What a few months it has been! I’m sure like us, for you a lot has changed, whether it be switching to remote working, part time hours, or unfortunately losing your job. Not to mention the personal – lack of ‘normal routine’, not seeing friends and family, working from home WITH the kids, the new
We’ve gathered the recent headlines for you to catch up on HR + Business News in Dorset and Hampshire. Keeping you up to date with everything in the world of HR, work, business and strategy. We have also added a new section – Good News – to lift our spirits! Make sure you follow us
“I truly believe that onboarding is an art. Each new employee brings with them a potential to achieve and succeed. To lose the energy of a new hire through poor onboarding is an opportunity lost.” Sarah Wetzel – Director of Human Resources at engage: BDR You’ve gone through the recruitment process while in lockdown. You’ve chosen
So, you’ve got a shortlist of candidates that you’re due to interview for a key job role in the company. You might even be used to interviewing and before remote working, have had it down to a T. But now you’re faced with a new challenge – interviewing via phone and you find yourself wondering
While it’s not nearly as much as a danger as COVID-19, the World Health Organization has recently called ‘burnout syndrome’ a pandemic. More and more people year on year are suffering within business and leadership teams. So today we will look at how to reduce burnout across your teams. With remote working becoming more common,
UK Job Market Report’s main findings: Permanent placements and temporary billings fall at the sharpest rate sine the Global Financial Crisis but candidate availability falls at the slowest rate since June 2013. Every month we receive the latest figures on the employment market in the South and the UK. The UK Job Market report is
Telephone Interview Tips: Advice for Clients It is normal for candidates to be nervous in an interview; this can sometimes cause the candidate to cause fatal interview errors. Not only has the candidate missed out on securing what could potentially be their dream job, you may have missed out on an excellent candidate. This is
Bloopers Reel In need of a giggle? We have put together the bloopers from all of our job of the week videos for your enjoyment! Have a watch and a good laugh as we all get tongue tied. :0) Related Dovetail articles: Music for Motivation + Mind How (NOT) to Work From Home The Dovetail
With a lot of uncertainty in the market at the moment, it’s likely that recruiting and offering a permanent job to someone is going to be unrealistic. Temporary contracts may look like a good option at the moment, but why not look at something in between – fixed term contracts (or FTCs). Here are a
Wondering how not to work from home? We all need a little something extra to lift our spirits at the moment! For some, working from home is the norm and their fully set up and ready to go on as normal. For others of us, that’s not the case. Make-shift work stations, cats who like
The age old question we find ourselves asking again and again – ‘am I a good leader?’. Or, ‘how do I become a good leader?’. The good news is, if you’re asking yourself these questions, it’s likely that you’re already doing a great job. But if you’d like a few tips on how to be
There’s lots in the media at the moment on ‘work-life balance’, ‘flexible working hours’ and ‘artificial intelligence’, and how these are the latest talent trends set to change not only how businesses function, but also how they recruit. Simon Blockley, CEO at Guidan Globale, has done a great article in the Recruiter Magazine this month.
The South’s Job Market Report: February 2020 Permanent placements rise at the quickest rate for 14 months as demand for staff continues to improve. Every month we receive the latest figures on the employment market in the South and the UK, kindly provided by IHS Markit, KPMG & REC who gather the key statistics from
In the Steppes of Central Asia Welcome to the first in the series of our music related blogs – ‘Music for motivation and mind’! Laura here, bringing you some well known and some lesser known works in the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. I will be sharing some of my favourite pieces that I find
January 2020 Dorset Job Market Report Every month we receive the latest figures on the employment market in the South and the UK, kindly provided by IHS Markit, KPMG & REC who gather the key statistics from recruitment consultancies in the area. Permanent placements increase for the first time in nearly a year KEY FINDINGS
“Only 22% of employers communicate their employee benefits offering before day one of employment, such as in an offer letter; and only 18% communicate the offering before recruitment, for instance in a job advertisement, shows research from GRiD.*” HR News, Feb 20 Make sure you don’t fall into this trap! You’ve found your dream candidate
