The Talent View

Welcome to The Talent View from NIJobs with the latest talent insights, advice and news shaping recruitment and hiring across Northern Ireland.

Your complete guide to successful seasonal hiring?

It’s about this time of year that many businesses begin the process of hiring short-term staff to help them manage the surge in demand over the festive period. This?seasonal hiring plays a pivotal role in maintaining service excellence, meeting customer expectations, and capitalising on the upswing in revenue opportunities. In our guide we detail key recruitment advice to ensure you hire the best people to enjoy a successful festive season.?Download here.

Unleash the Employer Branding Magic within your Organisation??

Businesses are successful because of their people – so it’s essential that your employees are an integral part of the process involved in raising awareness of your employer brand online. Employee advocacy is a powerful tool that makes use of the strength of an engaged workforce – it is simply a way that employees promote your company. Successfully leveraged, this can be used to significantly drive your talent attraction and retention strategies. Find out more here.?

Six Tips for SMEs Seeking to Hire Great Talent??

It’s a fiercely competitive talent market across Northern Ireland at the moment, but you don’t need to be a big employer to attract the best candidates. SMEs have their own unique employment offerings that they can highlight to help them hire great people. In this article, we outline six key drivers of hiring success for SMEs in the quest to recruit great talent.?Learn more here.

Here are some of latest insights from across the HR and recruitment world that grabbed our attention and got the team at NIJobs talking:

• Workplace conflict costs the NI economy ￡1bn a year.??

Workplace conflict costs Northern Ireland nearly ￡1 billion a year, says a Labour Relations Agency report. Over a third of the workforce experiences conflict, leading to high turnover and disciplinary dismissals. The report calls for early resolution and improved managerial skills to mitigate costs.

• Is company loyalty a thing of the past???

Employees are shifting focus from company loyalty to showcasing their own skills and competencies. Driven by tech advances and a skills-focused economy, workers are more inclined to job-hop for better opportunities.

• The best places to work and live in Europe?

Lured by a better quality of life, cheaper living, and attractive tax breaks, places like Spain and Portugal are becoming expat hotspots.

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