Confidence in the current job market seems to be holding steady, but not strengthening. Our results for the last quarter show that over 70% of our delegates resettle within 6 months. In fact, 60% of our delegates who resettled into employed work took just three months to find a new position – but the proportion Read more about Has Martini time finally arrived?[…]
Reading recently about the disappointing roles being taken up by our graduates – waitress work, call centre operatives, shelf-filling roles – there is much concern about training our young people for jobs they do not go on to do. What a waste of public money and a waste of time both for graduates and those Read more about Can your greatest dreams come true?[…]
In recent months we have been developing and implementing our new, exciting and innovative on line collaboration platform, Chiumento24. It’s prompted a number of those “when I were a lad” type conversations about how things were done 20 or 30 years ago. All this reminiscing consolidated thoughts of how much has changed in the way Read more about From low tech to hi tech[…]
During University, I went to see the careers advisory service once. Despite all of the posters advertising its brilliance, no one seemed to know where to find it. Eventually I did find it and I was invited in by a pleasant individual who sat beside me and said that they ‘understood my concerns’. They had Read more about Careers advice or just lip service?[…]
Latest statistics for the last quarter from Chiumento regarding resettlement following redundancy suggest that the ‘panic mode’ affecting job searchers – who feared they had few if any options for finding a new job – has dissolved. Our delegates are comfortable to take their time in finding their next role, focusing instead on ensuring it Read more about It’s official – panic over![…]