Headway Recruitment Blog Articles
October 5, 2015
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
For Back Care Awareness Week (5th – 9th October), Headway Recruitment are running an anonymous employee survey to find out what kind of problems the nations office workers have with sitting down at work all day, what their employers are doing to help them and finally, if they have considered standing at work as an…
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July 9, 2015
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
If I was to ask you how old my most reliable, most requested temporary worker is, what would your answer be? Would you be surprised if I said it was a lady who had reached retirement age many years ago, and instead of giving up work, she made her career fit around her. Pat has…
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July 8, 2015
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
Headway Recruitment asked a range of questions in an anonymous survey that was put together in support of the national ‘Learning at Work Week’. A total of 332 people filled out the survey. From our survey results* it’s fair to conclude that training, provided by employers, is extremely well received by employees. The overwhelming majority…
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April 27, 2015
Posted by Mark Gill in Top Tips
With final year school pupils getting ready to leave, college and university graduation on the horizon, plus an uplift in employment opportunities now coming into effect in the UK, there’s no better time to be planning for your next career move. With this in mind, we’ve put together a handy infographic which breaks down the…
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February 25, 2015
Posted by Liz Quinton in General
Irrelevant of how good an agency, how good the individual consultants are or how great a relationship we have with any client, for the last 6 or 7 years or so during the recession, price has been the only key item that wins business. The ultimate knock-on effect of this is that it promotes a…
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December 18, 2014
Posted by Liz Quinton in Top Tips | Uncategorized
After working in Recruitment for a short period, one thing I have noticed is that it’s not good candidates that are hard to come by, but good CVs. Many people seem to rush their CVs with the excitement and pressure of searching for a job or may not have the guidance they need when…
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October 23, 2014
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
Headway Recruitment have teamed up with the University of Kent once again (see our other infographic on the most common interview questions for graduates) and also the Institute for The Future, to present an infographic that shows how current desired job skills, contrast expected future skills. With technology changing not just jobs, but also the…
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August 8, 2014
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
With the current job market being as competitive as ever for top graduate schemes, Headway Recruitment teamed up with the University of Kent this month to provide students with some help and advice. Headway Recruitment turned some of the University of Kent’s research, on the most common graduate interview questions, into a shareable infographic. We’ve…
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May 6, 2014
Posted by Mark Gill in Uncategorized
Interviews! Love them or hate them, they are the final hurdle to overcome in your quest for a new, exciting position. It is worth noting you have already ‘made the cut’ and are one of a few names on the shortlist. Well done! There are many in-depth articles online about clever questions and answers, what…
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April 14, 2014
Posted by April Atkinson in Uncategorized
More and more recruitment managers are researching candidates through their social media accounts before inviting for an interview so make sure your public persona says the right things about you. Your future employer doesn’t want to see pictures of you in some dreadful state after a heavy night out. Nor does he want to read…
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