Recruitment Specialists for over 40 Years
There has been a lot of sometimes very loud discussion of the recent requirement that UK businesses produce a report on their gender pay gap statistics. One of the interesting things about the whole furore surrounding it was the automatic assumption that women would be on the wrong side of the gap. Obviously, this is generally true, as the initial data and the press coverage surrounding the run up to reporting showed. [Read more…]
With any business, there is bound to be a certain level of turnover of staff. No matter the size of the business, once you reach a stage where the work is being performed by employees, not the core ownership team, you will inevitably have some of them leave. [Read more…]
Low unemployment and a clear skills gap mean that the need for the right people on the team is paramount for business at the moment. In fairness, this has always been the case, but it has particular importance in the current employment market. It is no wonder then that the notion of employer brand is frequently the subject of conversation in the boardrooms and recruitment exhibitions around the UK. [Read more…]
As we draw to the end of the first month of 2018, it would seem a good time to look at what could be happening in the year ahead. I suspect that this year though, the predictions for the recruitment sector are just a little more difficult than in the past because, let’s face it, last year was a fairly unusual one overall. That aside, here are four things that may well have an impact on the recruitment sector, and of course employers and employees, in 2018. [Read more…]
When it comes to diversity in the work environment, there is a lot more at stake than just ticking a box. It is one of those subjects that seems to come around every few years, and it causes a flurry of activity that helps to redress the balance and then sadly it often falls into the background of everyday working life. However, ensuring a diverse workplace can be a rewarding endeavour from several perspectives. [Read more…]
Every industry has its share of underhand people. It seems a fact of life that once there is money involved someone, somewhere, will try to find a way to get it without doing a good job. Sadly, the recruitment industry also has had and probably continues to have, it’s share of those who indulge in everything from sloppy professionalism through to sharp practice and even downright fraudulent activity. [Read more…]
In case you haven’t heard, there is a law due to be implemented in May next year that changes the way data personal data is collected, stored and used. It will have an impact on almost all business large or small, and it could change the way we do business in recruitment. [Read more…]
There are times in the year when it is good to take stock of your life. We tend to immediately think of the new year as being the point where we should consider our aims because we focus on the tradition of new year resolutions. [Read more…]
Whenever graduate employment is under discussion, there seems to be one comment that always shows up. It is along the lines of ‘Education doesn’t train people to work in industry, and they can’t do the jobs we need’ or something similar. [Read more…]
We have all at some point been in a workplace where there is a feeling of negativity about the place. [Read more…]
