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How do recruiters find candidates?

The word recruiters use for ‘finding’  is ‘sourcing’.  Now we will explain the many ways that a good recruitment consultant sets out to find candidates for the client.  You will also learn that starting to search for suitable candidates when a job becomes vacant is the hardest and least efficient way of going about this…[Read More]

Job Descriptions and Position Specifications

Here we are going to describe 2 key documents which every Human Resources Department should have, how to use them and why you need them to recruit successfully for any position. When we use the term Job Analysis we are not talking about a major piece of research, we are referring to systematically gathering the job-related information you need to generate two documents: the Job Description (JD) and the Position Specification (PS)…[Read More]

Why does a recruitment agency ask so many questions?

Recruitment consultants need to gather a lot of information before they can open a search for their client. When an employer talks to a recruitment agency the recruiter or recruitment consultant they meet is trying to take what we call a Job Order. This is a set of instructions to perform a piece of recruitment work according to specified requirements…[Read More]

What is Employer Branding?

Every employer has an employer brand and this brand is a key factor important when it comes to recruiting. Employer branding, simply put, means your reputation as an employer. We can say that the retention and performance of employees depends on the quality of leadership, but the employer brand is a feature of the company culture…[Read More]

What is recruitment?

In this article we explain the answer to this simple question in a way that will help you understand that recruiting is a process, and to be successful it must be methodical. Recruitment is the process of finding and hiring the best-qualified candidate for a job opening. It should be carried out in a timely and cost-effective way…[Read More]

A Recruitment Glossary

This glossary is designed to help Cambodians who are working in Human Resources deal with the common terms used through the recruitment process. If you are an HR Manager, a hiring manager or a business owner, all of us at Top Recruitment Cambodia hope that you find this information useful…[Read More]

How to deal with the salary question

If you have used a recruitment agency or applied to a job on-line then you should have a clear idea of what the job you are interviewing for is offering as a salary and package. Saying that, many employers do not reveal what they are going to offer – this might be because they haven’t completed a budget for the role or department, they might have some flexibility as they are hiring for multiple positions…[Read More]

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How to talk of your weaknesses

Nobody enjoys talking about their weaknesses or their failures. Thinking about the times that you made mistakes or times that you were just plain wrong can be negative and lead you nowhere. However questions about your weaknesses are often asked in interviews and you should be prepared tackle questions like this…[Read More]