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Do you know how your brand is perceived by your ideal candidate? 

In a market where hiring managers are tasked with delivering more for less, it seems businesses who neglect to identify new candidate attraction techniques – such as developing an employer brand – could be missing out.

As a small business owner, do you ask your PA to co-ordinate your business' hiring? If so, you may want to share some of the below tips. 

More often than not, administrators and PAs are called upon to hire personnel for a variety of positions on behalf of their MD – particularly within SMEs.

Whilst we understand that smaller companies can often find it hard to recruit, hiring employees is a critical activity for any organisation, regardless of their size or the services they deliver. But with less staff to manage the process or restricted budgets, it can easily be a costly and time- consuming task.

Quick, accurate and efficient are all words that hiring managers strive to achieve within their hiring process. We recognises that small businesses operate differently to larger organisations and often find managing recruitment hard work. With less staff to manage the process, or restricted budgets, it can easily be a costly and time-consuming task.

Quick, accurate and efficient are all words that hiring managers strive to achieve within their hiring process. We recognises that small businesses operate differently to larger organisations and often find managing recruitment hard work. With less staff to manage the process, or restricted budgets, it can easily be a costly and time-consuming task.

The use of social media for SMEs has recently been investigated by Business Network International (BNI). In the survey, which consisted of 1,000 companies, it was found that three quarters of business owners admitted to being ‘put off’ using organisations that have ‘misused’ online networks. This means that you could be losing sales and damaging your reputation due to a lack of social media knowledge.

The findings of the survey suggested that there are three main mistakes being seen across the board; companies are either not engaging online, creating profiles without regularly updating them, or posting too many promotional messages. At webrecruit we understand the value of social media for your business, but it’s important to get the balance right. So how can you do this?