The Post COVID Skillset

The Post COVID Skillset

It’s been eight months since we started living in the ‘new normal’ and what started out seeming temporary, has revealed itself to be the dawn of a new era of living, working and thinking. As a Recruiter watching the job market react and adapt to the ‘new normal’, I...
Managing Zoom Fatigue as a Job Seeker

Managing Zoom Fatigue as a Job Seeker

In June, I wrote about the art of maintaining your professionalism during job interviews over Zoom. In the time warp that is 2020, that seems an age ago and over the last month or so a new challenge has emerged:  Zoom fatigue.  A number of the employers I work with...
Why You Should Be Asking For a Mid Year Review

Why You Should Be Asking For a Mid Year Review

For those living in agency land, the end of the financial year traditionally signals the beginning of mid-year reviews when pats on the back, promotions and pay rises are all possibilities. Cut to 2020 when in most agencies, pats on the back are a breach of social...
Freelancer Inflation: You’re Pricing Yourself Out of the Market

Freelancer Inflation: You’re Pricing Yourself Out of the Market

Recently we’ve been talking a lot about how part-time is overtaking full-time as the new employment standard. For many of you, this will be the first time you’ve had to step into the world of freelancing to fill up a standard working week. If you’re new to the...