Reading Time: 23 minutes The importance of creating a high-quality ad that gets noticed by the right candidates is a crucial element of your hiring process. Our guide outlines how to write a job advert that captivates job seekers and ensures they gravitate towards your company. It focuses on job ad best practices, the right structure, injecting creativity, and things to avoid, with advice on inclusivity.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Demand for staff remains high despite a rise in official unemployment figures, according to the latest data from the ‘NIJobs Job Report with Ulster Bank‘. Sam McIlveen, General Manager at NIJobs, says “While the economic environment may be uncertain, our job data demonstrates that companies are continuing to actively recruit.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes The new NIJobs is launching soon. Our goal is simple. We want to increase the number of applications you receive from relevant, qualified job seekers. To achieve that goal, smart new JobTech will power our platform, accelerating your hiring. Find out what will be new.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you missing out on talent because of gendered language in your job adverts? To support your inclusive hiring, we have launched the NIJobs Gender Bias Decoder. This free tool identifies the unconscious gender-biased words in your job adverts and suggests alternatives, ensuring your jobs are open to the widest possible pool of talent.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Graduate salary expectations have increased by 8.3% in the last year, from an average starting salary of £25,148 to £27,256. This is according to research by global employer branding experts Universum, part of NIJobs, which examined a range of themes with NI graduates ranging from employer reputation, people and culture and remuneration.
Reading Time: < 1 minute NIJobs has taken to the streets of Belfast! It’s a fun layer of promotion we’ve added to our extensive advertising campaign, which is bringing fresh new talent to our platform for your vacancies.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Nothing changes if you change nothing“is the inspirational and motivational message at the heart of our new video, which aspires to energise people to pursue their ambitions and dreams and achieve their life and career goals. The launch of our new video kicks off our biggest ever advertising campaign which is focused on delivering fresh new talent for your roles.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Figures from the latest ‘NIJobs Job Report with Ulster Bank‘ indicate a stabilisation in the local job market, with the demand for skills and roles remaining at an all-time high across some sectors. The report‘s insights into hiring market trends are further amplified by a Jobseeker Sentiment Survey, which indicates that concerns over the cost of living are prompting many workers to consider a job move in the coming months.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many savvy organisations leverage the power of their staff to support their recruitment by developing an employee advocacy strategy. An employee advocacy strategy allows your people to play an integral part in raising awareness of your brand online.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Exit interviews are a valuable way of of getting insights into how staff feel about you as an employer. Performed well they can help you head off problems and hopefully retain your staff in future.