Business
The Good, the Bad and the Economy
You would need to have been living under a rock to not know that 2019 has been a super-competitive employment market. Overall, unemployment is at its lowest rate since the second quarter of 2008. Immigration rules have been tightened, further reducing the candidate pool, and...
Introducing Richard Gray-Smith
Richard Gray-Smith has over 10 years’ experience in sales, marketing and category recruitment, specifically within the FMCG and consumer industries. He has joined Consult to lead our Sales & Marketing and Business Support Teams, and we are super excited to have him, and his expertise,...
Post Lock-down Update for the Job Market in the Accounting Firms Sector
One thing that many companies had to grapple with under lock-down was how they were going to financially get through, what did their new budgets and forecasts look like and how did they apply (and did they meet the requirements?) Much of this work was...
Just Be Kind
It’s been a terrible week. Devastating. My family have been grappling with poor health news about someone dear to us - a kind and gentle, special person. Yet while for us time stands still in shock, for the rest of the world - life goes...
Market update and top tips with David McGregor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38VMmQkLqIo This week, David McGregor shares the top tips he is giving legal clients and candidates at the moment. David leads two verticals here at Consult, legal and business. In legal, he works across private practice and in-house at all levels, while his business vertical specialises...
Don’t tell me people are your biggest asset
All around this fine country, business conferences are occurring. At most, there is a panel session with some very important/successful/knowledgeable/recognisable people who aim to inspire (and on the whole they do). And then it gets to the people part of it and it normally goes...
EFU Investment LTD Acquire Consult Recruitment
Specialist recruitment firm, Consult Recruitment, are delighted to announce they have been acquired by investment firm, EFU Investment Ltd. The deal which was effective 31 March 2019, sees the existing senior leadership team staying in place, and creates significant growth opportunities for Consult. Consult Recruitment was started in 2008...
Why being at work when you are sick is plain dumb
We’ve all been there. Whether because of a looming deadline, large workloads or because we fear how calling in sick will be perceived by management, we’ve all had days where we are at work, but are actually not really there at all. And though absenteeism, which refers...