A new candidate called me the other day. She had never used a recruitment consultancy. Despite what you might think this is not that uncommon, and not just amongst younger people who are new to the world of work. The first question she asked 

9-20 Recruitment, the Glasgow-headquartered recruitment group which, with venture capital backing, was bought out by its management team in May 2013, expects to more than double sales in the current year after reporting turnover of just over £1millio 

We are a recruitment consultancy. Consequently, and hardly surprisingly, lots of people come to us, seeking our help in finding a suitable job. We have a Division that specialises in Sales (and Marketing – which I’ll return to in another blog). Sa 

While we are busy looking at Aberdeen; Bahrain and Oman may be most at risk from plummeting oil prices. Based, as we are, in the UK, there is a natural tendency to look toward the gloomy headlines emanating from the North Sea oil and gas (O& 

Last year, the BBC, amongst others, reported on a BCC (British Chambers of Commerce) poll of 2,600 companies which export goods and services that showed over 70% of them expected their turnover to increase in the next few months.” The volume of expo 

Have you got a new bank/credit card recently? If so, the chances are that it will have one of those funny little logos that encourage you to wave it at an epos terminal so you can make ‘contactless’ payment. And the chances are that at least one of t