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Transcript: Oh, hi!  You just caught me celebrating a world book day by reading a book.  I’ve been reading this book for a very long time, … Read More

Today’s lesson: PERSISTENCE My 7-year-old daughter is being pursued by a boy in her class. I think she’s a bit young to have a proper boyfriend, … Read More

Is it just me, or are things looking up? Here are six reasons to be cheerful: Reasons to be cheerful 1. Official sunset time is now … Read More

It’s snowing here in Derbyshire, and who can resist a lunchtime frolic in weather like this? I know I can’t! I love snow, but I know … Read More

This is a guest blog by Adrian Berwick. Staying mentally healthy if you’re facing redundancy…… Many people are worried about the possibility of redundancy and equally daunting … Read More

In common with many non-bald men, I am having to resort to cutting my own hair at the moment. I’m not very good at it and … Read More

Tennis I notice that it’s retired professional tennis player Zina Garrison’s birthday today.  She is now 56 and living in Texas, but 25 years ago, in … Read More

Exactly 30 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee and colleague Robert Cailliau were busy inventing the internet. On 12th November 1990 they published a proposal with the … Read More

Since our last update earlier this year (May 2020), a lot has happened.  We’re now in Lockdown 2.0 – although you mightn’t know it.  I was … Read More

At the weekend, current president Donald Trump announced that there would be a “lawyers press conference” at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia, hosted by celebrity ex-mayor … Read More

Donald Trump has today refused to take part in a virtual TV debate.  His exact words, speaking to Fox Business Channel this morning, were: “I’m not … Read More

As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough already, it seems that phishing is back in fashion. We often do specialist IT recruitment work to find security experts … Read More

Has the furlough scheme worked?  It’s coming to an end in just a few weeks’ time, but as the press release below indicates, there will be … Read More

Recruiting and hiring of new employees have always been demanding and resource-intensive processes. As the monetary cost of a bad hire can reach up to 30% … Read More

I started back to work recently after a brief period of furlough – it’s great to be back. While trying to get back into the swing of … Read More

This is a recording of our first ever live webinar: “4 Easy Ways To Drastically Improve Staff Retention And Save Money On Recruitment Fees” from October … Read More

I recently co-hosted a webinar with Rej Abraham, managing director of ABPM Finance Recruitment, about how to conduct contact-free remote recruitment. In a nutshell, it’s challenging, … Read More

These are challenging times for all of us, in different ways, and I thought you might be interested in hearing how the lockdown is affecting recruitment, … Read More

This week I’ve been working from home, and I have done about 30 video interviews with candidates. On the whole I’ve been very impressed with how … Read More

Many of us are working from home right now, due to the government’s recommendations on social distancing related to COVID-19. As we deal with a lot … Read More