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Looking for a new job can be a full time role in itself. If you already have work (that is paying the bills) and need to gain more skills for your next career move it can seem impossible. Don’t be too quick to throw in the towel. If you stop the work you’re doing (and […]

Your next career move is highly important to you. It may be that you are looking for your: next management role the ideal company to learn and develop your skills with the next four weeks work to get some cash together to go on holiday or the next role to give you the skills you […]

The interview is as much an opportunity for you to ask questions of a potential employer as it is for the potential employer to ask questions about you. The interview should be a two way street, as, when you are job hunting it really is as important that you understand if the job is right […]

Over the past decade, the number of children being cared for by their grandparents has risen dramatically. But good news was announced by the Government recently: that the one-year, shared parental leave allowed to working parents following the birth or adoption of a child would finally be extended to working grandparents who provide care for […]

Social media has been a mixed blessing for people working in HR. LinkedIn, in particular, sometimes seems to have been designed specifically with hirers in mind. Millions of people use LinkedIn as an online CV, complete with endorsements and references from former employers, candidates and customers. Hirers can find high quality candidates from their required […]

Imagine that your recruitment agency has set up an interview for that job you’ve been waiting for news on… Congratulations would most certainly be in order! Getting an interview means you’ve made it one step closer. Because there’s a lot at stake, the idea of a job interview can be a daunting one.

You may wonder if the title of this article is a typo. But the interview is as much an opportunity for you to ask questions of a potential employer as it is for the potential employer to ask questions about you. But when asking these questions, it’s important to ensure they are worded correctly. Well-worded […]

A recruitment agency is the best way to find your first – or your next – dream career. But in order to get the most from your agent, it’s a good idea to have a crystal clear goal in mind, because it is one of the biggest contributing factors to your success. How do you […]

There are many suggestions out there on how to put together a CV that will wow potential employers; so many, in fact that it can be difficult to figure out where to take advice from. Thankfully, there are a few areas of your CV that you can concentrate on to get noticed. Although your CV […]

Without doubt one of the biggest workplace issues of today is employee engagement. I regularly get invited to speak on the topic and there seems to be an endless amount of research reminding us about how poor organisations are at engaging their people. Report after report tells us that fewer than a third of employees […]