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What do National Unemployment Statistics have to do with my Business?
Well everything, if you are trying to recruit. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) this week have released figures which show that 9.2 million people of working age are not in work and are not looking for work. While I appreciate that it is their right to lead their lives the way they want to,…
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What are the benefits of apprenticeships to employers?
92% of companies that have taken on apprentices believe this leads to a more motivated and satisfied workforce and 86% of employers said apprenticeships helped them develop skills relevant to their organisation. Some of the benefits of recruiting an apprentice include: adapting their training according to the needs of your business their motivation to learn…
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Why Hire A Graduate?
Covid 19 has had a massive impact on the availability of graduate jobs as well as on the application process. Although talk of staff shortages in recent months has given the impression that it should be easy to find work, young people are “often left at the back of the queue” as employers favour more…
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Would you consider recruiting an ex-offender?
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Justice, only 17% of ex-offenders manage to get a job within a year of their release from prison. Yet those that do manage to secure a job are up to 9% less likely to reoffend. As well as offering job-ready skills they have acquired while in…
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Age Discrimination in Recruitment
Last week I had the pleasure of discussing recruitment, age discrimination and Artificial Intelligence with Roberto Perrone at BBC Three Counties Radio. You can listen to the interview here, but below are my thoughts. The interview was triggered by the experiences of Karen Beecham, a 58 year old buyer who was made redundancy from M&S…
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Your Company Values Matter More Now, Than Ever Before
What are company values? It is relatively rare that small and medium sized businesses have clearly written and well communicated values. However, with an increasingly geographically spread workforce, company values, ‘the way things are done around here’, are more important than ever before. To quote Gino Wickman in his book Traction, Company values are ‘a…
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Getting the job advert right
I’m doing some recruitment at the moment, and one of the things which has really struck me is how badly job adverts tend to be written. They are generally now written not for print but for the internet, very often a search engine. Sometimes things like social media, Facebook and LinkedIn. And, when you’re reading…
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A Client’s Employee
This week’s blog is our Ask The Expert article from our Summer edition of PeopleTalk. One of our client’s staff members has applied for a job here. Where do we stand legally if we let our client know we have received an application? Whilst it may seem completely legitimate to notify your customer that one…
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Hire for Attitude
In a very well quoted phrase (which I think originated from clergyman Charles R Swindoll) Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Your attitude to everything, from politics to society from family to work, is what makes you, you and what differentiates you from everyone else. In the…
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Recruitment Advertising
Two things have happened this week which have made me think about the wording of recruitment adverts: 1) A contact of mine advertised for a young, dynamic person – thus opening themselves up to an age discrimination claim, as an older person may arguably be more dynamic than a young person. 2) The Army has…