February 28, 2020
Even if you’re the biggest of grinches, I think there’s a lot to like about this time of year. I’m not a big one for new year’s resolutions, but I do like goal setting. At the start of each year I set a small number of SMART goals for both in and out of work….
February 28, 2020
As we say hello to the Silly Season, we can finally say goodbye to the suspicious moustaches of November! Although the Movember cause is definitely something we can all get behind. The Movember foundation has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to date. It has also had over 5 million people come together from across the world…
February 28, 2020
This week we have mined the brains trust to get some expert knowledge on some common Pharmacy questions as well as some interesting queries from our contractors and staff. Our Pharmacist on hand, Justine Siedner from Ipswich Medical Centre Day and Night Chemist, has kept us up-to-date with our general enquiries but as always with…
February 28, 2020
Every year I am interested to observe the different approaches organisations take to the dreaded Christmas close-down. First of all we have some of the big players who go on almost full lockdown, sending contractors home without pay for up to 3 weeks whilst a smattering of permanent staff keep the lights on. This year…
February 28, 2020
Over the years I have been recruiting I have heard all sorts of weird, whacky and crazy stories about why a candidate didn’t get the role…but I have also had a number of negative phone calls that could have been easily avoided if the candidate had just thought of a few simple things that we…
February 28, 2020
Can you guess what the number one complaint I hear about recruiters is? It’s candidates who send off their resume and hear nothing back. Some companies send impersonal rejection emails that are obviously automated, sadly many don’t even do this. A lot of people ask me how to grab the attention of recruiters when they…
February 28, 2020
I won’t be the only recruiter out there to tell you that times are changing and the market is picking up. After a few years of a slightly slower market, 2015 has seen some of the highest order flows from both Government and Commercial employers in a long time. This has been pushed out to…
