The first quarter of the year is traditionally a time when people plan to make lots of changes to their lives with resolutions to improve fitness levels, stop drinking and it seems that this year […]
Negotiating a Dirty Word?
When you hear the word, money, or salary, how does it make you feel? Is it a conversation you are comfortable having or does the whole situation make you feel sick to even discuss? Possibly […]
Five Hiring Trends That Will Shape The Next 12 Months
Recruiting today looks radically different than it did just a year ago. Accelerated by COVID-19, changes that you would usually expect to take years are happening instead in months. Recruitment guru Marc Sumner picks out […]
That Was The Year That Was….
Recruitment guru Marc Sumner looks back at the challenges the IT channel has had to face as a result of the pandemic. “In December 2019 I was very optimistic about the coming year.” – Marc […]
10 Stress Busters – For when you’re feeling the strain
It is National Stress Awareness Week (4th to 8th November 2019) the perfect time to recognise how stress can affect you and your colleagues. So take some time out, grab a cuppa and your favourite […]
Should we be judging candidates based solely on a piece of paper?
The question has been asked; ‘do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?’ several times during 2019, so I thought I’d explain one of the reasons why the answer to this question has been a […]
The best time of year to search for talent is…
Let’s start with a pretty big spoiler… There isn’t really a ‘best’ time of year! But… that being said, there are certainly pro’s and con’s of searching the market at different times of year. So […]
Why the IT Sales Industry Needs More Women
The UK tech sector currently finds itself in the position where only 16.8 percent of the total workforce is female, and an alarming one million women must be hired into the sector to reach gender […]
Six methods to deal with stress in your sales job
Work-related stress & anxiety is something that has always affected workforces worldwide, especially in high pressure sales roles, however talking about ‘mental health’ has historically been unthinkable… luckily this is slowly changing and it needs […]
Climbing Mount Retainer – By Ian Pollard
To retain or not to retain, that is the question on many of my client’s lips; and why shouldn’t it be, it’s a worthy question and I would urge every client I work with to […]
