Getting recruitment right: power balance shifts back to employers

Getting recruitment right: power balance shifts back to employers
Not responding to job applicants can affect your business's reputation. (Image: Getty)
Rachael Judge
With the Council of Trade Unions organising a protest this week to oppose what it describes as the Government’s "anti-worker" agenda and a spate of redundancies across the private and public sectors, the balance of power is starting to shift back towards employers. From a recruitment perspective, this means that employers are increasingly able to choose from a wider range of candidates and to have more control over their processes. But recruitment can be tricky to get right. There are reputational and legal implication...

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