For Jobseekers
Reducing your company car tax. Diesel, Hybrid, PHEV or Electric?
Going green – be it with a fully electric car or with a hybrid car – makes big sense if you’re a company car driver. That’s because, for the next few years at least, running such a vehicle will be efficient when it comes to benefit in kind tax. And the good news is that tax situation is set…
Read MoreA Guide to Negotiating the Salary You Deserve
Salary negotiation is something that everyone should be focused on. No matter when the last time you negotiated for a better salary was, the time will come again when the value of the work you do is not reflected in the compensation you receive for that work. When this time comes, it’s important to approach…
Read MoreHow to succeed in your Performance Review
Performance reviews can make employees nervous. Common questions that might roll through the mind: What will my manager say? Have I achieved enough? What if their feedback is terrible? The presence of the unknown can be unnerving in these annual assessments. But they needn’t be. While performance reviews evaluate your success against certain markers, they…
Read MoreTips for CV Writing
We read thousands of CVs each year and our specialist consultants can provide feedback on how well your CV is working for you. The following notes provide general guidance around content and layout and we have a CV template that will help you to build your CV. What information should I include on my CV? While…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions for 2023
Let me guess. You’re thinking that you need to exercise more, drink less, eat better, work less, earn more and learn to speak French or play the piano. Same list as last year? Me too. January 2023 is a great time to think a little deeper about what you want your life to look like…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Traits of People Who Advance in Their Careers
Want to move up the ladder? These 10 traits may be the key to your success. In these competitive times, advancing in your career is far from automatic. Those who sit back and wait for things to happen for them often end up frustrated, disillusioned, and burned out. In contrast, those who look for opportunities…
Read MoreResigning The Right Way
RESIGNING THE RIGHT WAY Resigning the right way, whether you’re feeling overworked or overlooked or undervalued, the best way to start any sort of change is to talk to your existing employer first. Talk to them, express your concerns, tell them why you feel the way that you do, give them the opportunity to put…
Read MoreThe Art Of Getting Headhunted
Although getting headhunted will still require some effort from you, it won’t take up nearly as much of your time as the traditional job-hunting approach, obviously it doesn’t guarantee when it is going to happen, but it means that opportunity arrives, you’ll be considered and approached about it. An advantage of the recruiter coming directly…
Read MorePotential Pitfalls Of The Virtual Interview
Over the past 18 months, virtual meetings have become a ‘big deal’ and even as the majority of people have returned to some normality in their working lives, the Virtual Interview is here to stay! From a Recruiter’s point of view this is great news – a way of speeding up the recruitment process, keeping…
Read MoreThe Positives In Saying No
If you were to google ‘the power of saying no’ you will find a plethora of self – help and guidance books based on this very topic. A Nobel prize was even awarded back in 2002 for work based on saying no – this is not a new craze! The word NO naturally brings with…
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