5 New Year’s resolutions for the recruitment industry
Recruitment is easy to do badly – and it’s being done increasingly badly. According to a report by Clearly PR, 4,529 new recruitment businesses opened in 2016, and another 900 joined them in the first month of 2017 alone. As Forbes contributor Liz Ryan puts it, anyone who collects CVs and shares them with contacts…
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Scaling up recruitment, cutting time to hire by 70%: Autoglass BodyRepair Case Study
How do you scale up Auto Technician recruitment to find skilled talent on a countrywide basis, without losing control of the process? That was the challenge facing Patrick Dignan, Customer Experience Director at Autoglass BodyRepair. As part of the business’ drive to consolidate Autoglass BodyRepair’s position as go-to choice for UK vehicle repairs, Patrick and…
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New year, new you: four ways to get your CV 2018 ready
The New Year is often time for a new start. In London alone, six out of ten people spent January 2017 looking for new jobs. And nationwide, by the end of the month, job applications had grown to 75% above the daily average. The sheer number of people looking for a fresh start means increased…
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5 ways to increase your chances of getting a pay rise in 2018
With the looming uncertainty of Brexit, government austerity at full throttle and rising inflation, whether you work in the private or public sector, wages in the UK are stagnating. According to analysis by the TUC, UK ‘real wages’ (pay adjusted for the effects of inflation) were predicted to fall by 0.5% between the start of…
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Case study: Monique Duarte
Monique Duarte is a product manager with prestigious academic publisher Taylor and Francis – a role she secured with help from identifi. Our consultant Mark Gale helped Monique overcome her distrust of agencies, guided her through the transition from self-employment to employee, and is still helping her settle and grow in her new role, eight…
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The death of digital: What does the future hold for business transformation?
It’s true: the ‘d’ word will soon disappear from business vocabulary. In a world where everything is digital, particularly for a generation of people who are ‘always-on’, the term is on the verge of dying out. The full integration of digital with so-called ‘traditional’ methods of doing business will soon mean an end to the…
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