New Year New Job
Good luck in finding your new job. Whatever the reasons for change, you need to have a clear understanding of what you want to do, and a CV to match.
Salary Survey
Finding a new job can be hard. Evidence shows that with the help of a recruitment agent ensures client satisfaction in advising to the next step.
Paradox of Choice
When recruiting for employees the need to see one more CV can often cloud the choice you already have in front of you. Is having a large choice a good thing or could choosing from a smaller pot be more satisfying?
Employee Assimilation
New employees are insightful. They have powerful questions. They will have ideas. Instead of expecting them to fit in with the established patterns of work, this is an ideal time to capture and encourage their ideas
Recruiting for diversity in your team - 4 tips to getting it right
A diverse team is a highly performing team, and research has proven time and time again that diversity also results in better engagement, better morale, easier attraction of talent and even higher profitability, with some studies equating a 1% increase in diversity with a 3% rise in corporate profits .
How to be a career designer
As a contractor/freelancer, you interview regularly and you have to sell your skills and experience to a business every time. It can be a difficult task, but it also puts you in a position of unrivalled strength when it comes to mapping out your career path.
What you need to know about references for employment
Securing a positive reference is an essential part of any job move, so it may come as a surprise to learn that there is usually no legal obligation for an employer to provide you with a reference for your new boss.
How to answer ‘Why should we hire you?’
‘Why should we hire you?’ is the question that both recent graduates and experienced professionals should prepare for. Convincing an interviewer that you are the right person for the job is a delicate matter. If we were to take a few lessons from the world of marketing, we can sell to the interviewer effectively without sounding egotistical.
How to make your cover letter stand out from the crowd
Many jobs receive hundreds of applications for the available positions, so it is essential that you are able to make your application stand out from the crowd. It is not enough to have the right skills and background, but you must be able to present these facts in the right way in your cover letter.
Ensuring your next job is the right fit
When you are applying for your next contracting job you can only find out so much about a business and what it would be like working for them. So how do you determine if the job you’re bidding for is the right fit for you?
Questions to ask yourself before a job interview
In a job interview you will face a number of challenging questions, but there are also a number of questions it is worth asking yourself beforehand, to prepare for the challenge.
3 questions to help you decide whether a company is right for you
Changing jobs and working for a new company is an integral part of building a healthy career and helping you to progress. However, you shouldn't necessarily take a new role just because it sounds good and it pays more money.