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Learning on the job: the benefits of apprenticeships to employer and employee
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Learning on the job: the benefits of apprenticeships to employer and employee

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As a recruitment agency that’s also heavily involved in the community, we can’t stop talking about the many benefits of apprenticeships. These positions give young people and career-changers the opportunity to study for a work-based qualification that is often the first stepping stone in a bright career. Our apprentice, Kyra Wallace, recently completed her time[…..]

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Earning a living wage – UK minimum wage

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Our Basingstoke recruitment agency saw our very first Work Experience Student recently, courtesy of Basingstoke Consortium.  One of the tasks we set him was to research the National Minimum Wage & the Living Wage and to write a blog.  It’s very insightful for a 15 year old student with little experience of the working world.[…..]

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Not so Great Expectations – part 2

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Last week we had a guest blogger – Josh Andrews.  He was our first work experience student.  He talked about how daunting it had been, coming to a company and recruitment agency where he knew no-one and didn’t know what to expect. Well,  let me tell you – we were just as nervous.  Would we[…..]

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Not So Great Expectations – part 1

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Although it was a last minute arrangement, my work experience placement at Wote Street People, a recruitment agency in Basingstoke, has been excellent all round. Not only was I kept busy constantly, which got me doing lots of different things, I was welcomed into the office by the friendly workers present there by all manners[…..]

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22 Dec 2020
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How the pandemic made me a better boss in 2020

We won’t forget 2020 in a hurry. A tragic pandemic. Lockdowns. Unprecedented economic catastrophe. Has there been anything positive? Well, actually, yes! Behind every cloud is a silver lining, as they say. Especially when you resolve to see the glass as half full, not as half empty – as I always try to do. What[…..]

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10 Dec 2020
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Don’t be a Scrooge! Pay your suppliers on time this Christmas

Let’s begin this blog with a short story… One cold Christmas, Scrooge forgets to pay his suppliers on time… Three ghosts visit him – the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a journey through inboxes filled with unread repeat requests for payment. Then, the[…..]

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11 Nov 2020
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Staying cyber-safe when working from home – Guest blog by Fiona Kent, Marketing Manager at InfoSec Partners

Many businesses had to quickly put measures in place to enable staff to work at home during the COVID-19 lockdown and for the majority, remote working is set to become the new normal for the foreseeable future. As such, the lines between work and home life have become increasingly blurred, more fluid, some may say,[…..]

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02 Nov 2020
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Let’s celebrate Menopause – Guest blog by Clare Davis of Nova Associates

“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life”. Maya Angelou. Why do people shy away from the topic of menopause with their loved ones?   Are you between the age of 45 and 55? Do you realise this is when menopause occurs for the majority of women, one in[…..]

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29 Oct 2020
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Mind the gap? Not when it comes to CVs…

When sifting through CVs to recruit for jobs in Basingstoke, a significant gap in a candidate’s employment history might glare at you like a red light. Did they leave a job abruptly with no new role to go to? Why? Are they fickle? Lazy? Hard to get along with? Maybe they were sacked? These are[…..]