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Damon Ankers

Damon is a CIM qualified marketer who has spent the last 6+ years working in the recruitment and HR technology markets. Throughout his career Damon has continuously strived to uncover and understand the challenges that modern HR teams face in order to create helpful, relevant and actionable content for his audience. As the Digital Marketing Manager for Workvine, Damon is immensely focused and passionate about helping HR teams to streamline their recruitment activities, attract top talent, improve internal communication and increase employee engagement within their business.
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Attract More Talent From Social Media with Jobs on Facebook

Posted by Damon Ankers on 14-Oct-2018 14:38:00

 

 For a long time Facebook has been used predominately by HR teams to improve employer branding. However, things are about to change. Facebook have recently launched a new subsection to their platform aptly named Jobs on Facebook. This allows recruiters to easily post vacancies and job seekers to apply for those vacancies without leaving the platform. 

With an estimated 39.2 million Facebook users in the UK this gives businesses the ability to access  an audience unparalleled to any other platforms. It also gives recruiters the ability to reach new audiences who don't actively utilise job boards. And the best part? It's completely freeHere's how to use Jobs on Facebook to help you attract more talent.  

 

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10 Awesome Career Sites

Posted by Damon Ankers on 12-Oct-2018 10:17:00

Creating a career site that manages to successfully entice legions of candidates is a hell of a balancing act. You must get so many things right, from the adverts to the opportunities to the visuals. All it takes is one small element to completely turn candidates off altogether. 

In no particular order we've listed 10 career sites that have nailed all those vital things a career site should have. 

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Job Satisfaction > Salary

Posted by Damon Ankers on 20-Sep-2018 10:50:00

Many employers still believe that salary is by far the biggest motivator for employees. However, for top performers salary is just part of the equation. 

Money is of course important, without an adequate income we can't meet our most basic needs (think Maslow's Hierarchy of needs). For employees to really perform they need much more, they need to be psychologically satisfied.

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Top 5 Benefits of Recruitment Software

Posted by Damon Ankers on 19-Sep-2018 09:10:00

Job boards are by far the most popular destination for jobseekers. Their popularity can often leaves agencies and direct employers competing for the same candidates in the same talent pool. In this article we uncover how recruitment software can be your competitive advantage when it comes to hiring top talent. 

With popular job boards such as indeed regularly producing high volumes of applications, HR teams / Hiring Managers can often find themselves spending hours of time sifting through applications.

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7 Tips to Career Site Success

Posted by Damon Ankers on 12-Sep-2018 08:49:00
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Career Sites are all about first impressions. If you can strike the right tone with your career site, you could be cherry-picking the best candidates out there... or you could end up with network traffic quieter than a crypt. If you want to avoid the latter option, then check out these tips below.

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5 Benefits of Online Recruitment

Posted by Damon Ankers on 11-Sep-2018 10:00:00

When it's time to recruit how do you reach your ideal candidate?

Most businesses use job board advertising and/or recruitment agencies to help them hire. In some cases, agencies can be very useful. If you're in a niche industry or require a board level employee a specialist agency can help you hire a 'unicorn employee' (albeit at a hefty price tag).

However, for the majority of vacancies online recruitment is the perfect way to hire talent faster at a much lower cost than traditional recruitment methods. In this article we highlight the top 5 benefits associated with online recruitment.

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The Big 4 - The Future of Recruitment Advertising?

Posted by Damon Ankers on 10-Sep-2018 08:05:00

When it comes to energy providers you've probably heard of the "big 6" but what about the recruitment industries "big 4"?...  

Recruitment advertising has evolved dramatically over the last couple of years. Job boards success and popularity has attracted the attention of some of the largest advertising platforms in the world and now they want in on the action.

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Attracting Millennial Talent

Posted by Damon Ankers on 28-Aug-2018 14:00:00

By 2020 it's predicted that Millennials will make up 35% of the global workforce, whilst the even younger 'Gen Z' group will make up 24%. With little over 16 months until the statistics becomes reality it's never been more important to attract and recruit younger talent to the business. 

To help you understand the mindset of a millennial we've compiled 5 key statistics on their behaviour and how to utilise social media to attract younger talent. 

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What Candidates Want...

Posted by Damon Ankers on 24-Aug-2018 09:59:00

  

Top talent is hard to come by, in reality we're all fishing in the same talent pool. Perfecting the recruitment process is critical to hiring the best employees. Here's three tips to keeping your candidates happy throughout the process.

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Our new marketplace is live!

Posted by Damon Ankers on 06-Aug-2018 16:18:53

 

It's been an exciting few weeks here at Talentvine. We've integrated with Jobs on Facebook, witnessed the arrival of Google for Jobs and last but not least, launched our own marketplace! Find out how we've made it even easier to recruit with Talentvine. 

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