Cumbria doesn’t always get credit for the scale of what’s happening here economically. But the numbers are hard to ignore. For finance and accounts professionals in particular, it’s a genuinely good time to be looking around. Nuclear and clean energy Cumbria is home to around a third of the UK’s nuclear workforce, and the pipeline […]
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When good candidates are scarce, the instinct is often to offer more money. It’s rarely the fastest or most effective lever available — and it’s usually not the one that makes the difference. Speed wins more often than salary A strong candidate in a tight market isn’t sitting still. A process that takes three weeks […]
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Sep
Sep
Ask most employees what they think of their annual appraisal and you’ll get a shrug, or worse. Ask most managers and you’ll often hear that it feels like a form-filling exercise you squeeze in between everything else. So are appraisals actually worth doing? Yes — but not in the form most businesses currently run them. […]
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The Job Satisfaction Score: Why One Number Out of Ten Tells You So Much
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Aug
Aug
Every candidate who registers with us is asked the same simple question. Out of ten, how satisfied are you in your current job? In fact, it takes ten seconds to answer. It’s one of the most useful pieces of information we collect. It’s not really about the number A satisfaction score is never just about […]
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Aug
Aug
Most employers assume people leave for more money. Most of the time, that’s not really what’s going on — it’s just the easiest reason to give on the way out. As a recruiter, I get to hear the version candidates don’t always say to their current employer, and it tells a very different story. What […]