“In todays’ talent starved candidate pool, how many interviews is the right amount of interviews to get the best candidate?” Born from a genuine conversation between a senior recruiter here at Astute Recruitment with a client for a Head of Finance role we […]
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How can you manage a successful relationship with your recruitment consultant? Our ‘astute’ tips! Even though the jobs market is at it’s busiest for years, and job boards abound with opportunities, it can be hard to actually speak to a recruitment consultant. Recruiters are busy people at the moment! So we thought we would […]
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Recruitment is a funny old game. No two days are ever the same! From arranging interviews, and sourcing jobs, To building confidence, coaxing pre-interview nerves to stop! Earlier today, a young chap called back Relaying his interview feedback He’s really keen and thanked me for the interview prep He really wants our job and […]
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“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” A great quote by FD Roosevelt. We feel that the same applies to accountants. It’s through the turbulent times though that we learn, in life and at work. When things don’t go quite as planned, we have an opportunity to learn, to become a better sailor – […]
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Do you have ‘FORTO’ – fear of returning to the office? Apparently, many of us do. A survey of 2000 UK office workers commissioned by the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM) in March this year revealed 31% felt their employer was pressuring them to return leading to feelings of anxiety […]
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Furlough. With over 8 million workers furloughed, we wanted to ask employers, “Do your furloughed staff know you still care about them?” When did you last talk openly with your furloughed employees? Just a week ago was a Bank Holiday. The next one isn’t until the end of August. Between now and […]
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Mental Health Week Can Your Business Afford to Ignore Mental Health? We investigate the key impacts, costs, AND savings to companies of mental health at work. Mental health has increasingly been highlighted as a key factor in business and employee performance, success and productivity. This year’s Mental Health Week has special […]
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Whilst Sarah Stevenson and I set up in ’09, clearly a very difficult time, we knew we were great at what we do, confident to carry this through with just Sarah’s redundancy and ultimately we believed. In ourselves and our ability to source talented accountants for local clients. We believed in our relationships. We […]
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CIMA and all the professional Accountancy bodies including the ACA/ ICAEW and ACCA and AAT are working hard to ensure that their members have access to useful training courses. At this unprecedented time, we feel that this is great for all qualified or studying accountants to keep motivated, keep challenged and keep growing! Yes […]
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Your CV Profile – Increasingly for candidates, anything that can flag a CV to a potential employer is great. But what to include? What to specifically cite? How to keep things concise but genuinely show you have made a difference and why you stand out? Below is part of the profile for an […]
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