Sabbaticals

Candidates are motivated by more than money. They are motivated by the quality of work, work life balance and development opportunities, to name but a few. Similarly, the Millennial generation has shaped the working environment urging companies to think beyond the standard 9-5. Candidates now expect greater flexibility from their employers. As a result, companies…
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10 Top Tips for a Skype Interview

Video calls over a PC or mobile device have never been so easy and we are seeing an increasingly large number of our clients using Skype as a tool for interview, particularly, and understandably, among international assignments. Here, we share our top tips to help with your Skype interview: Dress the part Although you might…
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Online Recruitment

Easy to use and globally accessible, online channels are becoming increasingly popular as a support tool for recruitment. In this blog we briefly look at some of the trends and their impact on both the employer and the candidate. Social Networks The growth of social networking and social media has undoubtedly had an impact on…
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We need more women leaders, not just women on boards

The issue of inequality in the workplace continues to drive the headlines. Most recently the CBI called for a new voluntary target of 25% for female senior executives in major UK companies. In this blog we are highlighting the issue further as we take a look at CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn’s views on diversity as…
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Guest Blogger – Dr Sue Black

We are kicking off the New Year with another guest blog from a highly successful woman. Dr Sue Black, OBE, award-winning computer scientist and #techmums Chief Evangelist has given us a brief insight into her life, including her climb up the career ladder before leaving us with some advice.. If you told me when I…
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Salary Data Shows Women Value Themselves Less Than Men

New figures from specialist global executive search and interim management company, Norrie Johnston Recruitment, highlight the gender pay gap. Senior candidates on Norrie Johnston Recruitment’s database were asked for their average salary expectations. Their responses suggest that in like for like positions, female candidates have a lower salary expectation than men. Salary Expectations Job Discipline…
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Guest Blogger – Debbie Edgar, CEO at DragonIS

In our blog, Gender Pay Differentials, we discussed the hot topic of gender inequality. This week we are moving forward with the theme and have asked Debbie Edgar, CEO of the multi-million pound connections company DragonIS, to give our readers an insight into her climb to the top and the challenges she’s faced en route……
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Gender Pay Differentials

Female representation on boards, the ‘glass ceiling’ and pay differentials are all topics that have hit the headlines recently. The subject of gender inequality got a further push with the recent release of the film Suffragette. So we thought we’d carry a series of blogs on the subject of women and the world of work….
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Interim Managers – Why Are They In Demand?

As the economy has picked up, so the UK’s business community has increasingly turned to interim managers to help drive growth and accelerate plans. Indeed according to the Interim Management Association, the use of interims has grown by 93 percent since the pre-recession levels of 2006. We’re not surprised by the growing demand for senior…
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The Do’s and Don’ts of a LinkedIn Profile

Ever wondered what prospective employers value when looking at a LinkedIn profile? According to our new research it’s not a person’s number of connections, recommendations or their clever contributions to groups, but the description which really matters. The independent study was conducted among 100 HR heads of some of the UK’s leading employers. Our report…
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