Back in August 2011, Dovetail Recruitment advertised for a local Account Executive role and received an application from Ryan. Although he didn’t seem to have the experience required, he sounded great on the phone and I decided to meet with him. Seeing beyond the CV He interviewed really well and had excellent interpersonal skills and
It’s been a long road but hard work, dedication, perseverance and a lot of liaising has finally paid off. Our client has found their perfect fit and we have a very happy candidate. Three months ago, our client came to us with a new opportunity for a Sales Manager to join their rapidly expanding, ever
Yes, it’s true, creative candidates can benefit businesses and I’m here to explain how. In many workplaces, a lot of focus is put on good grades and academic subjects/thinking. While this is clearly a working model for successful work and business, I feel some employers are missing out on those who haven’t strictly adhered to
Welcome back to the (hopefully) much anticipated Graduate Vs Apprentice part two! If you haven’t read part one then hold on, have a read of it here first. http://dovetailrecruitment.co.uk/graduate-vs-apprentice/ This week I’ll be looking at some graduate opinions on their university degrees and how they feel they have helped or hindered them. For the purpose for
After only a year of working with us at Dovetail Recruitment and due to our ongoing success, Francesca moves into senior recruitment role at Dovetail. Her main focus will be to assist the Managing Director with ensuring continued growth of the business. This new senior recruitment role will involve assisting the existing team to ensure continued success
Looking at the wider issues currently facing marketers in 2016, there are top 5 marketing challenges facing your business – as identified in a Bloomberg Media report earlier this year. The report involved speaking to 26 senior marketers across four continents – who were asked to identify the greatest opportunities and challenge for their business in 2016.
It seems to me that many people are currently in crisis over the fact that we have a weak pound due to the exchange rate plummeting again last week – and I don’t blame them. We are currently in the depths of uncertainty after the result of Brexit and the resignation of the Prime Minister David
In today’s world there seems to be a lot of everything. A lot of different brands, shops, restaurants and even recruitment agencies. We Brit’s love a good recommendation and I have experienced the positives of recommendations on both sides of the fence. I’ve been recommended to and been given a recommendation. So it’s always great
Welcome to the first in the series of our Graduate Vs Apprentice blogs! During this series I will be attempting to answer the question that seems to be in every young person’s, parent’s and employer’s heads these days: Which is better, apprenticeships or university? One of the problems I have found personally with the Graduate
At Dovetail Recruitment, we pride ourselves on helping you find your dream job….we’re here to support you through not just your job search, but through your career. So once you’ve got the dream job, how best to ensure you keep it! Extreme circumstances they were, but I’m sure we can all take away something from
Now, as you may or may not know, here at Dovetail we offer an incentive to recommend a friend (or family member!). Back in the not-always-so-sunny period we are led to believe is ‘summer’, we were looking for a new Receptionist for one of our clients. To help us along with our search we sent
The phrase ‘information overload’ is bandied about a lot, and can easily be dismissed as trivial – but increasingly it is starting to take a toll on our mental and physical well- being, in and out of the workplace. Further to last week’s article on how to manage the overload of information, here are some
We are delighted to welcome Laura Staton to Team Dovetail as Recruitment Administrator! We gave her a very warm welcome last week, and followed our very own ‘10 ways to help your new starter settle in’ :0) We are pleased to say Laura is fully embracing her new world of recruitment, and has happily survived her first week
Dealing with the digital world is a daily challenge we face and something we need to manage at work and home to avoid losing time and productivity. It’s time to refocus – but how? I came across an article on the Psychologies website by author Tom Chatfield, ‘Are you Suffering Digital Overload?’ which addresses the problem very
So you’ve found your new employee to join your team – make sure you make them feel welcome from the very beginning, before if you can! Here are our top ten tips to help your new starters settle into their new workplace and feel welcome from the very beginning. Don’t do what one company did when
Do you choose email vs telephone call? I have recently read an article that I could not agree with more – the piece was written by James Caan, Entrepreneur and Recruiter. I have been working in recruitment for many years and I have seen how technology has changed the way we work. Technology has made
