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How to Ensure your Salary Offer Attracts the Right Candidate
Offering a realistic salary from the start is the key to attracting the perfect candidate. Candidates have easy access to offers and advertisements and it’s very easy to compare. Getting the offer right Advertising a salary range and offering at [...]
How to select the right recruitment agency for your business needs?
There is a lot of competition in the recruitment sector right now. Everyone is clamouring for your business. How do you cut through the noise and find the perfect partner for your recruitment needs? Whether you’re fed up with your [...]
Take these 7 actions to hire your perfect candidate in just six weeks
Employers are increasingly losing out on ideal candidates due to lengthy recruitment timelines and indecision. Unemployment is at its lowest in the UK since 1975[1] therefore candidates have more bargaining power than before. Brexit has created uncertainty. Candidates are less willing [...]
Why working mums are being sold an impossible dream about work/life balance — and how to set the record straight
My friend had called at 7.40am to say she couldn’t cope. “I got up at 3.30am, my mind was on fire, I couldn’t stop worrying, so I got out of bed and cleared my email backlog for the first time [...]
Why The First Page Of Your CV Is So Important
CV Writers, in association with The Guardian Jobs, explain why recruiters cherish the first page of your CV over any further information. Why the first page of your CV is the most important With most recruiter’s skim reading a CV [...]
Free Fitbits & Fridays Off? Unusual Company Perks On The Rise
The Guardian's Emma Sheppard sheds light on the creative ways that companies are treating and their retaining their workforce. Two company retreats a year, €4,000 to spend on setting up your home office, a free Fitbit and Kindle, a €2,000 holiday [...]
The BEST Online CV Templates
Thinking of refreshing your CV over the festive break? We've got your back with our top 3 websites for FREE CV advice and templates. Monster Monster have a wealth of CV advice articles - but the stand out feature is [...]
Two Thirds of Employers say Job Hopping is Actually Good for your Career
It was once widely accepted that the career path you chose after school or university would be maintained/consistent until retirement. However, in today’s more fluid and fast-paced job market, is having a “career for life” becoming an outdated concept? Leading [...]
A 2% pay rise looks to be on the cards next year
As an employee working for a small or large company, there is every chance that you have felt underpaid and, potentially, undervalued at some point during your career. If you are tired of the seemingly minute rises that come your [...]
Why CV verbs are crucial
So, if you want to look like an achiever, wherever possible, use an active voice. Popular action CV verbs are: Managed Organised Oversaw Coordinated Mentored Trained Collaborated Reviewed The more specifically you can describe past experience, the better the verbs that pop [...]
Four qualities you should highlight on your CV
We love anything that'll make the CV's of our candidate stand out - but we all need a bit of inspiration sometimes. Check out this article from Recruiting Times and spruce your CV for maximum impact! "Every jobseeker wants to [...]
‘We avoid email where possible; it helps build a strong culture’
An excellent interview with Pieter van der Does, co-founder of Ayden, on the topic of a positive HR culture and how UK businesses can seek international opportunities. What's your business background? Prior to Adyen, I helped build a payments operator called [...]
What is impostor syndrome and how to overcome it
Check out Holly O'Mahony's excellent article on ditching those self-doubts! "You’ve landed your dream job. Whether you applied and interviewed for it, were headhunted by the company, or recommended for the role by a contact, you were selected as the right [...]
5 Ways to Negotiate an Increased Salary
It's never easy to broach the subject of a pay rise - no matter how desperately you want or need it. Sometimes it's the clincher between staying in a job, or leaving it and often occurs at the end of [...]
Flexible jobs on the rise
Reasons to hope the good news about jobs will keep on coming. The majority of these are in full-time, regular employment, though the number of more flexible jobs — part-time or self-employed — is also increasing. > View original article
7 Ways the Best Leaders Manage Their Time and Get Things Done
1. Follow a system. GTD is a productivity system that has been used by millions and can be used for every part of your life, not just your career. Good habits allow you to focus on the things that matter [...]
UK remains fastest growing economy in western world after expanding 0.6pc in final quarter of 2016
Supermarket price wars will limit the strain on household budgets this year, the Chancellor said on Thursday, as official figures cemented the UK's position as the fastest growing major advanced economy in 2016. Philip Hammond said the "incredible market share war" between supermarkets [...]
Useful apps to help SME owners run their companies
An app can make everyday tasks a lot easier – here, small business owners reveal the apps without which their businesses can’t function. From Google Drive, which helps with organising files online, to Slack, an online messaging platform, there are lots of tools [...]