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Christmas Countdown: 10 days to your New Career

December 14th, 2017

Are you on the job hunt this festive season? To help you on your merry way, Youngbrook Recruitment has compiled a 10-day Christmas countdown to get you ready for a new career in 2018. If you follow this Christmas countdown, you can remove the stress from your new year job hunt by getting prepared now. Let the countdown begin.

10. Are you as Jolly as Santa in your Position?

Do you have Sunday night blues at the thought of Monday morning? If you are unhappy in your position due to a ....
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The Dos and Don’ts of Social Media: What Your Employers Look for When Hiring

December 13th, 2016

Bursting into relevance over the last decade, there is not yet a rulebook when it comes to social media use. The use of the platforms themselves has changed markedly over the last ten years; those photos that we so flippantly put up in 2007, when Facebook was still very much a novelty, would probably never see the light of day now. The use of social media is in such a constant state of flux. Therefore, putting together a set of hard and fast rules about how you should use Facebook, Twitter, I....
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What Value Will Your Company Get from Partnering with a Recruiter?

December 13th, 2016

Quality employees make for quality organisations. Your company is the sum of its parts and if those parts are not first-rate, the whole machine is at risk of breakdown. Finding the right people for your organisation is paramount. Using a professional recruitment agency may seem to some like an unnecessary luxury. Something that is reserved only for companies that have labour needs too large to handle in-house. The truth of the matter is quite the opposite. Partnering with a trusted recruiter ....
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10 Secrets for Retaining Your Best Recruiter-Sourced Employees

December 9th, 2016

According to Investopedia, the average ‘break-even’ point for new employees (the point at which the recruitment and training is paid off by the employee’s productivity) is 6.2 months. If an established employee leaves, it will take more than half a year to get their replacement up to a base level of productivity. Retaining new employees is not just imperative for productivity, it is also t....
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Why You Should Hire Through an Established Recruitment Agency

December 9th, 2016

With the rise of the internet, there are now more ways to recruit than ever. From posting vacancies on your website to head-hunting on LinkedIn, businesses have a larger array of recruitment tools at their disposal than at any other time in history. This may leave you wondering what are the benefits of using a recruitment agency, if any. You may expect that professional recruiters are a dying breed due to the rise in recruitment options. But this presumption could not be further from the trut....
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Employers: Why Comprehensive Cover Letters Matter

December 9th, 2016

As global markets grow and flatten out, more people are entering the workforce as population levels and the average working age rise. For professional roles, a well-structured resume, even if filled to the brim with experience, just does not cut it anymore. According to Business Insider, with the launch....
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Top Staff Sales Training Tips That Will Also Improve Workplace Productivity

December 9th, 2016

It can be tempting to think of sales training as a simple quest to achieve the highest numbers; learning the ins and outs of how to sell, sell, sell. But reducing it down to such a simplistic definition is doing the art of sales a big disservice. In truth, training your staff in sales techniques can have benefits that stretch far beyond the line on the sales graph. Here are just a couple of sales training principles that, when taught correctly, can also have a big impact on your workplace pro....
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