Extra Smarts #2

A Note from the Editor

Welcome to the second edition of Extra Smarts, our new monthly summary of our favourite bits of the longest running weekly recruitment newsletter, Recruitment Smarts. If you want to see more essential news and insights from the world of recruitment, subscribe here.

Over at UK Recruiter, we're having loads of fun playing with and testing out ChatGPT and can see many ways it can save time and enhance the quality of the recruiters' work. We wondered what you all think of it and whether or not you've been using it. We created a LinkedIn poll to find out - do have a look and let us know your views.

15 Best AI Recruitment tools for Recruitment Agencies

This was our more read article this month. If you're struggling to get your head round AI tools, or even if you're totally up on all things tech, this is a great article explaining what AI can do for recruiters and what areas to focus on.

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How to Protect Yourself from Backdoor Hires

My personal favourite article of the month. It really does what the title suggests and tells you how you can protect yourself from a client trying to sneakily hire your candidate behind your back.

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5 Lessons Learnt at The Recruitment Marketing Congress

An excellent summary of our Recruitment Marketing Congress event with the top takeaways. If you missed the event or want to take a closer look at any of the sessions, you can rewatch the recorded session.

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How to Reduce Your Company’s Average Cost Per Hire

You might have missed this great article about reducing your cost per hire. Let's face it, we all want to save money right now, so read on for three expert ways to reduce costs.

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Spring Budget 2023

Admittedly, it's difficult to glam this topic up but it is important and worth a read if you still haven't fully got your head around this month's budget.

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