Last month I wrote about the great resignation and explained how to work out if you should join in, or stay put. Whether you decide to ‘stick’ or ‘twist’, being equipped to handle salary negotiations will be very important. If you twist then you will have to...

The great resignation is looming; how do you decide whether to join in or not, and why employers have to act now to avoid it (but *spoiler alert* it may be too late…) The last couple of years have had a huge impact on people (#understatement), and their work...

Recruitment gets a bad rep and unfortunately, a lot of the time it’s deserved. I’ve been thinking a lot about how we could all come together and lift the whole thing to the point where it’s respected again and seen as something to enjoy rather than an annoying side of...

Applying for jobs is stressful and has a huge impact on the mental wellbeing of candidates. “Our industry faced huge levels of trauma and uncertainty throughout the pandemic, and is still facing this moving into 2022,” comments Helen Moon, Founder of EventWell. “We...

It makes me cringe even typing that, but yes, I have uttered these words before when discussing racism. I’ve even gone so far to utter the immortal “I don’t see colour”. But I never got near “all lives matter” because that’s just plain nuts, isn’t it? Or is it? This...

If the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, then the best time to start recruiting is before you have a vacancy to fill. Every company needs to have a recruitment policy which is created and implemented way before they need to recruit, and one major part of...