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Network to boost your career
You can be the most talented person around, but if you are not well connected through your professional network you can easily miss out on rewarding and exciting career opportunities. Invest some time in networking. Building an effective professional network should really start as soon as you are considering embarking on your chosen career – […]
Feedback from a happy client – Thank you Matt
Great feedback from a happy client this morning concerning one of our temp team. Makes our team happy too. “Lovely kid, speaks to everyone and stayed on to until 5pm to meet the lads he’ll be working with on the late shift. One of the lads on that shift just said ‘best one we’ve had yet’, […]
Recruiting for senior roles throughout the South West
Join us in our mission to find the best in the County. http://bit.ly/SeniorAppts #Careers #Recruitment #Growth
Leading and Managing Millennials
While we shouldn’t try to stereotype and entire generation, one thing is certain; Millennials (born 1982-2004) have different expectations of management than Generation X (ages 35-50). Their main expectation? Millennials want managers who understand and demonstrate leadership, and fundamentally that means managers who ‘get’ people. Leading and Managing Millennials effectively requires a different skillset. “100% […]
Developing Future Leaders
In 2018 we sat down to explore what more our team could do to support the young people of Gloucestershire and the local community. We have been involved in many of the more traditional initiatives to help young people into work over the years. This year we wanted to find a way that we could best […]
The Straight Talking Seminar is back – July 19th at The Old Lodge, Minchinhampton
Join my team and I on the 19th July to start the summer off with a bang. Some food for thought whilst you’re on the beach #CustomerExperience plus the launch of our Leadership Challenge #TheGoodRecruitmentCampaign #Growth Book via Linked in at https://bit.ly/2LLZWks
Should you tailor your cv?
The short answer is yes, you should tailor your CV. As a recruiter I see a wide variety of formats, styles and approaches to CV’s but the ones that really stand out are the ones that ‘check the boxes’ of my client’s requirements. With that being said, it is important to still be honest! Ensure […]
We’re recruiting
We’re recruiting for a really switched on person who will hunt down and connect with the right people for us. Magda continues to try all options but she needs help. https://bit.ly/2rgC8vR
Team Building Success
After a great first quarter’s work from my team, I thought long and hard about an appropriate reward for my team. I decided on “locking them in a room to see if they could escape”… Well done guys. The Haunted House team got out with 33 seconds to go and the Prison Break(ers) had 5 […]
Customer Experience – Putting Employees First
The topic of customer service and customer experience has been coming up in lots of client conversations as well as at networking meetings lately. As my colleague and First Base Director David Tovey is writing a book on the subject we put our heads together to agree some thoughts and tips. Customer experience has been described as […]
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