Birthday Buzz ! We are a year old this week! That’s one year older than I thought we’d be. It’s been a bit of a breath taking 12 months preceded by 2 months of umming and aahing about whether to take the plunge; how I was going to take the plunge and if I did; what would be different about us? If I didn’t; would I always regret it ? And what the hell else would I do? Thank God I didn’t wait to see what happened with Br*x*t? (it feels like a swear word to me). Well I did it, a
Some of us will have been there – mid interview, rising hot/cold sweat, stomach in knots, dry mouth, clammy hands and brain freeze…you can’t remember the question that was asked of you because you were too busy recalling your answer to the previous question, thinking it was wrong or rubbish; or you simply go blank. I had it once at my “job of a lifetime” interview at the British Consulate in San Francisco – I had wanted to relocate and had miraculously got myself on the short
“The average woman thinks about quitting her job 17 times a year and more than that – not just quitting but thinking about getting out of what they are doing and cross training 10 times a year. OnePoll surveyed 2000 full time and part time employed women in Britain in September 2018. Of the women sampled a third (34%) actually took the plunge and retrained, and one in five (22%) were actively thinking about it. The fact that we apparently battle through 671 workplace argument
We have just started collating some #feedback from our #clients and #candidates and have been bowled over by the response. However, it has left me thinking. What is it that we are doing differently to find these businesses their people? I must admit my conclusion led me straight back to why I set up #Rockpool and everything that our vision stood for. 3 of the clients that I have worked with in the last 4 weeks explained they had been using well established Specialist #Recruit