Hello and welcome. The broadbean blog is the place to catch up with the thoughts and opinions of our ever growing Broadbean team. We hope to bring you informative and entertaining views on the recruitment industry as well as any fun we come across on the way.We hope you enjoy our blog spot and please let us know what you think.
Ricky Wheeler, BB Blog Master General the 1st
Yes, I never thought I would utter those words once said by the famous Arnie!
Having been with The Bean since its early days (just under 5 years), I thought it was time for a change. I therefore took the journey of self discovery and found myself at Zubka.com, a great company with a fantastic concept and great people.
Continue reading "I’ll be back...and I am – A Monkey Blog" »
Here at Broadbean we like to do things in threes, so this month we bring you the launch of Broadcast, the launch of our company blog and the relaunch of www.broadbean.com
Safe to say the marketing dept has been very busy over the past few months.
For any suppliers that are working with us we have a new website section that lists your services. If you work with us and we have left you out please contact us right away.
We have also pulled together loads of client testimonials old and new that really show how much we are loved here at Bean HQ. If you would like to contribute, once again please contact us
Hello and welcome to my first (ever) blog post. I’m Gary and I am the IT administrator for Broadbean.
In my first blog post I’ve decided to write about the recent roll out of blackberries here at Broadbean. One of the agenda’s that I was set when I first started at Broadbean was to roll out a ‘on the go’ system for the beans to access their work e-mail whilst on the road. There are many different machines and push/pull technologies out on the market at the moment. Blackberries are the main competitor and market leader but there is also Palms, Microsoft’s own mobile PC and just recently the new IPhone V2 (with 3G).
I have noticed a significant trend in recruitment agency advertising where roles are advertised very generically. For example, a job based in Ireland will be listed as ‘Ireland’, rather than ‘Cork’ or ‘Galway’. Any recruiters reading this will probably think ‘duh, well of course we do that, we don’t want other agencies finding out who our client is and then muscling in on our business’. Fair enough. It goes without saying that an agency does not want to have the rug pulled from under their feet by a competitor, but what about the candidate experience?
Continue reading "Competitively Protective VS Candidate Orientated Advertising Techniques" »
Having never worked before, joining a business that was already so tight was quite scary for me. On my arrival I was welcomed with smiles all round and in my first couple of hours (not days) I met the most amazing people. Everyone has made me feel so welcome and I have instantly become a part of the Bean family. The office is filled with laughter but of course we know when to stop. I actually enjoy coming to work!
City&Law recently won the Best Integrated Campaign of 2007 at
the AGR (Association of Graduate Recruiters) Annual Awards for a
campaign produced on behalf of The Chartered Insurance Institute. The
judges said the campaign "Re-invigorated an industry that has been
struggling to attract quality graduates with a dynamic, well integrated
campaign that changed audience perceptions regarding a career in
insurance."
Continue reading "Is the recruitment industry missing a trick?" »
