Collings.
How much does recruitment cost? Most HR and recruitment professionals will talk to you about agency fees, advertising costs and the salaries of in-house recruiters, but is that it? Most companies underestimate the cost of recruitment by 90-95% not least when they are looking to cut costs, this often leads to terrible decisions that not only fail to reduce costs, they can even drive them up. So what are these costs, and more importantly, what can you do about them? More

By Stuart Pickles.
A CFO Passionate about Coaching?
That might sound like a bit of an oxymoron!
But a CFO who is passionate about coaching has the potential to make a dramatic impact on the bottom line profit and cash performance of the business.   More

By Matt Thomas.
The employer brand is becoming increasingly important and increasingly digital. It has become a sophisticated offering that aims to persuade and guide the talent that your business needs into your workforce, and keep them there. Employer branding partners both traditional and social recruiting and it should help to increase qualified applications both immediately and long term.  More