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As I started to compose this article on the ‘Career Cycle of a Recruiter’ it got me thinking about my own journey and why I decided to seek a career in recruitment. Like most people I didn’t really know what I wanted to do after I graduated from university with a degree in Sociology. Whilst I was thinking about what to do next, a family member suggested I look at recruitment...

Recognising that networking groups and learning sessions are often targeted at Heads of and Directors of Reward, Frazer Jones have been keen to offer more insight and discussion to those seeking to develop in their careers, and who have ambitions to reach a very senior level themselves. For the first in this series of events for future leaders in Reward, Alison Jenkins, VP C...

How can volunteering enhance your career? We speak to the creator of the Frazer Jones Social Purpose Agenda, a charity we work with and our valued volunteer from the world of HR. The Scheme Creator Jo Major - Social Purpose Lead, Frazer Jones We wanted to evolve our social responsibility. Last year, having looked at how we could evolve our social responsibility programme and...

Frazer Jones were delighted to welcome Janet Campbell, independent HR Consultant and former HR Director of Ofcom last week to speak to our ‘Future Talent’ group on the subject of Agile Working. It was a brilliant session, which was interactive and informal, where Janet shared her HR career journey, an overview of Ofcom’s strategic internal review and their journey towards Ag...

UK: Matching the overall global trend, excessive workload just beats budget restrictions for HR professionals in the UK, cited as having a strong impact (38%) or moderate impact (41%) by 79% versus a combined score of 77% for budget restrictions. Third is a lack of access to new technology, described as having a strong impact by a quarter (and moderate by another 25%). Ameri...

Perhaps ironically, while technical skills are in high demand, so-called ‘human’ skills are increasingly sought after in an age of technology. They include communication and interpersonal strengths plus other ‘soft skills’ such as team working and cultural competence: the vast majority (88%) of our respondents rate communication and interpersonal skills as strongly important...

Employee retention and recruitment are clearly interlinked: what makes an organisation attractive to existing staff will also appeal to new recruits. When it comes to pipelining/sourcing current and future talent (a strong priority within their talent agenda for 57% of participants), increasing thought is being given to improving candidate experience. Exactly half of our res...

We have seen a notable focus on staff retention, with engaging and retaining existing talent identified as the single biggest priority for HR teams, surpassing talent acquisition. Given the scarcity of talent and the rarity of certain skills (64% of respondents say that “compared with the previous year, it is growing more challenging to attract key talent”), plus the costs a...

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is a small, London-based charity working to improve the lives of people born with a cleft and their families in the United Kingdom. In the UK alone, 100 babies are born each month with a cleft lip and/or palate, a lifelong condition with a wide range of causes, issues and outcomes. The rollercoaster of coming to terms with a new d...

What does employer branding mean to you? Our new and exclusive report 'How to cultivate a successful employer brand' is a unique piece of research which explores the biggest issues in employer branding today, featuring expert opinion from leading HR and Marketing professionals: Paul Davies - Microsoft, Derren Young - Electronic Arts (EA), Amy Sawbridge - Virgin, Emma Tolhurs...