These are the recruitment advice articles you loved reading the most in 2016.

To make sure you haven't missed our most essential and must-read tips about Recruiting, here's a little recap of the most popular stories of 2016.

1. The most attractive employers according to South African students

Each year, Universum investigates which employers are the most attractive. In 2016, 46 709 local students had the opportunity to rank the organisations they’d most like to work for. From the results, Universum’s 2016 Most Attractive Employers rankings based on student talent was published. This is what was found.

2. South Africa’s most attractive employers

Universum investigated which employers are most attractive in 2016. As such, 21 961 local professionals had the opportunity to rank the organisations they’d most like to work for. From the results, Universum’s 2016 employer rankings were published. This is what they found.

3. What hiring managers need to know about female millennials

Did you know that female millennials are expected to represent 25% of the global workforce by 2020? To find out how this generation of women feel about work and their careers, an international survey was conducted with 8 756 female millennials from 75 countries of which more than 200 South Africans also took part.

4. The benefits of a solid company culture

Did you know that your company’s culture is its only truly unique identifier? It’s true. While your products, services, mission, vision and even business strategies can be duplicated by competitors, your company’s culture cannot be replicated. In short, your company’s culture is its personality.

5. How to refine and improve candidate applications

Thanks to years of experience in the advertising business Careers24 knows which ads work best to attract only the most suitable candidates. Here’s how to refine your target audience and create a job ad which encourages only the most relevant skilled job seekers to apply.

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