In a nutshell, your CV is a company’s first impression of you; they’re looking at you through the peephole, but they don’t know whether or not to let you in yet. So in a nutshell here’s a very simple guide to writing a CV. What you need to include: Personal information, including your…
You’ve wrote the job advertisement and you’ve posted it on all your company channels and multiple job websites. The ad has been up for months, but only a handful of people have applied, and the ones that have are just not right for the job. So how can you build a great recruitment strategy to…
The Agency Market Research Survey prize draw is open to all UK residents, this excludes all staff and family members of the promoter and group companies. By taking part in this survey the Respondent will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these terms and conditions. By taking part in the survey each…
HMRC is finally utilising the tools at their disposal in their inquiry into Churchill Knight1 and the repercussions of the investigation could be huge; potentially affecting every agency and end client within their supply chain. The legislation to remove the tax advantage offered by using Managed Service Companies (MSCs) was implemented in 2007 but until…
Terms and Conditions for Hays Survey Prize Draw Hays Survey Prize Draw is open to all UK residents, this excludes all staff and family members of the promoter and group companies. By taking part in this survey the Respondent will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by these terms and conditions. By…
Recruitment Consultants are continuing to put themselves and their employers at serious risk by using evasive payroll providers. During a webinar on 1st March 2022, discussion focused on how HMRC can use the Criminal Finances Act 2017 to investigate and prosecute organisations involved in facilitating tax evasion. Recruiters are especially at risk of such prosecution…
A study from 2020 found that women make up only 24% of the UK STEM workforce1. Although, this number is the highest it has ever been, it shows that women are still a significant minority within STEM careers, women of BAME backgrounds even more so as they make up less than 1 in 5 of…
As of 2020, women in the UK earn 85p for every £1 a man earns1. 15p may seem an insignificant sum, however this difference is not just as simple as an employer pays their male employees more than their female peers. One of the biggest instigators causing the gender pay gap is that there is…
Following the recent labour market comeback, employer’s confidence has reached a nine year high as plans are made for a mass recruitment in this year’s third quarter1. The bounce back is likely due to the 1.3 million foreign nationals who made up 16%2 of the UK workforce leaving ‘Brexit Britain’; and therefore, leaving behind thousands…
When someone mentions apprenticeships, most people’s minds wander to learning a physical trade, such as becoming a plumber, scaffolder or electrician. Once upon a time, this would have been absolutely correct, but apprenticeships have changed significantly. The Merriam Webster online dictionary describes apprenticeships as: “An arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job…