The Hidden Cost of Keeping the Wrong Employee
Employee retention is often seen as a sign of a healthy business. Low turnover is celebrated because it suggests stability, loyalty, and a positive workplace culture. But retention should never come at the expense of performance.
Why Long Recruitment Processes Are Costing Businesses Great Talent
In today’s competitive hiring market, attracting qualified candidates is only half the battle. The real challenge is securing them before another employer does.
Why Internal Mobility Is Becoming the New Recruitment Strategy
As recruitment budgets tighten and skills shortages continue to challenge businesses, many organisations are rethinking how they fill critical roles. Instead of looking externally first, they are turning inward.
Why Autumn Is the Best Time to Hire (And Why Most Companies Miss It)
Autumn is often seen as recruitment’s quiet season, sitting between summer holidays and the Christmas slowdown. Many businesses decide to pause hiring and “start properly in January.”
💼 Recruitment Isn’t Expensive — Hiring the Wrong Person Is
Many businesses try to save money by hiring on their own — until a bad hire costs them far more. Lost productivity, low morale, and having to restart the whole process quickly outweigh any recruitment fee.
💡 Why You Should Stop Thinking of Recruiters as “Suppliers”
Somewhere along the way, recruitment got lumped into the same category as stationery suppliers and IT support.
💸 The Real Cost of a Bad Hire (and Why You’re Still Making Them)
Hiring on instinct? It’s costing you thousands — and your teamHiring on instinct? It’s costing you thousands — and your team#hrinsights’s morale.
💥 Recruitment Isn’t Broken — You’re Just Using It Wrong
Let’s get one thing straight: recruitment isn’t broken.
🚀 Hire Smart. Retain Strong. Grow Faster.
That’s the simple philosophy driving Recruitment Chief — and it works.
Why Personal Values Matter More Than Ever in Recruitment
If you had told me when we first set up Recruitment Chief that the biggest challenge businesses would face in 2025 wouldn’t be finding talent, but keeping it, I’d have believed you — but perhaps not at the scale we’re seeing today.