Many people, at some point in their working lives, have to have a difficult conversation with someone. It might be about a performance issue or something more personal. It can be with a peer, a subordinate or indeed a boss. Very often people are anxious about having this conversation....

Numbers of permanent and temporary roles advertised during the end of quarter one were significantly up according to data from Adecco. The figures show that the Banking and Insurance sector was the key benefactor, with an impressive 32% rise in advertised vacancies. Sales (+25%) and Marketing, Advertising and PR...

Less than one in three financial sector workers outside of senior management say they’re proud to work in the sector, almost two thirds of all workers in the sector believe some people in their organisation are rewarded in a way that incentivises inappropriate behaviour, and three in four financial...

Zubia Hawcroft was invited to the European Parliament to discuss – The recruitment practices in top management and non-executive directors’ positions in Europe. This note examines the barriers to recruitment of women in top management and non-executive directors’ positions in Europe from the perspective of an Executive Search Agency....

Not a week goes by without a story about youth employment and young people struggling to access to the jobs market hitting the headlines. This is a catastrophic state of affairs for our economy.  As REC’s Youth Employment Taskforce found, recruiters have a key role to play and can...