How and Why did we come up with the idea of The Magic Hour? You may have seen us posting about our new service – which we’ve called The Magic Hour. The name was coined by one of our candidates who we helped with some coaching and advice earlier on this year. Essentially – The Magic Hour is […]
Are there any positive outcomes for Customer Experience Recruitment from COVID? As a Director and owner of CX Talent Ltd, I have spent many hours lamenting the lack of CX roles, wondering if we can continue to trade as a business with the very few roles we’ve managed to hold on to and fill during […]
Are we being too quick to abandon the physical office? I signed up with a temping agency after graduating – I still didn’t really know what I wanted to do and needed to earn some money. After sending me around a selection of advertising agencies I was sent to the Really Useful Group (Andrew […]
As we’re emerging from lockdown and easing back into the world it’s interesting to look at the new behaviours that could improve our lives in the future – and what we’ll be happy to leave behind. Remote working – this is the big one and there has been a lot of focus on it. Companies […]
Do you need some help with your job search? Jo van Riemsdijk at CX Talent Ltd gives her top 10 tips to get you started. I hope that the tips I detail here will be of some help to Candidates looking for roles or thinking about their next move. 1.If you are in a job […]
Arise the Independent Recruitment Specialist Agencies! Increased redundancies, reduced numbers of vacancies, vast numbers of candidates. Could The Independent Specialist Recruiter be the answer? Every day the number of people asking for help to find work increases. Every day I see more of the the little green strapline on people’s pictures indicating that […]
Poor Candidate Experience can damage your Brand. Kate and I have not always been in recruitment – I personally have been a Picture Researcher, an Account Manager, A Business Development Manager, A Commercial Director and now Recruitment Consultant. Kate has been involved in Theatre, Production and PR in General Management and is now a Recruitment […]
If you are preparing for an interview or even looking for your next role – take the time to have a think about how to present yourself on a video call – it will be worth it! First and foremost, do your homework in the normal way. Re-read the job description, research the company, prepare some questions […]
Businesses and recruiters who are able to empathise and act with (professional) personability will always do best – now more than ever when all brands are under scrutiny about how they are reacting to the COVID – 19 situation. From a recruiters’ point of view, you are likely to get a larger than normal […]
Have You Been Made Redundant? Lost your job? This is My Story: I’ve seen a lot of posts recently about redundancy. About how people are feeling and what they should do next. In a previous life way before I became a recruitment consultant – I was working in a Media organisation and lost my job! […]