the question of gender at work

The Question of Gender at Work

Over the years, the question of equality has always been an issue for employers to deal with – whether it’s based on race, age, gender or something else. Most recently, the whole area of gender and sexual discrimination has become increasingly complex; as boundaries and definitions emerge and change, it can be tricky to keep

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10 Top Tips: How to hand in your notice

Updated:Theresa May has shown us that there really is a good way and a bad way to do this!  Not sure how to hand in your notice? This might sound silly, but there is a good way … and a bad way. Talking to many candidates and clients, one of the practical things that people

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Career Skills: Gravitas

I remember a while back, a friend of mine worked for a well-known global financial information company, she’d been there a while and had worked her way up to a managerial role. Once she’d reached this point, she was told she had to get some ‘gravitas’ and was assigned a ‘mentor’. When I asked her

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Job Market Report South: April 19

Every month, Dovetail Recruitment summarise the key points from the KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs: South of England. Here are the latest figures for April – including the UK’s average weekly salaries, candidate placements and skill shortages. It’s a must HR read. Commenting on the latest survey results, Ian Brokenshire, Senior Partner at

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HR + Work News: May 2019

Keeping you up to date with all the HR & Work news for Bournemouth + Beyond We’ve gathered the latest headlines from the best news sources to give you the best HR & Work News for Bournemouth, Dorset, across the UK + beyond! 28 May HR News: Cash-strapped Brits work longer hours but struggle to

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Career Tips: How to ask for a pay rise?

It’s a subject many of us find difficult to talk about and certainly not openly. Some employers’ actually ban you from discussing it with colleagues. This can even be written into your contract. But with the recent ongoing debate around the gender gap, this does seem to be changing a little as companies are having

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Meet the Dovetail Team

Building your team – we’ve got it covered!

As you know we love to get out of the office to come and see you when we can! On our recent travels we’ve discovered some of you didn’t know we have recruitment sector specialists in the key business areas below, perfect for building your team: Accounting & Finance, HR & Administration, Sales & Marketing,

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Thinking of a Career Change?

When I found out that Kim Kardashian is studying to become a lawyer, I have to admit I did happily scoff at the idea for a moment – that’s what you call a career change! Not that I know anything about the famous KK apart from her plastic surgery and reality shows.  But now, I’m

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Working from home - the good and the bad

Working From Home?

In January 2018, statistics showed that 13.7 per cent of the UK workforce were working from home and the growth looks set to continue. ‘The number of people regularly working from home has risen to 4.2 million in the last decade. An additional 1.8 million people would like to work from home but are not

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HR + Business Headlines – April

We’ve gathered the latest headlines from Bournemouth Recruitment, HR + Business News + across Dorset, UK and beyond. 29th AprilPersonnel Today: What challenges will HR face in the next 10 years?HR News: Eight Ways to Stay Motivated in Your Career All Year RoundPersonnel Today: Sharp rise in disability discrimination claims at tribunals 27th AprilThe Guardian:

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The Power of the Spoken Word

Sometimes candidates respond to our voicemails with an email saying, ‘Can we talk over email’? We love to talk at Dovetail, it’s what we do! Our days are made up of either meeting candidates and clients; or talking with them on the phone. We’re happiest when we’re talking to you. A recent trendWe often need

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Career Tips Videos

We’ve created a series of videos to help you with your job search. Each one focuses on a key area of the job application process, giving you some useful tips to help you find your perfect fit job. For your Recruitment Services Bournemouth – call Dovetail Recruitment on 01202 424824. How to Ace Interviews In

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Job Market Report – Feb 19

Permanent staff placements increase at weakest pace since August 2016 amid uncertain outlook The KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs: South of England is compiled by IHS Markit from responses to questionnaires sent to around 150 recruitment and employment consultancies in the South of England. We’ve selected key points to reflect the Job Market

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Healthy Mind – Featuring Pavilion Dance South West

We see it in the news, on social media, in the workplace, everyone is becoming increasingly aware of mental health and having a ‘healthy mind’, especially within the workplace. One of the things I find that can boost my mood and create a ‘healthy mind’ after a good, bad, stressful or normal day at work,

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HR & Work News – March 19

Keeping you up to date with HR & Work Bournemouth news. We’ve gathered the latest headlines in HR & Work Bournemouth, Dorset and across the UK. 31st MarchThe Guardian: What could be better than unlimited paid vacation, well this 30th MarchThe Guardian: The pay of average workers is to be cut by nearly £400. Good

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Bournemouth Business & HR News: Feb 19

Keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in the Bournemouth News – Business & HR & more –  here are the latest headlines in the world of work across Dorset and the UK.   25th Feb Business Insider: ‘Accomplices in oppression’: 14 new members of Congress demand Apple and Google remove Saudi government app that

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