The commonly accepted employer view that “agency” or “contingency” recruitment is less costly is flawed. In fact, retained recruitment can be cheaper and more effective. Why is retained…
There are many different reasons why employers might decide to use an external recruitment consultant. They may also wish to engage with them in many different ways – from simply…
Whether you are a candidate or a hiring manager, if your aim is to get the best service from your executive recruitment consultant, the approach is the same. The key…
In order to attract and secure top management consulting talent it is often cost effective and efficient to employ the services of an executive recruitment firm on a retained…
It might seem obvious that when you are looking at hiring a recruiter, you should choose one with integrity. No-one wants to deal with cowboys do they? But in my…
So your recruitment agencies aren’t coming up with candidates. Or the candidates they’re sending aren’t right. You’re seeing the same CVs time and again. They seem like their hearts are not in…
Prism Executive Recruitment is delighted to sponsor “Best New Consultancy” category at the 2018 MCA Awards for a further year. We have a particular expertise in helping high growth SME…
Cost Per Hire is a measure frequently used by companies who, quite reasonably, seek to control their costs. But companies should also be focussing on ROI. Does your company…
Within any organisation the leadership team and hiring managers can find themselves being advised about recruitment by internal staff with their own agendas which are sometimes in conflict with…
Management consultancy firms should give as much consideration to rejected candidates as those they offer jobs to. Many of my friends, former colleagues and contacts are at an age where…
Prism Executive Recruitment is not a typical consultancy recruitment agency. We pride ourselves on our unusual approach to consulting recruitment in developing real long-term relationships with the people we work…
Should management consultancy firms have preferred supplier lists? Many management consultancy firms run preferred supplier lists when recruiting talent. However, if talent is so short should they consider candidates who…
Communication is at the heart of everything in Management Consultancy Recruitment. Few would argue against effective communication being an essential ingredient of success for individuals and teams from every walk of…
The biting satire of Monty Python’s classic sketch highlighted how many opinions are uninformed and based on assumption and hearsay, with little effort to consider honest, authentic evidence or…
Recruiting the best people is one of the most significant contributions that can be made to any organisation Such decisions create a foundation for more effective performance by you, your…
In a UK survey of 179 candidates over 75% said that they had withdrawn their application at least once in the previous two years because of things the hiring organisation…