To all those faithful staffing managers making sure there is enough cover on the wards this Christmas...thank you! 

How to manage your availability: Send out a bulk text and/or email asking your candidates to access their profile and update them...delegate is far quicker and more effective 

As Recruitment consultants are getting ready to support their clients over the Christmas period, many of them are analysing their available resource and try to predict what their clients are going to request. Knowing that they will not be the only ones gunning for these opportunities, they have to be extra prepared to warrant a quick and accurate response. 

This blog may be more beneficial to those using the Availability Management Module in the 3 Blue Dots recruit application. 

In essence there are 2 philosophies: A candidates is always available unless you are told otherwise or, a candidate is never available, unless you are informed otherwise. Please continue to read on...

Finding a company who is replacing their dated software proof to be a challenge. 3 Blue Dots is reporting a slow-down in recruitment application sales but have had several positive discussions with large employers. 

Brushing all recruitment businesses with the same brush is probably unfair. Not many dispute the value of powerful recruitment software but there are plenty of conflicting messages around the anticipated value compared with the actual need.