Archives

Recruitment and YOUR Digital Footprint

Think back over the last 10 years of your life. Think of the most riotous night out/holiday/party in that time. Think of the best/worst stag-do-hen-party you’ve been on. Think of the photos that were taken on them. How many of those photos do you want your prospective employer to see? Social media has revolutionized a […]

Read More

31 Hacks to Help Your Next Career Move

Earlier this month, approximately 8.3m school pupils returned to school for the new school year. If the other 8,299,999 were anything like my daughter, the end of summer and beginning of the new school year brought a mix of emotions – part excitement, part dread. At the same time, 31m adults likewise ‘returned’ to work […]

Read More

What’s Twitter Worth (to you?)….Spoiler: More than you think!

Twitter is everywhere. Individuals and businesses alike herald it as one of the best engagement/communication/collaboration/information sources around. But what is it worth? And is it worth your time invested? As of today, Twitter is worth $31.3bn, increased from $24bn on IPO last year (but down from $44bn earlier this year). With 271m active monthly users […]

Read More

21 reasons why there is more to Head-Hunting than using LinkedIN

“We’ve decided not to appoint a headhunter, we’re going to have a look on LinkedIN instead.” Possibly the most increasingly common thing I have heard from businesses with a need to recruit in the last year or so.  LinkedIN has, without doubt, revolutionised people’s ability to network and to forcibly expand their own networks of contacts (much as the premise […]

Read More