Month: September 2016

Salary Benchmarking: Why you should crunch the numbers

Salary Benchmarking: Why you should crunch the numbers

Overpaying. Underpaying. How does your business compare when it comes to compensating your employees? If you have ever had to work out a salary package for a new employee or have had to evaluate a pay rise request or negotiate to retain one of your best employees, you’ll know that it can be pretty tricky […]

Help! I’m being pigeon-holed – Employers can’t see my value

Help! I’m being pigeon-holed – Employers can’t see my value

Job hunting can be frustrating at the best of times. You keep putting yourself out there with application after application but you keep getting knock back after knock back. You know you have great skills to offer, you know you have transferable skills to bring to a new employer, a new industry and a new […]

Making the most of Professional Development

Making the most of Professional Development

The real value in attending a professional development session comes from what you do after the session. How you hold on to the motivation, inspiration and learnings from the professional development and apply them when you get back in to the workplace is the key to achieving real value from any professional development. In last […]

Professional Development; the real value is not in attending

Professional Development; the real value is not in attending

August has been a very big month of professional development for me. I’m overdosed with professional development and I’m feeling pumped! But truth be told, up until last week I was also feeling overwhelmed. In the month of August I’ve spent two action packed days at the annual RCSA (Recruitment and Consulting Association) Conference in […]

Recruitment 2020 and beyond – The Future of Work

Recruitment 2020 and beyond – The Future of Work

You didn’t need to be at last week’s RCSA (Recruitment and Consulting Services Association) annual 2016 Conference to know that the world of work is changing…… and at a rapid pace. But by being at the RCSA Conference everyone in the room got a pretty intense insight in to the future of work and what […]