Recruitment remains an important component of economic recovery, and the fact that unemployment levels are falling is regularly held aloft as a sign of the UK’s turnaround. It is definitely true to say that the recruitment market has been healthy in Q1 2013 – record employment means 30 million people…
Matt Gascoigne, Executive Director at Badenoch & Clark, reports on the crucial steps to achieve workplace engagement.
Staff engagement is a hot topic and rightly so. Only 1 in 6 employees describes the majority of their peers at work as being “very engaged” and just 10% of employers rate themselves…
This month in Scottish recruitment trends: utility companies chase marketing and communications professionals and the banking and financial sectors require call centre operatives and entry level administrators. Meanwhile, benefit changes continue to inform demand for welfare rights officers in the housing sector. Commenting on these trends is Bonnie Clarke, associate…
The second part of Badenoch & Clark’s Quick Connection recruitment advice podcast series aims to help candidates answer a difficult but important question: “what are you worth?”
Once you have a good understanding of why you are seeking a new role, you need to be able to determine how much…
In this series, Badenoch & Clark will talk about its Quick Connection podcast, which aims to provide recruitment advice to candidates considering changing roles. This first part deals with preparing for a plunge into the job market, asking “what do you want?”
Before CVs are written, interviews are attended or…
Trends in Scotland this month include clients reporting rising demand for audit and compliance professionals, thanks to the number of large financial institutions in the region. The public sector is hiring again, and nearshoring trends in Banking and Finance have triggered a demand for professionals with oversight experience. Our Associate…
Nothing has commanded your attention more completely these past few years than qualification. It has dominated most waking moments – the cause of sleepless nights and short temper. Now that qualification is secured, it is important that your focus switches to your next steps if you are keen to progress…
Badenoch & Clark now offers a ‘Quick connection’ recruitment advice podcast. Week by week we offer a range of different topics spanning your job seeking process.…
Writing a good job description, or job specification, is not hard. But it does require a little time and focus. A poor job spec may be too brief or full of irrelevant information, or tell you nothing about the ‘real’ vacancy that needs to be filled.
There are seven main…
Interviewing is a notoriously subjective process, and one that even professional interviewers have to work hard at. Given the importance of getting the right person for a position, it is vital that it is done as professionally and thoroughly as possible.
Taking on the wrong person is expensive in terms…
Organisational working cultures vary greatly between and even within organisations. The information below looks at the factors to consider when looking at organisations in the broad sectors found within many professions.
This guide considers the organisational culture in some of the key sectors that are open to professionals. Click on…
Make no mistake, there are right and wrong ways to resign when leaving a job. Resigning calls for diplomacy, good sense, calm, deep consideration and strength of character. So command your emotions and do what is right for you.
Think before quitting a job
First of all, it’s essential to…
