To adapt Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a recruitment leader must never, ever be a micromanager. Every time the phrase comes up, recruiters tend to shake their heads sagely and concur Read more…
VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It describes the environment of constant, unpredictable change that is now the norm in certain industries and areas of the business world. Once you recognise that you Read more…
Getting a shareholders’ agreement is a must for recruitment business owners. Sadly, lockdown pressures have laid bare the dysfunctionalities of lots of relationships, in partnerships with “pre-existing conditions” that weren’t apparent in good times. Read more…
So, you’ve got the message. Your recruitment agency is a lot more resilient and attractive to investors if it has a serious temp/contract capability. Interestingly, about 75% of start-up recruitment firms start – and stay Read more…
Lockdown has presented recruitment businesses with an opportunity to reassess their staff skills, knowledge and training. I know many business owners who have realised that busyness often camouflages a lack of skills among staff. James, Read more…
You can do better than “get back to normal”. If you’re a recruitment business owner who has started seeing some signs of recovery in your sector – and I sincerely hope you have – you’ll Read more…
A few weeks ago, I was helping a client with their cash flow forecast prior to a CBILS application. One of the changes he’d made to his budget pulled me up short. He had completely Read more…
A really interesting aspect of the current crisis is how, even in the recruitment industry, it has affected businesses so differently. Some are actually better off and experiencing increased demand. Some specialise in markets which Read more…
Thank you to all who took the time to send and call with their thanks and positive responses to my last article, MANAGING IN A CRISIS. I think it reached a lot of people at Read more…
With the current unprecedented Coronavirus situation in the UK, there has been much understandable yet unnecessary panic within the recruitment industry. That’s why our founder and director, Alison Humphries, has compiled a “How To” guide Read more…
