General Discussions

Hi everyone, newbie here. I started in my role as Recruitment Manager for Suffolk County Council in March and one of my aims is to improve the reliability and validity...

Are there any plans to produce an up-to-date FIRM salary survey for in-house recruiters?  

Hi everyone, We are looking to produce some employer brand related video content for our careers site and wondered whether anyone could recommend a production/video company who might be able...

Hi I was a Jobsite user for many years but found that when it was acquired by Totaljobs, its quality was diminished. Is anyone using a generic job board and getting...

Hey all - I just wanted to ask you, how do you make the best use of the summer down time? Networking, building your pipeline etc....

Hi all Last year we didn’t fill 76% of our roles advertised – we’re not sure if this is good/bad/pretty average so would anyone else be able to share what...

Hi Does anyone have a tool which guides on alternate job titles? I have a couple of roles which are not generating response and I believe it is due to the...

Hitting the morning CV sift I came across this which had been submitted via TotalJobs. A prospecting letter masquerading as a CV. Not sure if I'm impressed or irritated...

Hi, I have recently inherited the Resourcing/Recruitment function. We are an international company and I would describe us as having "Tactical" recruitment capability - but certainly not a more strategic/senior...

Hello Everyone I have a number of senior and executive level roles coming up that I need to recruit for and I'd really appreciate some advice on where best to...

Hello, Can anyone recommend a good salary benchmarking company with a speciality in the fashion and retail space? We are based in Essex, not London, which is the difficulty. Thanks, Mark

Hi, I am about to start recruiting for our US operation and wondered if anybody could give me any pointers, particularly good agencies in the NY Metro area, best...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking to bring our technical testing (we are a software development company) online and wondered whether anyone had any recommendations of companies that you have used...

Hello everyone - I'm looking for some new inspirational interview questions for an Exec level role I've got coming up and I'd be grateful if anyone had anything they...

Hi, I'm drawing up a PSL to cover Temp, Perm and Contract. Do any of my fellow FIRM-ites (is that the term?) have any examples of good T&Cs document...