Blogs

I had a conversation with my Manager recently about the challenges of multi-tasking. The conversation took me back to a workshop that I attended, many years ago, on mindfulness and how effective this can be in improving our performance, both at work and in our personal lives. Is mindfulness more important during this current pandemic,…

Entering the recruitment world remotely – a grad’s view I was under no illusion that venturing into the world of recruitment would be a big step up from anything I had done previously, but somehow I still managed to underestimate the amount of adjustment it would take. I’d had a few office jobs prior to…

Rishi Sunak admits working from home is ‘probably’ here to stay The Chancellor said that working from home was obviously the ‘big unknown’ to have emerged from Covid-19…. What does that mean for our clients and professionals in terms of workforce, hiring, onboarding, support and productivity; and what do we think will be happening when…

The move from the Life Sciences Industry to the Technology Industry My name is Jasmine, and I am a Senior Recruiter at TalentHawk. I joined in September 2021 having never worked in the Technology Industry. I have a total of 7 years’ experience within the Recruitment field, however, I started my career working as an…

As a follow up to my first blog about the impact of working from home since the start of the pandemic, I thought I would share insight to the considerations on how we all start the transition back to the office, the management of work & life, the office space now needed and localised economic…

The last year has seen a massive shift in the way that companies are conducting interviews to recruit the best talent to their organisation. It is now almost guaranteed that your next interview will be conducted in front of a camera. In addition the usual preparation around client, manager and skill sets, here are a…

The benefits of using video games to build collaboration…… Over the years many of us have experienced team building exercises as a way to improve collaboration between teams, departments and colleagues, whether this has been everyone sat in a meeting room, at an outdoor activity or these days over a zoom call. Regardless, the objective…

My name is Meg and I am a Senior Recruiter at TalentHawk. This is one of my first blogs so it would be great to hear your feedback if you are reading this! I joined the team back in the summer after my last employer closed down during the pandemic, and although this was a…