Recent reports suggest that shift work can be damaging to health and wellbeing. As well as leaving you tired, the knock on effects can leave you susceptible to illnesses and affect your effectiveness on the job. Affecting Sleep Patterns Data shows that 33% of men and 22% of women in the UK workers are employed…
It’s likely that every one of us will need the skills of a care professional at some stage of our lives; if we fall ill, as we age, or if we need a little more support than usual in our daily lives. As the care industry changes to meet modern needs, new job opportunities are…
You’d expect for any CV to include details of previous employment, but in cases where candidates have referenced voluntary experience, how seriously should this be taken by recruiters? In a time when most sectors will have experienced some sort of uncertainty, many people will have taken up voluntary positions in order to simply keep busy…
Bristol Office Opens Safehands Recruitment, one of the UK’s fastest-growing providers of health and social care staff, is launching a new Bristol office in September, in response overwhelming client demand. Safehands specialises in supplying fully qualified support workers, healthcare assistants and nurses into the health, social care and education sectors. Founded with just a laptop…
We Asked, They Answered We understand that quality candidates are vital to the success of our clients’ businesses and our teams realise that candidates need to be not only suitable for the role but to be happy, engaged and committed to their work. So we set about asking our candidates what they thought and how…
Organisation Is Key The process of a job search has changed almost beyond recognition in recent years. In years gone by your first port of call would have been the local newspaper, trawling through page upon page of listings and adverts. These days though, as with most other things, it’s the internet that provides the…
Dealing With People You Dislike Are there people at work you dislike? In a similar vein to the adage about not being able to choose your family, you generally arrive at a place of work having not chosen your colleagues. Given the amount of time you spend at work, how do you deal with a…
Video & Recruitment As technology advances the use of video recruitment is becoming more widely accepted. And the benefits are obvious. Videos can highlight what words alone cannot both from the perspective of the company and that of the employee. Candidates can get feel for how a company looks and feels. Whilst employers are able…
The day of the big interview has finally arrived. You know what you’re going to wear, you’ve done some relevant research and made a list of questions to ask should the answers not come up in open conversation. But, have you thought about the impact your body language might have on the process? You’re being…
You prepared carefully for the job interview and it’s gone swimmingly. But that smug expression changes as the interviewer utters those dreaded words: “so are there any questions that you would like to ask me?” At this point, if you really want the job, don’t even think of fobbing them off with a remark such as; “No,…