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How to Succeed at an Assessment Day
An assessment day – or assessment centre – is commonly used in recruitment and is usually the final stage of the recruitment process and is also often part of graduate recruitment schemes in particular. In this helpful article, CMA’s HR Business Partner Hayley Murphy offers her expert advice to help de-mystify assessment days and ensure you are fully-prepared and set up to succeed on the day.
How to Handle a Counter Offer – A Recruiter’s Guide
So, you’ve found a new job, received an offer from your new employer and handed in your resignation letter. You’re doing a happy dance! Then, it arrives. A counter offer from your current employer. What do you do? In this article we outline the things you need to think about when considering a counter offer – with expert tips from our consultants to help you navigate through making the right choice for you and your career.
Expert Tips for a Stand-Out CV
Creating a strong CV is the first thing on your to do list when taking the next step in your career, whatever the route you are taking or role you are aspiring towards. In this article, we’ve collated expert tips from our consultants to help you craft a stand-out CV and land yourself an interview. You'll also find our CV template to download and use.
So, you’ve received multiple job offers?
It may seem like the dream scenario, but in fact it can be a real nail-biting situation; with a lot of pressure to make the correct decision. In a market where there are more jobs than suitable candidates, you’re much more likely to end up in this position, but fear not. With the help of Senior HR Consultant Zoe Martin, we have put together this article to help support you in avoiding the overwhelm and making the right choice.
Tips for succeeding in temporary employment
So, you’re planning on embarking on some temporary employment? Whether you’re in the HR or interim finance sector - contracting really does work exceptionally well for all parties. Whether you’re planning on making a long career out of contracting, or just dipping your toe in the temp pool, these tips will help you succeed in temporary employment.
Mergers & Acquisitions: An FD’s Role in a Trade Sale Transaction
Are mergers and acquisitions (M&As) an art or a science? In our recent article we gained insight from CFO Adam Fowler, off the back of his lead on multiple successful acquisitions with private equity investment. For this installment, Richard Dibden speaks to Doug Kettlewell, former Finance Director at Talley Group, following the company’s sale to Direct Healthcare Group (DHG).