Wow, where do we start with an article titled “what is digital recruitment marketing”?! Firstly, it is important to debunk some of the myths that exist around digital versus regular recruitment marketing: Contrary to popular belief, offline (job ads, events, etc) and online marketing both still have a place in a recruiter’s marketing toolkit. However, […]
The Australian recruitment marketing sector is continuously changing, and never more so than now. If you are wondering what marketing your recruitment agency should be doing, take a read of these six marketing tips specifically for recruitment agencies. Recruitment Marketing Tip #1: Get More Out of Your Website The quality of recruitment websites has increased […]
One of the most commonly cited assumptions is that the balance of power has shifted from candidates to clients almost overnight, and therefore all marketing efforts should be geared towards clients. There is most definitely a degree of reality here as there are fewer roles in the market and finding and securing them is […]
One of the most frequent questions we are asked is around recruitment marketing budgets, specifically ‘what should be spent on marketing delivery and paid advertising? For most recruitment agencies, the largest marketing expenditure is dedicated to candidate attraction, historically this was focused on newspaper adverts but today is almost exclusively online job boards. Other significant […]
Not surprisingly, when we speak with prospective clients, one of the first questions we get asked is: “Can you tell me the differences between hiring an in-house marketer and outsourcing to an agency?” We’re obviously biased, but the reality is that there isn’t a simple answer to this question, as a lot depends on the […]
Over the last month, chances are you have been prompted at least once to review a restaurant, hotel or any one of hundreds of other products or services. The difference, compared with only a few years ago is the broad variety of websites that now request reviews. Some are very specific to the industry that […]
Recruitment Yarns is just over a week away, and whilst I’m not looking forward to a month on the road, away from my family, I am incredibly excited about meeting a large number of people from the Australian and New Zealand recruitment community. There are a range of great track leaders in all locations and […]
When we are speaking to a potential new recruitment customer, one of the questions that we are regularly asked is how as a recruitment industry specialist marketing agency we ensure that we avoid conflicts of interest when representing different recruitment agencies. In summary, we carefully manage our client relationships so that conflicts are avoided and […]
Authenticity is a word that is probably said too often in the marketing world. Endless rhetoric on why being authentic, genuine and real (especially when it comes to those pesky millennials) is the only way to appeal to people and grow your business in today’s #fastpaced, #VUCA world. If that is indeed the case, the […]
We’re always interested in the variety of different ways recruitment businesses choose to market themselves. This week we think we’ve spotted an industry first, Loyalty Schemes Marketing. Global giant Randstad has partnered with a New Zealand airline points programme, offering one Airpoint for every hundred dollars spent on temp, contract or permanent fees. It’s definitely […]