This week in our RecruiterZone Live Show we talked about GDPR (The General Data Protection Regulation). These hangouts are very kindly sponsored by Firefish Software. Firefish is a sales and marketing recruiting platform which helps recruiters reach, engage and place more candidates. My co-host was, as always, Stephen O’Donnell and we were joined by Helen Haddon is MD of Comply GDPR; the only comprehensive GDPR service for executive search, interim management and in-house recruitment teams.
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th May 2018. Non-compliance fines range from 10M – 20M Euros. It affects all aspects of Executive Search and Interim Management recruitment business from assignment work to internal HR records.
Topics we covered include:
What is the GDPR and when does it come into force?
Will Brexit affect GDPR?
How is it different to the current Data Protection Act
What is the biggest risks for recruiters?
What impact might the GDPR have on candidates.
What are the key things that a recruitment business must do?
If you are looking for more help ComplyGDPR are offering a free on-line Readiness audit for recruitment businesses – register on their contact page and request “link to the free audit”. Plus Firefish CEO Wendy wrote a blog about candidate data and GDPR.
We will be back soon with more live shows on the RecruiterZone channel here.
