My second week of work begins today! After a long and welcome three day weekend I had a chance to step away from the office and wind down, although my mind was still considering vacancies, filling positions and overall the happiness of out clients. It just goes to show that when you want something done,
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A similar mindset
Back in the office today and using our lovely social media, I’ve seen people of a similar mindset, making statements allowing me to see trends in a world I’ve entered very recently compared to some that correlate with my own. It’s strange to see that there’s professionals that haven’t lost touch with the world they’re
More people in work…
The BBC reports that the trend for employment is on the increase, more people are now in work and unemployment fell by 4,000 to June 2013. So basically although unemployment stands at 2.51 million which is 7.8%, it’s still news that the employment market is going in the right direction. Now is good time to
Let’s have a look see
Search engines are the friend of many, especially any modern business. Today I spent time looking through more CV’s, using social media to help find candidates for work and updating our information to ensure that the vacancies on our site are current. A lot of screens and a lot of reading. These are the things
And the hunt begins
Today is my first official day as a candidate resource consultant and I expect it to be a rather busy day indeed. The world of employment is a tough one at the best of times, and resourcing the right people for the right job is something that can have its pitfalls and surprises, but that
Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s a CV
Curriculum Vitae, something that we all have to write at some stage or another, but can we all improve on our approach when writing it. Over the course of our education, we’re told to improve our grades and reach our potential, but we are rarely ever given a life lesson in selling ourselves. Today one of my
Interning and the world of social media
Internships, a title often met with severe conjecture in the world of business and a phrase often thought to be more detrimental than actually useful, but here at Permanent People we don’t have time for any of that noise! Starting the day at 7 sharp(ish), bright eyed and bushy tailed, I had my tour of the
Early success for recruitment role
Permanent People is still in its infancy but we have already experienced success in recruiting for a couple of roles for some very established recruitment companies. The way things have started for us and our approach to recruiting in an honest and straightforward way has underlined that we feel we are already making a difference
Agency tricks
At the end of this week, my first in my new office, I received a call from a bloke trying to find out if I could help him out with his recruitment requirements. Now on the face of it, this seems great, however as the business is very new and we haven’t advertised anywhere, it
Zero hours contracts
It has been all over the news in the past 24 hours that approximately a million people are working under a zero hours contract. I think Vince Cables use of the word ‘abuse’ is a bit over dramatic but I do realise that essentially these type of contracts main beneficiaries are the employers, be it
