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.[…..]
“Having good exam results & qualifications is not enough”
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This quote was at the centre of our HR Peer Group discussion yesterday. We meet quarterly to discuss topics that affect those of us at the coal face of hiring & firing. Our group includes Owner/Managers, Line Managers, HR Consultants, Solicitors & Recruiters. It’s not a training session or a sales presentation, just an open,[…..]
Remote working – does it work?
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Working from home Recently I had the opportunity to spend a week or so working from my parents’ home in Blackpool. Off I race to do the dutiful daughter bit, laptop in hand – skype logins at the ready. We’d already put our systems on the cloud – so I thought – yay! I can[…..]
Zero vs Hero!
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Zero hours vs Temping – Truly Flexible Working There’s been a lot of talk lately regarding zero hours contracts. Much of this coverage has been looking at it from a negative perspective. It’s true, it doesn’t help with household cash flow when you don’t know what hours you are going to be working that week/month and[…..]
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