As I age, I've become someone who listens to Radio 4. I certainly don't consider myself an intellectual and my listening selection is more along the lines of their comedy shows and current affairs - think more Sliced Bread than Start the Week. I have, however, discovered a real love of Des…
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Regular readers will know that I have mixed feelings about LinkedIn. It is a useful recruitment tool in many ways but it's also hugely irritating in others and an opportunity for less good recruiters to be extremely lazy which ruins things for the more professional recruiters. Anyway. The ma…
I shouldn't read the news nor should I read opinion pieces, invariably they get my back up. This weekend, an article caught my eye - 'How to get a job right now - be more high agency'. Apparently Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI was asked what he looks for in potential employees and he s…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that we spend around a third of our lives working.I stole that line from a Times article today which was reviewing the 2026 Sunday Times compilation of the best UK companies to work for. Whilst they do cover different sized businesses, I could not find any …
As ever, when it comes to thinking of ideas for my blog, it's quite often prompted by something I've read in the media. This month, my idea source was an article in The Times about whether being your true authentic self in an interview is a good idea. Part and parcel of my role is preppi…
2026. Just when I thought that perhaps the market would improve, we seem to have more market uncertainty than we did in 2025. In the last couple of weeks there have been several more redundancies across the region, particularly in the agency space and in talking to both clients and candidates the…
Every year, I faithfully publish a salary survey which reviews the salaries and market conditions of the creative sector. I look at the various recruitment and market trends - a bit of a 'what's hot and what's not'. Over the last 20 odd years, the salaries have not really varied s…
Social Media. There is something for everyone. Depending on your generation you'll be on Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram or Twitter/X (actually are people still on Twitter?). Over the last 20 years we've also seen the rise and rise of LinkedIn. As a recruiter I find it a necessary evil - u…
Well, what a year. I wouldn't normally do any work at all between Christmas and New Year. For me as a Recruiter, it's the one time when no-one wants to hear from me so I fully switch off and recharge the batteries. However, this year I've been laid low with a bug since Christmas da…