The SA Recruiters Network recently conducted a survey amongst South African Recruitment agencies as well as Human Resources and Hiring Managers of Corporate South Africa to review the impact that the recession is having on recruitment.

The SA Recruiters Network is an online networking community for South African Recruitment and HR professionals. It was formed in May this year by Gillian Meier, CEO of South African Job Portal, Jobs.co.za. Says Meier, 'The network was created to provide a platform whereby recruiting professionals would be able to network, and share recruitment best practices and insights with other industry professionals ...

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During the current financial crisis many companies are being forced to retrench staff; and it's in times like these that quality employees are holding onto their jobs. Generally these are the candidates that are making a valuable contribution to their current employer and are less likely to be considered for retrenchment. But these are exactly the types of skills that recruiters will need to hunt down if they want to ensure that they are hiring the best.

South African recruiters are fortunate in that they have access to online CV databases that employers do not. In many other countries ...

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By applying specialised search techniques, online talent search specialists are able to uncover passive candidates in the shadowy Deep Web - wherever they gather to work and play.

The employment market is generally categorised into three main talent pools, namely the unemployed Job Seekers, the employed job seekers and the passive (non-job seeking) candidate. By understanding the nature of these various talent pools, Recruiters are in a better position to attract the right talent quicker.

Unemployed Job Seekers
The size of this group of job seekers fluctuates with the economic pendulum. These are the job Seekers that are actively seeking ...

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