I can't put this better or more clearly than the foreword from Sandra Wallace and Steven Cooper, Interim Co-Chairs of the Social Mobility...

No surprise there. We know this. So why am I sharing? This article is packed with statistical evidence of the problem PLUS firm evidence...

I’ve been hearing more of the phrase ‘lifeboat job seekers’ recently; a new descriptor for people who are looking for and take on...

As with many employers Diversity and Inclusion may have fallen by the way side in the last few months. With the immediate focus on...

Question for you:  When last did you check your EVP; your organisation’s value proposition as an employer?  What does it say to...

Happy Friday!

A round-up of thinking, news, and interesting things for your Monday coffee. 

Things I’ve liked this week:

• Skittles asks...

We all know how important and effective attending conferences and business dinners are in connecting with people, sharing ideas and...

The last thing you want is to lose your best and brightest talent, especially now. Organisations need transformation plans from their...

But how? 

1) Have a disaster recovery plan - create one if it wasn't already in existence based on learning from this crisis....

I was looking at a thread the other day on recruitment and RPO and came across a very negative comment about the industry and the...

Deutsche Bank’s report, “Furloughs, layoffs, and recovering from Covid-19” which found that a business’s recovery following the financial...

There are 8 tips from to develop a mutually beneficial virtual internship strategy in this article. I've shortlisted the most important...

Happy Friday!

A round-up of thinking, news, and interesting things for your Monday coffee. 

The news in our recruitment world hasn’t...

Only 57% of black women feeling empowered at work compared to the average of 66% according to Engaging Works, annual Empowerment...

Due to COVID-19, many companies are facing the challenge of shifting their entire workforce from the office to home-based working, in...

As organisations are forced to make jobs cuts, keep an eye on their spend and be on top of whats coming next, keeping employees happy has...

I would like to think that the majority of employers recognise the value that a diverse workforce brings to their organisations - not...

When you have more than enough applications, is candidate experience still important?

A colleague once described a recruitment campaign as...

Happy Friday!

A round-up of thinking, news, and interesting things to ease you into Monday when it comes.

At TMP:

• Our fabulous Laura Pope...

2000 years ago, Aristotle developed a formula on how to excel at the art of persuasion in his work Rhetoric. Some of the world's most...

Have you ever gone into a process thinking "I'll go through with it and see what happens" not really understanding whether it is the...

With the return to work causing anxiety in many employees, organisations are starting to look at what the workplace might look like post...

Last year, our research with recently interviewed candidates found that astonishingly only 5% of people rated the last recruitment...

Normally I would be sharing my weekly round-up of the UK and international news in the recruitment and creative space. 

Instead, here...

As Syl Saller prepares to retire from her role as Diageo CMO, her reflections on making it to the top, dealing with failure, the benefits...

As the world begins to uneasily re-open, all signs point toward a future that looks different from our past—and while the talk track is...

VOGUE's July 2020 cover series represent the shift in who we admire and who we, as a society, give celebrity status to.

The publication,...

I saw this image on a friend (who is a midwife)'s Instagram last night. I thought:  "yes, this is exactly what they should be doing...

VOGUE's July 2020 cover series represent the shift in who we admire and who we, as a society, give celebrity status to.

The publication,...

One of my lock down highlights has been getting to talk with Annie Lush, Olympian and World Champion. How often in life do you get to...

This now famous quote from Marie Kondo featured in her best selling housekeeping book and now she's turned her attention to the world of...