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10 Steps For Finding A New Job This New Year

01/01/2023 / Candidates, Job Hunting, Top Tips / Job Searching, New Year

The beginning of the year is when we make New Year resolutions and for many they will be about changing…

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5 Top Tips To Reflect On Your Career This Christmas

09/12/2020 / Candidates, Christmas, Top Tips / career change, christmas

Career planning is important if you want to make the most of your working life and be happy in your

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Make the most of your first day in your new job

06/11/2017 / Candidates, Guides, Top Tips / career, career tips, first day at work, job hunting, job search, jobs, new job, recruitment, starting a new job, work, worklife

Congratulations, you’ve landed a new job! It’s perfectly normal to feel nervous about starting your first day. This blog post

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Why Autumn is the Perfect Time for Job Hunting

12/09/2017 / Candidates, Job Hunting / career change, job hunting, job roles, Job Searching, jobs, office job in surrey, recruiting, recruitment, recruitment industry

Summer seems to be well and truly over with the change of weather here in the UK, but there are

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How to motivate your employees after their summer holidays

29/08/2017 / Clients, Employers, Guides, Holidays, Top Tips / advice for employers, employees incentives, employers, employers advice, HR, HR tips, human resources, management advice, management tips, motivating employees, recruitment, staff motivation, summer holidays

For a lot of offices, August and September can be a productivity killer. Post summer holidays days can be the

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Top 5 Ways to Boost Employee Morale

31/07/2017 / Clients, Employers, Guides, Top Tips / advice for employers, employee benefits, employee morale, employee productivity, employers, managing staff, recruiting, recruitment agency, retaining staff, work satisfaction

If the morale is low in your workplace then it’s going to have some negative effects. Conversely, if you can

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Why are Fathers not taking up Shared Parental Leave

12/06/2017 / Employment Law / employment law, fathers in the workplace, gender pay gap, HR, human resources, maternity pay, recruitment, recruitment agencies, shared parental leave, SPL, working fathers, working mothers

What is Shared Parental Leave? Shared Parental Leave (SPL) was set up in 2015 to allow parents more flexibility when juggling

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How to respond to an employee’s request for a pay rise

24/04/2017 / Clients, Employers, Guides, Top Tips / careers, human resources, managers, pay rise, performance related pay, recruitment agencies, recruitment agency, recruitment consultants, salary increases

You may be a manager or you may be a member of your HR department. You’ve been approached by an

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Top 10 Interviewing Tips To Help You Find Your Next Great Hire

10/04/2017 / Clients, Employers, Guides, Interview Questions / candidates, employers, hiring, how to conduct an interview, interviewing tips, interviews, job interviews, jobs

Finding the right person for a role includes conducting interviews effectively. Taking the time to prepare for interviews will enable

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A longer commute decreases well-being despite greater salary

27/02/2017 / Candidates, Clients, Employers / candidates, commuting, employee happiness, employee satisfaction, happiness, job, job search, jobs, jobs in london, jobs in surrey, recruitment, salary, travelling, well-being, work, workers

A study of commuting and personal happiness found that a longer commute decreases well-being despite greater salary. The study carried out by

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