HR Advice from Excel Recruitment

June 10 - Comfort Zone

You have undoubtedly read or heard the following advice or mantra's:...

March 10- Money, Money, Money

With the results of our latest Excel Recruitment management survey in mind, which showed that the majority of management were not going to receive a salary increase this year and in fact for a lot of managers a salary reduction was on the cards in is nice to know that the University of Princeton has finally proven that Money does not equal happiness....

February 10- Horses for courses

The Recruitment business has changed during the recession. The product is the same, we provide retail and a sales professional, however, the criteria is now different. Our clients require "horses for courses". What I Mean by this, if a client specifies a role for a retail buyer with 5 years experience purchasing fresh meat, that is exactly what they want, nothing less or more, they want a retail b...

January 10- New Year/New Career

January is traditionally the month where people ramp up their job seeking efforts in an attempt to find a new role. In today competitive landscape, conducting an interview that lands you on the shortlist can be tough and certainly competitive....

December 09 - Preparing 2010

Whilst the current state of the economy has undermined your efforts to find the right role in 2009, and you may have waited out the storm, now it is time to take steps and prepare for your job search in 2010...

April 10- Bosses under pressure

How do you manage when the Boss can no longer?...