Work-life Balance
Recruiting Working Mums

Recruiting Working Mums

As a team with a majority of working mums, we know the challenges of trying to balance a meaningful career, contributing our equal share to the family finances whilst juggling the everyday tasks of raising children, managing family logistics and attempting to make some lifelong memories along the way, all without any extended family close by.

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Review of The Year 2019

Review of The Year 2019

As 2019 draws to a close we look back on the successful placements we have made this year and the diverse make up of candidates we secure jobs for. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and looking forward to changing even more lives in 2020. [video...

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Is remote working bad for us? The rise of the Agile Worker

Is remote working bad for us? The rise of the Agile Worker

Remote working is on the rise. Often candidates are seeking it and with technology allowing us to connect globally, more employers are offering it. Whilst the thought of being able to work anywhere and anytime is very attractive, in reality, we are seeing that a rise in the requirement for employees being available at anytime and anyplace leads to employee ‘burnout’.

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Remote Working

Remote Working

Some people thrive on it, many people hate it – but remote working has become more and more common across all types of organisations. Today’s technology makes it very easy for employees to work remotely but still remain connected via a variety of means.

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2019 International Women’s Day – Balance for Better

2019 International Women’s Day – Balance for Better

This year’s International Women’s day has the theme of gender balance #balanceforbetter. We are fortunate in the UAE that many organisations enjoy a good gender balance and the gender pay gap is seldom seen – in fact 44% of placements we made in 2018 were women and we’ve even started seeing companies requesting female only CVs on senior roles to address their gender balance at a senior/board level

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Recent Posts

Company Culture: Why It Matters and How to Build It

In today's competitive business world, company culture is crucial. It has a direct impact on the success and sustainability of an organisation. A strong and positive company culture leads to engaged employees, attracts top talent, and drives innovation. We explore why...

Recruiting Working Mums

We recently read a LinkedIn post about a dad who had taken the afternoon off work to take his young daughter shopping for shoes and dresses on her birthday.  This lovely story was celebrated, and he was declared ‘a great dad’ making ‘lifelong memories’. Whilst the...

Creating a Sustainable Workforce

With COP 26 rapidly approaching and the eyes of the world looking to global leaders coming together to create a plan to battle Climate Change, many of us are thinking about how we can be more sustainable in our own lives. Viewing the Workforce as a resource to be...

Invisible Jobs: Stay-at-Home Parents and Career Break

What an uplifting conversation with Dina Butti, Najat Abdelhadi and Louise Vine! If you missed the chat on working and parenting, and how the world of recruitment has changed since the pandemic, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3iXAQsAAgY

The Magic of Kindness

Today is World Kindness Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Kindness_Day Everybody could do with some kindness at the moment and whilst the world has been stumbling to catch up through a global pandemic, we have been overwhelmed to see acts of kindness within our...

Has the time come for a new way of working?

We recently ran a survey on our social media and 58% of respondents are now or have been, working from home. Majority are due to employers preferring to keep employees safe at home during the corona virus scare – but 19% are always allowed to work remotely. We’ve...

Review of The Year 2019

As 2019 draws to a close we look back on the successful placements we have made this year and the diverse make up of candidates we secure jobs for. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and looking forward to changing even more lives in 2020. [video...

Is remote working bad for us? The rise of the Agile Worker

Remote working is on the rise. Often candidates are seeking it and with technology allowing us to connect globally, more employers are offering it. Whilst the thought of being able to work anywhere and anytime is very attractive, in reality, we are seeing that a rise...

Working Hours Survey

We recently surveyed a sample of our 97,000 LinkedIn followers on their working hours Overwhelmingly, people told us that they are expected to work longer hours than the recommended 8 hours per day This is not their choice, and it is not paid for, but due to the...

Remote Working

Some people thrive on it, many people hate it – but remote working has become more and more common across all types of organisations.  Today’s technology makes it very easy for employees to work remotely but still remain connected via a variety of means. By saving...