Able Bridge News Articles.
The UK has higher employment and lower unemployment in every region and every nation of the United Kingdom and wages are now growing at their fastest pace in almost a decade! Employment, retention and development has changed over the past…
What can we expect in the business market after over a decade of constitutional uncertainty? Looking back at the financial services crash, the referendums on Scottish independence and Brexit (and then the subsequent delivery of Brexit), and then a global…
Some friends mentioned to me at the weekend that they work on a blended model of 40% in the office and 60% at home. Flexibility is offered in the days you work in either location. There was a throw away…
My business, Able Bridge Recruitment is all about treating the people in the same way that I would want to be treated if I were on the other side of things. I remind myself regularly to think about this, especially…
When employees tender their resignation, their current employer will sometimes make a counter offer to persuade them to stay. Many employees accept these enticements. However, I’ve read that 80% of people who accept counter offers will leave their employment within…
Team night outs have been a mainstay in my career to date. The industries and companies that I have worked in promote a culture of team building and nights out whether formal on a company funded occasion or just a…
“Appraisals, are one of various performance management tools that aim to ensure employees’ performance contributes to business objectives” Given the year has been so strange and taking into account some companies have shrunk in output, targets have been unachievable, staff…
As a recruiter, one of the most common questions I am asked is; How long should my CV be? Personally, I don’t think that there is a set size, however the information needs to remain relevant and the detail concise!…
In the 50`s and 60`s my grandfather (Edward) was a greengrocer. He owned a chain of shops and built a business based on his reputation of being commercially minded and having honest values. A situation arose in which Edward was…
Able Bridge Recruitment is an HR and Accountancy recruitment business. For a while I have felt that the two disciplines compliment each other and there are a lot of synergies in the work that both departments do in relation to…