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Can we agree now, neither next Monday nor the Monday after are "Blue Monday, believed by experts to be the most depressing day of the year". — The Media Blog (@TheMediaTweets) January 14, 2016 We hear the same every year about whether it is or is not Blue Monday. Does such a thing even exist? […]

Having worked in recruitment myself, despite it being ten years ago, I thought a few tips on the ulterior motives of the recruiter might be of use. I’d like to specify that I’m referring to third party recruiters, not in-house company recruitment teams. These companies make a living out of chasing down vacancies at companies, […]

Back in January, we noticed a huge spike in downloads for our resignation letter templates. This is nothing unusual; we see this trend each and every year. We noticed something new though this April. After the long Easter weekend (two Bank Holidays sandwiched across a weekend; such bliss!) website traffic to the site went beyond […]

Recruiters are busy people. Essentially, they’re sales staff and they have to juggle a lot priorities at once: the vacancy, the client, the candidate and often the three things can pull in different directions. So if you speak to recruiters and don’t feel like you’re their priority remember that they’re usually thinking of the bigger picture. But […]

We’ve all been there: you haven’t updated your CV for months and every vacancy you see demands a CV and a  Cover Letter. You’re certainly not alone in your scramble to get a CV together in a hurry to compete in a tough jobs-market. In these austere times employers have become tight and lazy. Why should they go to […]