Many job seekers rely on Job Boards like Indeed, Reed or LinkedIn and some smaller niche ones as well depending on the industry they work in (Technology, Marketing, Financial Services, Manufacturing, etc.) While this is a one way of supplementing your job search it should never be 100%. I can help you get more interviews [...]
I was truly astonished today when I started to do a bit of research on unemployment for those over 50. According to research by Workplace Insight, there are almost a third of 50-64 year olds in the UK not in work – that adds up to 3.3 million people! Within this, 29% are recorded as ‘economically inactive’ – [...]
I will never forget the first time I faced redundancy. Little did I know back then that it would happen to me another three times throughout my career. People keep asking me whether it gets any easier? And to be honest, I’m not sure it does – it’s just different and you know more about [...]
Recruiters, do they really work? Stopgap certainly helped me. We all have those moments that change our career path. I was talking to a friend the other day and for us, that moment was finding Stopgap; A Recruiter with a difference! For those of you who don't know Stopgap they were one of the first [...]
