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
Dovetail Celebrate 8 Year Anniversary in Finding the Perfect Fit Was it really 8 years ago that I started Dovetail Recruitment in a little room at the back of my friend’s bed shop – ‘Beds r Uzz’ in Southbourne. Just me, a desk, a phone and my trusty PC – thinking where do I start?!! Six months
Tackling the issue of ‘new staff retention’ – Nearly one-third of new employees plan on leaving their job in the first 12 months and more than half of them anticipate they will not be with the company after 3 years. Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) have published a report that found short-termism is known
Team Dovetail Dorset Bike Ride – Well – we did it in 2 hours, 6 mins!!!! I am so proud of my team at Dovetail Recruitment in giving up their time – training for 2 hours after a hard days’ work every week and giving up their Sunday morning to cycle 25 miles on an interesting
Research carried out by Talent Works has found that generational stereotypes in the workplace may be inaccurate. Talent Works carried out the survey on 1,200 professionals from four commonly defined generations in the workplace – Baby Boomers, Millennials, Gen Y and Gen Z. It indicated contradictory findings to many of the preconceptions attached to these
Less than a week to go… Yesterday, we had our last training session for the big ride on Sunday – this time we focused on getting up those hills. We know we can do the distance, but we also know that the terrain is much more challenging than our route around Christchurch! But Team Dovetail
Yesterday the country was posed the question “do you want to remain part of the EU? Or Do you want to leave the EU?” the battle that has waged on for months. Today, Britain, the EU and the rest of the world got their answer. There are a mix of emotions sweeping the nation and
Recent surveys have shown that 75% of British people aged 16-25 fear they will not able to find a job they love, while eight in ten fear they are competing with candidates with stronger CVs and experience when applying for vacancies. Volunteering charity vInspired carried our research that showed one in ten participants do not
We had our third training session yesterday and what a beautiful evening, so different from last Monday’s gales. Four of us in training tonight and we managed 23 miles up to Burley across the New Forest and I am pleased to say down through Bangnum Woods. We faced the odd hurdle, ponies blocking the route, sun in
We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride on Sunday, 3rd July 2016 to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. We started training last week, with a 14 mile round trip from Hengistbury Head to Holmsley. Some of us haven’t ridden a bike for over 10 years, so we took a while to
