Job Adverts Hit New High in Run-Up to Christmas
The number of active job adverts in the UK continued to grow rapidly throughout November as businesses rush to hire staff ahead of Christmas. According to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)’s latest Jobs Recovery Tracker findings: 210,000 new job adverts were posted in the UK last week, after three of the best weeks for […]
Free Broadband For Job Seekers
Jobseekers can apply for six months of free broadband to help them look for a job. TalkTalk has partnered with the Department for Work and Pensions to create the offer. The Salford-based telecoms giant said it will roll out a new voucher scheme giving those looking for work free access to high-quality broadband. The programme […]
020 Resilience Despite Rejection In Your Job Search
When searching for a job, whether it’s your perfect career move or a temporary stop-gap, it’s likely you will face rejection at some point as all the best candidates do. The current jobs market is very competitive meaning that rejection is even more likely, so we chatted to the brilliant Tamzin Louise, Interview Cheerleader about […]
015 Routes to Market – Different Types of Contracts With Recruitment Agencies
If you’re completely new to finding work via a recruitment agency then you can be forgiven for being overwhelmed by the various contractual options you might be offered. There is a confusing array of choice, and each one has different tax and employment rights implications. To bring some clarity to a very confusing subject, we […]
013 Great, you’ve got a job interview – what next?
So you’ve managed to get yourself that elusive opportunity – a job interview! How are you going to give yourself the best chance of success? By listening to our chat with Interview Cheerleader, Tamzin Louise, that’s how! She has a fantastic track record in supporting people to achieve their dream job through honing your interview […]
012 What is happening within the jobs market right now?
With so many different official statistics and varied opinions about the jobs market, we decided to bring you an overview of what is really happening in the UK’s jobs market and where the opportunities are. We talk to Belinda Johnson, founder of Worklab, who has for many years been deciphering government statistics, data and market […]
004: Resilience during crisis – strategies for survival
We talk to serial entrepreneur Kelly Forrester about resilience in the context of job seekers and how you can keep going and survive rejection. It’s all about how to be best equipped in the eye of storm, which for job seekers in a pandemic could be simply never receiving feedback or hearing from their many […]