Recruitment Nick

Very very busy at the moment, which means that this ’start up issue series’ is a little behind where I wanted it to be, but no matter, we shall press on.
As you would expect with any series that covers starting a business we will have to, at some point, take a look at what is [...]

I am finally making an attempt to put one up for you to download.
I have definitely gone back on my opinion of linkedin not being worthwhile.  OK it still doesn’t have the business networking potential here in the UK that it does in the US but it does provide some very useful contacts and names [...]

No I haven’t forgotten that I am running a new series, the ’start up issues’ series (first part on finding clients and making the introduction is here).  Indeed I have a few outlines lined up for proper blog posting that i should get at least one of done this evening.  Use the sign up box [...]

So I’ve been in business now for 3 weeks. Not exactly a milestone but this weekend has had me thinking about what I have gone through so far and how that relates to what I am able to offer others who are also starting a recruitment company at the moment.
There have been a few [...]

This article is all about starting a company up.
Now I am going to assume that most people coming to this blog are actually here because they are looking for hints, tips and how to’s on starting a recruitment company. That is, after all, what the subtitle of this blog says.
Can’t say being smacked for [...]

Just a quick one to reiterate what I said before about motivation when starting a business.
You HAVE to have outside interests and pursue them, no matter how urgent you think the work is. Over the weekend I worked a few hours in the morning and a few hours in the evening (both days). [...]

As I near the end of my 2nd week of starting a business I have taken on a number of lessons already. One is the time management that I told you about earlier. And a valuable lesson that is too.
KPI’s are not an enemy
Another important business lesson is that you have to set [...]

Stephen Fowler, over on Recruitment Views, has very ‘kindly’ tagged me in a meme - a sort of chain letter that gets you saying something about yourself and then tag others to do the same.
So the rules on this are I have to tell you 6 random things about me.  Being as I tend to [...]

So here I am, writing just over a week into my experience of starting a recruitment company (despite this publishing on Tuesday I am actually writing it on Monday night). What have I learnt?
Many things, of which will cover more than one post. But the main one is simple and one that every [...]

Last post I mentioned how some companies just don’t get recruitment advertising, no matter how much they spend or what they’re trying to do.
On the other hand some companies just do.
Zurich have put together this very funny and clever advertising microsite specifically for recruitment purposes www.bsrecruitmentsolutions.com
I have to admit to wondering exactly what it was [...]