Recruitment industry professionals have highlighted these three tips, as being ways to overcome some of the familiar challenges faced when recruiting.

They highlight how “We Are Wakefield’s” member Postify Ltd has a solution to help you in these challenging times:

• Increase the visibility of your job vacancy adverts

It is good to advertise on major job boards, but can you be sure that your ideal candidates are signed up to the same job board that you are using?

Postify will post your vacancies to 100+ job boards. Including: Reed, Total Jobs, C.V Library, Indeed, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Monster, Indeed Sponsored, Jooble, JobCentre, Zip Recruiter, Euro Jobs, Trovit and Careers4A.

They can also integrate your Facebook and Twitter accounts into your “free” Automated Tracking System.

• Invest in an ATS

An ATS can streamline your hiring process by making it possible for your hiring team to collaborate and keep all candidate data in one place. This saves valuable time and keeps your email channels free for other business usage.

Postify’s “free” ATS has built-in templates, which help you post job adverts and send emails to candidates fast, without writing the text from scratch every time.

• Build a talent pool

Talent pipelines are groups of candidates who have already applied for your positions. They may not have been successful first time around, but you have highlighted them as having the right skills and capabilities for future roles. This can help you reduce time to hire and save you money on your future recruiting costs. You can build a talent pipeline by using Postify’s “free” ATS

It allows you to rank and store your candidates and will be stronger if the candidates know that you will be considering them in the future and if you are staying in touch with them.

Catch up with Nick at our events and Check out Postify’s website here!

Hatfeild Hall is the ideal venue for your event. It is the perfect place to host weddings, conferences, ceremonies and celebrations of all types. An attractive 18th century historic building, located in a beautiful setting and approached from a long, sweeping, tree lined driveway.

The hall has different rooms of varying sizes, so can accommodate parties and groups of all sizes. With excellent on site catering facilities, they can offer either standard menus or food tailored to your specific needs.

All events are organised and managed by one of the team’s experienced hospitality coordinators who will also be with you on the day.

Hatfeild Hall is within easy reach of Wakefield and the surrounding towns, and is also easily accessible from all the major road networks nearby (M1, A1, M62). A large car park is available for your guests.

Golf in Yorkshire rarely gets better. Set within 145 acres of glorious Yorkshire countryside, with streams and lakes to add a little spice, each hole presents its own challenge to both high and low handicappers. A practice ground, clubhouse, and a superb golf shop make it the perfect place to enjoy golf in Yorkshire.

Designed by Patrick Dawson, the architect of some of the holes on the famous Augusta National course in America, it offers a true test of golfing ability and with the ninth hole returning to the clubhouse it makes NGC appealing to societies and visiting parties wanting to play 27 holes.

The Hatfeild Hall of today has been tastefully restored, incorporating many of the original designs. This magnificent one million pound clubhouse, with conferencing facility and ability to comfortably cater for over 100 guests, has retained much of its Gothic charm, whilst ensuring the needs of the twenty first century are more than adequately met.

Wordsmiths Unlimited is a team of enthusiastic logophiles (that’s word-lovers to you and me).

They write almost anything, from blogs to websites, promotional literature to newsletters. As experienced writers and communicators – many from a PR and corporate communications background – they put the audience first. They then identify the story you need to tell to get your message across.

Wordsmiths Unlimited will bring you your glory – whether that’s a crisply communicated message to staff or a point so well made in a blog that potential customers pick up the phone – through stories.

Feel free to explore the site to find out more about what they do or give their chief wordsmith Louise a call on 07921 543898 for an informal chat.

Head directly to their website here!

We Are Wakefield is delighted to announce that Sir Rodney Walker will be taking up the role of Chair from September 2022.

A much respected Wakefield business leader, Sir Rodney was the awarded Freedom of the City in 2012 and the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Wakefield Business Awards. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a member of The Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor.

We Are Wakefield Managing Director, Claire Sutherley, said: “It is an honour to announce the appointment of Sir Rodney Walker to the role of Chair from September 2022.  I believe Sir Rodney will help us guide We Are Wakefield to an even higher level in supporting our District’s businesses and strengthening our local economy.”

Totum Finance is an independent specialist consultancy firm which provide commercial and business finance support to SME clients throughout the whole of the UK.

Totum Finance was set up in 2015 in the aftermath of the financial crisis to provide clarity and transparency. Risk management is at the heart of every decision and advice given to clients. With their knowledge and experience, Totum stand out from the rest by providing well-funded and executed finance strategies. They offer straightforward honest advice, given freely and without obligation.

The high-quality team of experts have years of experience in finding the best property loans and funding options for various projects. From their head office in Northampton, they help clients across the UK who have various property development needs.

At Jordans, a solicitors in Wakefield, they have been providing legal services to residents of the Yorkshire city and its surrounding areas since 1996. Experts in both personal and business law, the Wakefield solicitors can assist with a wide range of legal issues.

The Wakefield solicitors’ office is located in the city centre, opposite the theatre and just a five-minute walk from Wakefield Westgate train station, a perfect, central location and easily accessible for all.

All of the solicitors based at Jordans in Wakefield have extensive experience and knowledge in a wide range of legal areas, with individuals specialising in select fields.

The solicitors offer the following services:

Personal Legal Services

• Personal Injury & Accident Claims
• Child Care Proceedings
• Employment Issues
• Claims and Disputes
• Medical Negligence Solicitors
• Professional Negligence Solicitors
• Residential Property Conveyancing

• Family Law Solicitors
• Disputes about Wills, Probate and Inheritance
• Will and Probate Solicitors

Business Law Services

• Commercial Disputes and Debt Recovery
• Commercial Property
• Company and Commercial
• Employment for Business
• Commercial property

If there’s some you ned help with but can’t see above, have a look at their website here.

This not-for-profit organisation based in Newmillerdam creates community settings where families, young people and adults, many with learning disabilities, can live, learn and work together in an atmosphere of mutual co-operation, care and respect.

Camphill is inspired by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner and developed by Dr. Karl König, the founder of Camphill. It is based on the spiritual uniqueness of each person, regardless of their differences.

It is a worldwide movement dedicated to building communities where everyone can find purpose and belonging. A group of refugees led by Dr. Karl König founded the first Camphill community in Aberdeen in 1940, they found their purpose living and working with children with learning disabilities. At that time people with learning disabilities were excluded from education and many other parts of society. Camphill took the opposite approach and created communities where the individuality and potential of every young person was developed.

Make sure to check out the full extent of Camphill’s work on their website here!

Following the great response to the Afternoon Tea to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee earlier this week, We Are Wakefield and Bluebird Care Wakefield & Kirklees managed to raise more than £100 for The Prince of Wales Hospice.

These kind of events, where we collaborate with our members, really are what we are about. Working together with each other, to help raise money for a great charity in Wakefield is something that we pride ourselves on, and having raised so much money for those who need it most, makes the hard work worth it.

During the day, We Are Wakefield members and other local businesses were invited down to the Bluebird HQ to get to know one another, take part in a raffle & of course, celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee with an Afternoon Tea.

All proceeds of the raffle have been donated to the Hospice, so they can continue to provide vital work needed to care for their patients.

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who came and joined in the celebrations with us… you made the day what it was!