Sirona Says

Blogs ARE here to stay, so get started!

Many companies are still shying away from the power of the blog. But some latest figures released by Comscore show that blogs are what people are reading online. Companies should really start to think about how they can harness this massive trend and use blogs. They could use them for recruitment, retention,product promotion, news and so much more - in fact the list is endless!!  The only advice I would say is to just put some thought into it first.........then blog away!!!

Here are the latest Comscore stats:

The Top 20 UK Blogging Sites had 33.2 million visitors in February (and thats JUST the Top 20!)

The Worlds Top 20 UK Blogging Sites had 822.9 million visitors in February.

So for all you non-believers out there, now is the time to start blogging!! After all it is what everyone else is doing!!!

Let me explain more with a video...

Some of you may have seen the yellow graphic in the sidebar to the left, some of you may even have linked through to the site as well. Jobinablog.com is a forward thinking website aimed at SME companies who fail to use their own website to recruit staff (shame on you!). Of course they are happy to moan about the fact that they can't recruit staff, but they never do anything about it. So last year I combined the idea of this opportunity, with the power of the blog to create Jobinablog - I call it a career site with a difference. So for an easy explanation I have produced a video presentation explaining how it works in a very easy way!! Here goes:

By the way, how do you like the Kyte interface - I like it and it's a bit different!

Space Hoppers or Job Hoppers?

A few years ago, the ideal job was one where an employee could stay for their entire career, pick up a pension and then retire. For some people that is still the case, but the move to a more fluid employment market is now becoming the norm as we all know.
However, will we as recruiters in the UK, tolerate what is now acceptable in the US? What do I mean?  In the UK, employers(and recruiters for that matter) frown upon candidates that have moved job every 2 years (and less) and they get tagged as being job hoppers. However my experience of working in the US tells me that it is more acceptable to move jobs regularly,even every year, and that has also become acceptable with employers over there. They look on at as gathering experiences, therefore benefiting the hiring company and making them more rounded employees- I call them space (cv) hoppers!!
The question has to be.............how quickly will the UK employers start to adopt that ideal?

Welcome to my blog!

Hi there recruitment blogging world, let me introduce myself to you all. My name is Andy Headworth and I have had the pleasure of working in the wonderful world of recruitment for nearly 20 years across a number of different industries. I own a specialist recruitment company but more recently have taken a slight change of direction. I am sticking my flag in the ground and am going to work with companies to help show them how to do this recruitment lark properly!! The website is www.sironaconsult.com.
After 20 years in the business there isn't much I haven't developed an opinion on, and I look forward to imparting my opinions (and wisdom) to the listening (or not) world!!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Andy