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 […]
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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Sep
Sep
A 60-minute interview sounds like plenty of time. Then you’re twenty minutes in, still working through the CV. The candidate hasn’t said anything you couldn’t have learned from the page in front of you. Good interviews aren’t about fitting more in. They’re about structuring the time so you actually find out what you need to […]
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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 […]
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Aug
Aug
Ask most employers what candidates want and you’ll hear “more money” before anything else. Ask the candidates themselves — which, as a recruiter, I do every single day — and money is rarely the whole story. It’s often not even top of the list. Over the years of registering candidates across Cumbria, the North and […]
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Aug
Aug
Running proper CV fraud checks isn’t optional anymore, especially in finance and accounting roles, where you’re trusting someone with real money and real risk. When someone’s CV is the thing convincing you to hand them the keys to your ledgers, your payroll, or your client money, a padded qualification or a quietly rewritten job title […]
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Mar
Mar
Having a Bad Day at Work: Common Occurrence: Everyone experiences bad days at work from time to time. It could be due to various reasons such as stress, conflicts with colleagues, overwhelming workload, or personal issues. Impact on Performance: A bad day at work can significantly impact productivity, efficiency, and overall job satisfaction. It may […]
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Mar
Mar
We see it to often. Companies invest time, effort, and resources into finding the perfect candidate, only to stumble at the final stage. Here are the top three reasons why recruitment processes often hit a snag just before the finish line: 1️⃣ Lack of Clear Communication: Candidates get frustrated when communication breaks down. Lack of […]
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