November 2021

Corporate Away Days

By |2021-07-19T12:05:35-04:00November 8, 2021|Candidates, Companies, Corporate Away Days|

A valuable day away from the office to bond with your colleagues, or a school trip for grown-ups?

  • What’s it all about?
  • The organizers
  • The employers
  • The employees
  • How was it for you?

What’s it all about?

Tank-driving?! Quad racing? Playing with JCBs? Driving a Land Rover with the steering reversed?! Yes, you too could soon be ‘entering the arena’ in the name of fun, motivation, and that most […]

Languages for business

By |2021-07-19T12:04:35-04:00November 1, 2021|Languages for business, Candidates, Companies|

In the global economy, it is vital to be able to communicate effectively with other cultures. With English the accepted world language of business, are ‘locals’ getting too complacent?

  • Sailing blindly into the unknown
  • How easy is it to learn?
  • Complacency amongst the Locals
  • Misguided support from business
  • Minding your Ps and Qs
  • Dividends for business

Sailing blindly into the unknown

A survey carried out by a language training company […]

October 2021

Working from home

By |2023-09-25T16:47:36-04:00October 25, 2021|Companies, Working from home, Candidates|

Working from home.

Every year in Canada, workers spend over seven weeks commuting to and from the office. If we were to spend just one day a week working from home, we’d claw back an astonishing ten days a year.

  • People who work from home
  • Why do they work from home?
  • Working for a company
  • What’s it really like
  • What are the practicalities?
  • Other factors

 

People who work from home

September 2021

Counter-Offer Culture

By |2021-06-29T18:01:14-04:00September 6, 2021|Candidates, Companies, Counter-offer culture|

You’ve been interviewing on the hour for the past four days. If you have to shake hands with another smiling, nervous applicant you might just have to scream. Then, in walks someone confident, assured and with a near perfect match of resume to job spec. Suddenly, you think your recruitment consultant is a guardian angel. The minute this gem walks out of your office after the interview you can’t grapple for the phone quickly enough to convey a […]

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