Living Wage Equals Change

12 / 04 / 2016

It’s been said that 1.3 million Britons got a pay increase last week because of the introduction of the national living wage, introducing a minimum hourly rate of £7.20 for over 25s. At the same time the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned the change may lead to 60,000 job losses (some estimates are much higher),as companies balance pay...

Odd Jobs

07 / 04 / 2016

We seem to have been talking about recruitment –millennials of/ problems of/ necessity of creativity in recently. Well. It’s reared its head again, but this time in a slightly different way ... Last week one of the team came across an article on unusual job adverts. It really is quite astonishing what jobs are out there. First up: ‘Wanted: a...

Is the UK Economy Cut Out for Shorter Working Days?

05 / 04 / 2016

There’s so much discussion about the amount of time people work or don’t work as the case may be. Doctors say work is good for health (but not too much because we can get tired and stressed and that’s bad for us). The UK’s productivity is not great. Last year a report disclosed that only Japan in the G7 performed...

Workplace Bullies

31 / 03 / 2016

Bullies. For many hearing that word it’s hard not to revert back to their years at school. It seems to be far more common now. When I was at school there was occasional bullying (it happened to one of my brothers, but after consultation with my parents he took clear decisive action and the bullies never troubled him again),but...

Personalise Your Recruitment Process

29 / 03 / 2016

Many organisations are developing a very personal recruitment process. For example Google have a rigorous process in aim to find those candidates with the right amount of ‘Googleyness’, which they describe as ‘a sense that the hire is good for Google’. Google believes ‘Googleyness’ is what makes people work well together. We haven’t quite got to that in our office,...