Getting a job offer – should you say “yes”?

Getting a job offer – should you say “yes”?

Receiving a job offer can be a really exciting moment. Especially if it comes in the wake of redundancy. However is it the right job offer? When you are out of work, the temptation can be to grab the first thing you are offered. It can seem like a life raft in a sea...
What is the cost of outplacement?

What is the cost of outplacement?

Once upon a time there was apparently a “rule of thumb” about the cost of outplacement. One of our founders told me that until at least the 1980s the guide was to allow 10% of salary. So a £50k role would get something in the region of a £5k outplacement...
New Year, New Career

New Year, New Career

Back in my recruitment advertising days, we used to run a sweep stake at the is time of year on how many times we’d see this over-used, cringeworthy headline on job ads. Yet it holds a ring of truth. The Christmas and New Year period is no doubt a period of reflection...
Top 3 exit interview mistakes

Top 3 exit interview mistakes

Exit interviews aren’t often given the focus and attention they’re due.  Much time and effort is attributed to interviewing those staff that wish to join the company and to retaining them once they’re employed.  Yet, often, once that letter of resignation has been...