How recruitment has changed in the last decade

  There’s no denying that recruitment in the UK has changed drastically over the past decade (I mean, hasn’t everything?) But how? Technology   The area of greatest change has been technology. In 1990 the only technical means of communication between a recruitment agency and an employer would have been via post, telephone, fax or […]

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The dangerous allure of counter offers

Ah, the dangerous allure of counter offers… This happens all too often, and if you look into it, you will realise why 95% of the time it is a very…bad…idea.   Obviously there is a reason you wish to leave your job in the first place and move to another one; you could be feeling […]

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Happy anniversary !

If you had been with me on the 1st May 2001, we would have been sitting in my office having just made a huge and, some would say, ridiculously risky decision which was about to change my life forever. 12 months before this auspicious day, something happened that began a process leading up to that […]

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How to win back your peace of mind

I have been on holiday this week up in the Lake District and for the first 2 days I found the lack of internet and phone signal extremely stressful.  I don’t know if you, like me, are constantly connected. I need this to keep my peace of mind. I check my emails last thing before […]

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I wish I had learnt this earlier

Do you ever wonder if you had your life to live over again – would you do the same things?   I think you would unless you made different choices.  Because life isn’t about what you do, it’s about what you  choose. And this is something i wish i had learnt earlier in life. I am […]

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