Career & hiring advice
From the recruiting experts

All the latest careers and workplace advice, including CV and job search tips, recruitment and hiring advice, and leadership insights. 

New blogs

• The ultimate guide to your festive job search
• The myths and realities of job searching over the festive period
• How can we develop lasting and healthy habits for 2021?
• How can I get better at setting and sticking to my goals?
• The four key themes of talent management - and how they've been affected by the pandemic
• How to engage and motivate your team remotely
• Make your own career decisions this Christmas
• How do I explain redundancy on my CV and during a job interview?
• The ABC of managing our wellbeing in an uncertain world

Career success & Development

• How to add quantifiable results to your CV, when you think you don't have any
• How to shine when working remotely
• How to manage your anxiety if you're worried about job security
• Want to work remotely all the time? Consider these nine things first
• 5 tips to advance your career
• 7 ways to communicate confidence
• Read more career success and development advice - click here

CV & Interview advice

• How to get time off for a job interview
• 7 questions to ask your interviewer, post-Covid
• 14 ways to ensure your Skype interview is a success
• 11 signs your interview went well
• 15 questions to ask your interviewer
• 4 ways to give your CV a digital makeover
• Read more CV and interview advice - click here

Employer advice

• When times get tough, how do you keep your team motivated?
• Budgets are tight - how can I recognise and reward my staff?
• What to consider before hiring for permanently remote roles
• Podcast: Managing change as we transition to the new era of work
• Podcast: How to help your employees use technology in a way that maintains their mental health
• How to interview a candidate who will be working remotely full time
• Is it possible to unite a remote workforce?
• Find the best candidates with this telephone interview technique
• How to lead from afar
• Podcast: How leaders can be liberators of talent
• Writing a job and person specification
• Interview techniques and structure
• Managing counter offers
• Performance reviews
• Retaining your best
• Read more employer advice - click here

Contracting & Outsourcing

• Why recruiting Contractors can be beneficial to your business
• 6 reasons you should try IT Contracting
• How to avoid a soft skills gap in IT Contracting
• Why IT Contractors are the engine room of digitalisation
• Read more about Contracting & Outsourcing - click here

News & Press

• Salaries in Saudi Arabia more buoyant than in the UAE
• More workers are getting a pay hike in Saudi than UAE
• Important employment benefits overlooked by employers in the GCC
• The majority of GCC professionals see no uplift to salaries
• Revealed: how many Gulf execs expect pay rise in 2020
• Hays and Manchester City renew partnership until 2023
• How to equip your staff for elite performance