Taking on the best of the best reflects positively on your company’s progress and employer brand. Not to mention the fact that it does wonders for your productivity. It’s more essential than ever to know how to find and hire these talented individuals. With skills shortages rife across key sectors in the UK, many candidates […]
Author: Louise Alderson
Tips to attract candidates!
The UK is currently in the midst of a jobs boom, with the labour market blossoming as it comes out of lockdown. Around 275,000 jobs were added to reed.co.uk in May – the highest level since February 2008, before the financial crash. The hospitality and retail sectors in particular have seen huge increases in job […]
Staff shortages put job seekers in driving seat!
It is a paradox few economists expected to see in the middle of the most significant period of economic disruption since the Second World War: a jobs boom. But then economists miss a lot of things. Up and down the country, more and more vacancies keep appearing – stretching from a shortage of lorry drivers and manufacturing workers, […]
Top 4 reasons to hire a candidate with no previous experience.
1. They’ll be adaptable Taking a chance and hiring someone new to the industry comes with a strong possibility that they’ll be more adaptable. After all, an employee whose spent years in the same role or sector can easily become set in their ways. As with anything, it’s not easy to re-shape someone’s way of […]
Job report 2020
The last six months have been a turbulent time for businesses across the UK. Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, we were faced with an extensive national lockdown that threatened jobs across the country. While our job market data doesn’t paint a rosy picture for the UK job market, it does show that the economy was on the road to […]
How to stay positive during the Coronavirus!
How to stay positive during the Coronavirus! When the news is all doom and gloom—as it has been since the outbreak of the coronavirus, it’s hard for even the most optimistic among us to stay positive. It’s true that we need to take this virus seriously. It’s capable of causing severe illness and death. It’s […]
COVID-19
Important Coronavirus information
Important Notice! Information for candidates prior to attending registration with Fresh Recruit Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we kindly ask that all candidates coming in to the office to register read the following:- If you have returned from travelling abroad within the last 14 days, can you please make us aware before coming in to […]
5 ways to improve staff retention
Work is a huge part of our lives and it’s important to that we enjoy what we do. Therefore, it’s no surprise that people who dislike their job, or feel unsatisfied with what they’re doing, won’t stick around for long. As such, working to improve staff retention rates and keeping talented team members on board should always be a business priority. […]
A guide to employee engagement
In a survey of over 4,000 candidates and their employers, we discovered that 1 in 4 employers are struggling to keep their team engaged at work. So what can you do to keep employees happy, engaged and productive for years to come? Hit the ground running The quest to keep employees engaged begins the moment […]