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Job description vs job specification
Mathan AllingtonA job description explains what a role entails, while a job specification defines the exact qualifications, skills and traits a person needs to...
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Hiring & recruitment (5)
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How to post a job on LinkedIn: the complete 2026 guide
To post a job on LinkedIn, you can either work through to the 'Jobs' tab on your company page and manually enter the details, or push the listing...
4 min read
How to turn a job description into a hiring scorecard
To turn a job description into a hiring scorecard, you must translate vague role requirements into observable behaviours and assign a standardised...
6 min read
How to write job description duties and responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities section of a job description defines exactly what an employee will do daily and the outcomes they are expected to...
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Early attrition in the first 90 days
Early attrition in the first 90 days usually happens because the reality of the daily work does not match the expectations set during the recruitment...
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What causes high Attrition? (And how to fix it in 2026)
What causes high attrition is a fundamental misalignment between what an employee needs to thrive and what their role, manager, or company culture...
7 min read
The ATS to onboarding handover: complete guide for 2026
The ATS to onboarding handover is the process where a candidate's data, compliance documentation, and context move from your hiring system into your...
3 min read
Why do we blame HR when a new hire doesn’t work out?
Daryl NingFor a long time, most companies have stuck to a pretty shaky idea: if a new employee fails, it must be HR’s fault.
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Recruitment's most expensive habit: selling culture we can't measure
Justin CouttsFor years, recruitment has sold clients a deep read on their culture. Most of the time, we couldn't back it up. Not because recruiters are lazy or...
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Behavioural Science in Hiring: What Actually Works in 2026
ComponoIf you want to know how behavioural science in hiring actually works, you have to accept one uncomfortable truth: almost everything we traditionally...
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