Personeelsbeheer is het nieuwe schaken

Waarom schaken? Laten we dit verder uitleggen. Gezien de huidige situatie moeten we grondig nadenken. We leven in onzekere tijden en onze enige zekerheid is de onvoorspelbaarheid. Dit betekent dat bedrijven heel goed moeten nadenken over de inzet van hun mensen. Dit betekent echter niet noodzakelijk dat bedrijven niet weten wat ze moeten doen en […]
De 4P’s van werving … waarom de aanpak op basis van retainer werkt

De laatste tijd hebben we klanten gevraagd waarom ze met M18 werken. We kregen verschillende antwoorden waarbij er zeker één uitsprong. Het is een reden die sterk verband houdt met de titel van dit artikel en dat is: ‘Jullie geven niet op. Als de ene route niet werkt, nemen jullie een andere, jullie gaan door […]
MEER DAN OOIT EEN TREND IN WERVING: GLOBALISERING

When I started my International MBA studies in the early 90’s (yes, indeed a very long time ago) the recruitment industry was at its earlier stages. The world wide web was still under the radar, Google did not exist and social networks were only available in SciFi movies. Still, this industry at the time already […]
VOOR DE VROEGE VOGELS…

Those of you that have read some of my previous blog articles may remember the one that ended as follows: ‘Most of our businesses are likely suffer from the current Corona crisis. Resilience means that you can be strong and have the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. Nothing is stopping you from writing a new […]
DE EVOLUTIE VAN LOOPBANEN: DE TOEKOMST

As mentioned in my previous blog career patterns are changing at an even quicker pace… Why??? It’s all about TECHNOLOGY! Tech is strongly impacting careers because: As a result of the above trends the search for stability and the traditional career ladder has made room for entrepreneurship, adventure, life-long learning, flexibility, adaptability and (ideally) an […]
DE EVOLUTIE VAN LOOPBANEN: HET VERLEDEN

What happened when someone started a career in let’s say the 1950’s, 60’s and even early 80’s? There was very little variation back then, especially if you were a white male graduating from university. You would look for a lifetime employer, preferably of a major company where you could start with a traineeship and gradually […]
OM WEER OP DE BEEN TE KOMEN
What will happen once we get out of this Pandemic…. It is something which is lingering in all of our minds. Upon reasoning I have been able to put matters into perspective in two different ways: there are nature- and man-made crises. Let’s face it, what we are living today seems rather unique! We have […]
WAT JE NIET MOET DOEN TIJDENS EEN SOLLICITATIEGESPREK

There are plenty of tips and best practices that teach you how to behave during a job interview. But have you ever considered the things you should avoid doing? Well, we have, so we compiled a list of 5 dealbreakers for job interviews 1. Don’t leave your interviewer waiting Of course, arriving late at a […]
HET BELANG VAN BEDRIJFSCULTUUR BIJ HET AANNEMEN VAN PERSONEEL
According to Harvard Business Review (“What Is Organizational Culture? And Why Should We Care?”) ‘Company culture refers to the personality of a company. It defines the environment in which employees work. Company culture includes a variety of elements, including work environment, company mission, value, ethics, expectations, and goals’. At M18 we never start a project […]
DE SLEUTEL TOT SUCCESVOLLE WERVING = COMMUNICATIE
This is one definition of Communication that I found online: ‘the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium’ To me this is partly true as I believe communication goes much further. It’s the process of giving, receiving and processing information between individuals, or from one individual to a group. It’s […]