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25 May 2018

Manchester's booming economy paves the way for entrepreneurs

Manchester has played a crucial role in the UK’s economic growth since the industrial revolution. Its thriving business landscape, impressive economic forecasts and low operating costs make it a competitive location for business expansion and creation. Economic outlook Whilst London has always been the business capital of the UK, Manchester is leading the charge in de-centralising the UK market, boasting

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16 May 2018

Why you should be paying attention to Australia's infrastructure boom

Australia’s infrastructure and construction industry is experiencing one of the biggest booms in living memory. With so many new projects in the pipeline and more than $16 billion a year forecast to be invested for at least the next three years, the boom is set to last up to a decade. Why is infrastructure investment necessary? Any growing population requires...

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30 Apr 2018

Welcoming Samantha Proctor: Group Marketing and Communications Director

Recruitment Entrepreneur is excited to announce the appointment of Samantha Proctor as Group Marketing and Communications Director. Over the past 15 months, Sam has represented the Hamilton Bradshaw brand portfolio as Marketing Director, during this time she led the success of Recruitment Entrepreneur’s marketing function. CEO, Abid Hamid commented: “We are extremely pleased that Sam has decided to join us...

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26 Apr 2018

The Rise of Empathic Recruitment

We can broadly divide empathy into “affective” and ‘’cognitive’’: the first referring to the sensations and feelings we get in response to others’ emotions; the latter to our ability to identify and understand emotions and predict actions. It’s easy to see how both can play a big role in recruitment. Highly empathic recruiters have a natural advantage when it comes

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17 Apr 2018

Leadership training with Professor Cliff Oswick, Cass Business School

Yesterday we were at Cass Business School, where some of Recruitment Entrepreneur’s portfolio business leaders enjoyed a full day honing their leadership skills. 2018 is a big year for RE, with a projected headcount of 210 by the year’s end, each company is growing rapidly. These changes reflect the success of each RE business, but also present a challenge:

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23 Mar 2018

Another year, another MIPIM

GKR London Property Recruitment has just returned from sunny Cannes following a very successful if extremely tiring MIPIM, 2018. A full week was spent in the sunshine this year, catching up with contacts we met last year, meeting with new professionals in the industry and discussing some recent successes in the market. It was fantastic to return in larger numbers...

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16 Mar 2018

Relocating to… Bermuda!

An idyllic location coupled with minimal tax and accelerated career progression – how does that sound? Bermuda, along with the Cayman Islands, and other offshore locations across the Americas and Europe, is one of the most sought-after relocation options for accounting, finance and insurance professionals. Over the past four years, Hanami International has placed many candidates into the Atlantic archipelago.

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8 Mar 2018

Apprenticeships: an opportunity for employers and employees

It’s been a year since the implementation of the Apprenticeship Levy. It is an exciting opportunity to celebrate apprenticeships and how they benefit people, businesses, communities and our economy. At Total Facilities Recruitment Limited, we began a programme of employing apprentices in 2016. We have always operated a culture of development and training and extending this to employing apprentices felt like...

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7 Mar 2018

“I hate the company I work for!” – How to turn employee insights into best practice talent attraction

The amount of times I hear candidates say they hate their current employer is frightening. Do employers know this? Do they care? In today’s saturated, highly competitive market place, employer brand is not to be underestimated; Linkedin reports that companies with a strong employer brand spend an average of 43% less per hire. When competing with other organisations for the same talent,...

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23 Feb 2018

How to turn setbacks into comebacks

Everyone’s heard the recruitment rollercoaster cliché; as in all careers, there are the inevitable ups and downs. One week you’re looking at the best billing month of your career, the next your pipeline is dead and you couldn’t buy an interview. This is all part and parcel of recruitment and it’s how you deal with these setbacks that sets you...

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16 Feb 2018

Recruiter, I choose you! – Pokémon and your job search

Like many people of my generation, I was faced with a very difficult choice when booting up my copy of Pokémon Red for the first time. On a console which more closely resembled a brick (in terms of both weight and shape) than consoles of today’s standards, eight-year-old Ryan was faced with a problem. Which Pokémon to take on my

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31 Jan 2018

Lessons from India: what two weeks of yoga, meditation and self-help books taught me about recruitment and life (yes, seriously)

There is absolutely no point setting goals and targets if you aren’t committed to achieving them. If something is worth doing, then it must be done. Don’t just agree that it would be nice to make it happen – decide you are going to do it. Write it down somewhere you’ll see it every day. Visualise how you will feel and what you will gain when you achieve it. Plan how you are going to get there.