Last week’s Direct Resourcing Think Tank on the identification, engagement and development of external executive talent brought together some of the markets leading senior thought leaders.  Following a fantastic case study on the journey Barclaycard has embarked upon to set up an internal executive search function some interesting discussions and debate ensued which lead [...]

As social media becomes all the more prominent within Recruitment, employers are faced with the rather daunting prospect that everything they do is potentially open to public scrutiny.   With the rise of websites such as Glass Door, Rate my Placement and Wiki Jobs there is much more opportunity for one bad experience to be [...]

How many times have you thought of picking up the phone and then changed your mind and decided to fire off an email instead? I’d be surprised if your answer was never. It’s all too easy to send your suppliers/clients/colleagues emails rather than picking the phone up (or in some cases just walking over to [...]

The sad fact is that it is often easier to get a job with a new company than it is to move across your own business. Exceedingly talented employees who have had time, money and training invested in to their career, sometime over the space of several years, are leaving the business taking with them [...]