SMEs feel the strain during summer holiday season

20 July, 2016 ​The school holidays are approaching, have you got your employees' annual leave covered? For many businesses the summer is a peak period of activity, yet it presents a real challenge for SMEs when key staff take annual leave as productivity can suffer.

Brexit yet to hit UK jobs market

19 July, 2016 It's been an action packed few months in the world of politics. I'm sure plenty of people are fed up of hearing about Brexit, so we'll keep this update short and sweet AND deliver a bit of good news!

Are your skills being underutilised at work?

12 July, 2016 Whichever way you look at it, no one likes to feel unappreciated but we suspect if you’ve arrived at this blog that’s exactly how you’re feeling right now. In our personal lives, feeling like this often leads to big decisions, discussions, even confrontations, to try and sort out the situation - but it’s not so easy at work.

Three tips for overcoming the ‘no experience’ barrier

07 July, 2016 Are you looking for your first job but encountering the frustrating loop of needing experience for a job, and needing a job for experience? It’s a classic Catch 22 situation but there’s plenty you can do to make yourself more employable - even if you lack the ‘E’ word.