Leading Recruitment Agency in London: Industry News & Insights - April 2020

  • Coping with Work Anxiety during the Coronavirus Outbreak

    Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2020 by The Office Zen Master — No comments

    Someone who is absent from work due to stress takes 21.2 days off on average, totalling 11 million days lost for UK businesses each year. The impact of workplace stress is enormous, and those doing office support jobs in London are not immune. At our London recruitment agency, we’re highly aware of the additional pressures that workers are experiencing due to coronavirus. It’s also reported that ...

  • The Top 5 Traits of Awesome Temps

    Posted on Monday, April 27, 2020 by The Career Guide — No comments

    As a London recruitment agency with a strong record in the temping arena, we know what makes an awesome temp. When we look at the candidates asked back by employers time after time, there are some common traits. Here, we reveal the top five: Initiative Without a doubt, every employer who wants a temp wants someone with bucket-loads of initiative. They don’t have the time to hold your hand as you ...

  • Questions You Should NOT Ask Your Interview at Interview

    Posted on Friday, April 24, 2020 by The Interviewer — No comments

    At our London recruitment agency, one of the most frequent pre-interview questions we are asked is ‘What questions should I ask?’ We all tend to focus on what you should ask – you want to know what will make you seem interested and keen to work for this employer. At the same time, it’s also useful to be aware of the questions that you should avoid where possible. To help you avoid an interview ...

  • 5 Reasons Your Business Needs to Employ a Temp

    Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 by The Career Guide — No comments

    When you’re a thriving business, coping with the pressure and keeping up with demands can seem like a constant uphill struggle. Hiring skilled individuals on a temporary basis can be an ideal way of carefully and strategically managing these stresses to your advantage. It can help you deal with high demand or low productivity, as well as boom and lean times. Those temping in London, particularly ...

  • Your Voice: What Makes PAs Passionate about Their job?

    Posted on Monday, April 20, 2020 by Top London PA — No comments

    As an ethical and leading recruitment agency in London, we work to understand what matters to our candidates. As an award-winning “Most Trusted PA Recruitment Agency”, this is particularly important. If we can understand what makes you passionate about your role, you’ll stay in that position. Given the expense of recruitment, it’s vital for employers too. It’s crucial that employers know we ...

  • Spring Cleaning Needs to Extend to Your Desk!

    Posted on Friday, April 17, 2020 by The Office Zen Master — No comments

    With many of the nation’s office workers currently working from home due to coronavirus, many of us are spending a lot more time in our houses than usual. For some, this has meant a thorough home spring clean and declutter. However, it’s easy to forget that spring cleaning needs to extend to your desk. If you’re working from home, your home desk needs some love too! Here are five good reasons to ...

  • How to Work Effectively from Home — Part 2

    Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 by The Workplace Advisor — No comments

    In the first part of our guide to working effectively from home, we looked at some of the strategies put in place by PAs regularly working from home. Here are some more of their excellent suggestions. Figure yourself out “When I was working 9-5, I just took it to be what I did,” explains Jackie. “However, I’m actually a “lark”, which means I’m much more productive when I get up early and hit my ...

  • What’s Going Well for Office Support Workers While Homeworking?

    Posted on Monday, April 13, 2020 by The Workplace Advisor — No comments

    We’re one of the many recruitment agencies in London trying to keep things as normal as possible for everyone during the COVID-19 crisis. We know it’s not an easy time, but for businesses, it’s not all bad news. We’ve been chatting to some of London’s many office support workers to find out what’s going well for them now they’re working from home. Technology knowledge “I’ve always been a little ...

  • How to Hold Onto a Fantastic PA

    Posted on Friday, April 10, 2020 by The Workplace Advisor — No comments

    An exceptional PA is worth their weight in gold. If you’ve ever struggled to find a high-calibre candidate, you’ll know this only too well. Office support roles in London, particularly PA ones, depend on something very unique: the relationship between them and their executive. Finding the right fit can be incredibly tough. As PA recruitment agency, we know this all too well! So if you’ve found a ...

  • How to Work Effectively From Home — Part 1

    Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 by Top London PA — No comments

    Even if you’ve spent your entire working life in offices, working from home can be immensely rewarding and productive. It does, however, require a different approach. With the COVID-19 restrictions, we’ve been asked by many of London’s office support workers, permanent and temporary, how to work effectively from home. To help answer your questions, we spoke to some of our regular homeworkers to ...

  • 5 Tips on How to Smash a Phone Interview and Bag That Job

    Posted on Monday, April 6, 2020 by The Interviewer — No comments

    When applying for jobs, especially in the current climate, you should be prepared to do a phone interview at short notice, particularly if it’s a temporary job where hiring is fast. Even in normal circumstances, employers are increasingly using phone interviews to screen applicants. In some cases, they’ve replaced face-to-face interviews altogether. Many recruitment agencies forget to tell ...

  • Insider Insight: a PA Who Works from Home

    Posted on Friday, April 3, 2020 by Ameesha Green — No comments

    With many who would normally commute into London for their PA job suddenly having to work from home as part of social distancing and lockdown, we thought it would be useful to talk to a PA who regularly works from home. At our PA recruitment agency, we frequently hire PAs to work from home. In fact, it’s not unusual that some temporary PA jobs are advertised as remote working. We had a chat with ...

  • 5 Ways that Businesses Can Successfully Manage Homeworkers During Coronavirus

    Posted on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 by Top London PA — No comments

    Many of London’s PAs and office support workers are currently working from home. Whether this turns out to be a new and temporary arrangement or a permanent plan, mass homeworking poses a new set of challenges for businesses. As a leading London recruitment agency, we’re already experienced in home working. So today, we’ll tell you what you need to know to manage your homeworkers successfully. ...