Staff turnover is a certainty. It can be disruptive, decrease morale and prove very costly to a business both in terms of finance and time. In a recent study as much as 150 hours are wasted on mis-hires who either are not “fit for purpose” and replacing them within 6 months of joining. Recently we conducted a survey on why people leave their current job and you may (or not) be surprised at the results. People of course move for many reasons but here are the top five. Reporting relationship. People feel they can no longer learn from their boss,…

Planning is the key to the success of every business and in the world of recruitment lack of planning will make or break any "desk" no matter how experienced the recruiter is!Daily planning should be a critical analysis of activity and in addition adding new names to system. This will ensure that you are going in the right direction, speaking to right people, doing enough presentations, getting CV’s in etc.Ask your self a few simple questions at the end of the day:1.  How many presentations?2.  What were the results?3.  How many qualified candidates?4.  What objections did I get today?5.  How…

  Will the UK go into another recession? That is the question most people are asking me; especially my clients in China and EU. Well the answer to that question is …….if I knew the answer to that, well I would be using my predictive skills to better use that’s for sure. Seriously though, who knows if the UK will go into recession. And I think that is the key point here “who knows”. If you read one report then yes we are heading for a recession, another report will tell you that growth will be slow, yet another that…

  In recent weeks many of my clients in the UK and EU area have told me there seems to be a shift from client to candidate focus. That is, there are jobs out there but it’s become difficult to find top talent. Whilst there maybe plenty of candidates on the job boards and replying to advertising campaigns, what is lacking is high quality talent. We think the reason for this quite clear. In uncertain market conditions there will always a flood of candidates on the market. Some have unfortunately been made redundant, some are nervous about their current situation and…