A note from Lisa Hill, Managing Director April 2020 marked my having been in the recruitment industry for 20 years. It’s remarkable to think that it was all the way back in late April 2000 when I first joined the industry. It involved a leap of faith (and a big salary drop!) to embrace a…
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As we have continued to move through the Covid-19 Alert Levels, now is the ideal time to consider what options and expectations you have regarding remote working arrangements in the future. If you hadn’t already been doing so, are you prepared to permanently integrate this way of working into your business? As I am sure…
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Have you ever heard the term Virtual Assistant, or VA? Virtual Assistants provide support to businesses remotely and can be found for almost any business task. You can engage a Virtual Assistant for everything from personal assistance, sales support, or customer service through to accounting and bookkeeping, graphic design, marketing or sales activity. In traditional…
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Great wellbeing and high morale helps your team to work effectively and be productive. Maintaining employee engagement can be difficult when everyone is working from home. We have put together a list of some areas to focus on so that your team can still work successfully. Connection Over the last week of lockdown, we’ve experienced…
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Here are some of our top tips for working effectively from home. Maintain regular hours Having set hours indicating when to start and when to stop working can help us maintain a healthy work/home life balance when the environmental distinctions between these two are no longer there. Having a clear morning and evening routine can…
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The interview forms a key part of the recruitment process. It’s your opportunity to understand the background, experience and personality of your applicants, how they will fit with your team culture, what they will bring to the role and how that will benefit your business. Below are the key steps to ensure you run a…
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After putting so much time and resource into finding your ideal candidate, it would be disappointing to lose them at the offer stage. Below are some common reasons that a job offer may fall over and how to reduce the risk of it happening to you. The candidate has a counter offer from their current…
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We were delighted to exhibit at the recent Business North Harbour Business Expo where we enjoyed meeting and getting to know Expo attendees and fellow exhibitors alike. During the course of the day we surveyed the visitors to our stand and asked them to vote on what qualities they believe make a great workplace. We…
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Get the structure right and this approach can help you get the talent you want in your business. Many of our clients choose to structure their teams with a mix of part and full time employees. Candidates seek part time work for a variety of reasons – from students seeking to top up their income,…
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In today’s tight employment market, attracting and keeping staff is critical to business success. If you’re a small business you might have limited resources and you want your best staff to work for you, not the competition. Veteran employees are highly valuable in knowledge and skills – and the wrong people can cost you time…
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