Top 10 tips to help you win the pay rise you deserve
With the economy gaining momentum, many people are considering hitting fast forward on their careers after sitting tight in jobs, waiting for the market to pick up.
Four powerful lessons learned on Women’s Leadership Programme
As Pure Resourcing Solutions celebrates the success of its first Women’s Leadership Programme (WLP), it is really pleased to see that delegates have been inspired to get out there and forge ahead with their careers.
Terrific teamwork tips inspired by the Tour de France
Cycling fever is taking over Cambridgeshire and Essex right now, as the Tour de France 2014 gets set to whoosh through our local streets in a flash of bright coloured lycra on July 7th!
Terrific tips to engage your staff in the Best Employer survey
There’s still time to get your staff involved in the Pure Resourcing Solutions' 2014 Best Employer survey! Closing at the end of July, the online questionnaire is free to all employers who want to develop their employee engagement strategy, and give people a great place to work.
Best Employer case study: Pound Gates
Established Ipswich insurance brokers, Pound Gates, found that winning the Best Employer award for Employee Values in 2012 provided welcome confirmation that their engagement strategy was a success. Staff gave their bosses top marks in the Pure Resourcing Solutions Best Employer survey for taking care of their interests and listening to their opinions.
Still time to be the East of England’s Best Employer
Do you have an inkling that your employees are happy to work for you? Then why not make it official by asking them to take part in a 15-minute, online survey that could win your organisation a ‘Best Employer’ award?
Best Employer case study: Luminus Group
Pioneers of high quality affordable housing and community involvement, Luminus Group, has an employee engagement strategy to be very proud of. It is also very ambitious.
Mind the gap! Returning to work after a career break
Trading nappies for networking is hard enough when your children are little, but that move from babies to business becomes even more difficult as time passes. The reality is that you can’t ‘get back’ to your previous job; but what you can do is ‘re-launch’.
Best Employer case study: Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Involving employees in the future direction of your organisation is no easy task. You have to overcome barriers such as figuring out how to spark interest so your staff not only listen, but also help you make your ideas reality. Yet, the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (ARHC) is doing this with great success.
Best Employers - a case study: Benefit Cosmetics
Benefit Cosmetics is known for its glamorous vintage-style beauty products. But the quality of the global makeup and skincare brand goes way beyond the mascaras, lipsticks and blushers.
Career clinic – the interview
Question: “What’s your strategy for handling a stressful day at work?” Answer: ‘Go home and open a bottle of red’. Question: “What’s your greatest weakness?” Answer: ‘Chocolate.’ OK – we all know it’s true but these are not the answers to give in a job interview - although both of these exchanges actually occurred...
Women's Leadership Programme course date set for June
Develop your talented, aspiring female leaders and equip them to evolve your culture and work with you to remove the workplace barriers to gender equality.
Best Employers - a case study: Spring
In 2012, Suffolk creative agency Spring scooped the Best Employer, Eastern Region award for innovation in employee engagement.
Pure Resourcing Solutions recognised for third time by FD Excellence Awards 2014
Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) was recognised at the recent 2014 FDs’ Excellence Awards, held on 1 May. The awards, sponsored by the ICAEW, saw Pure shortlisted for the third consecutive year for the prestigious Recruitment Firm of the Year Award. Pure were thrilled to be acknowledged once again for the award.
How to bounce back after relocation
Relocating is a big deal, especially when you’re taking a leap of faith and looking for a job after the move.
Six secrets of using innovation to engage your employees
Back in 2012 Pure Resourcing Solutions ran the first ever Best Employer, Eastern Region (BEER) survey, when employers around the East of England invited staff to tell them how they truly felt about working for them.
Six 'A' grade tips to attract graduates into jobs in the digital industry
Digital technology is not only changing how we shop, book holidays and watch films, but it’s also changing what we do for a living. In fact, a recent report by O2* claims that between 2013 and 2017 we’ll need a whopping 745,000 additional workers with digital skills to meet employers’ needs and support the economy.
Pure Resourcing Solutions shortlisted again for Excellence Awards
For the third consecutive year, Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure), a leading recruitment consultancy in Eastern England, has been shortlisted for the Recruitment Firm of the Year Award at the 2014 FDs’ Excellence Awards.
Six critical themes that will make a real difference in your next staff survey
A well thought out and executed staff survey can be gold dust to your organisation’s development plan, but how do you go about it?
Pure and eras Ltd launch free ’Best Employer’ survey and awards for Cambridgeshire firms
A free culture and engagement survey launches this month, providing organisations in Cambridgeshire with an invaluable opportunity to gauge their success as a ‘Best Employer’ by asking employees to answer key questions.
Improve your staff survey response rate with 6 simple techniques
The 'employee survey' has proved to be a reliable way of gathering accurate information from the very people who make your organisation tick. You can see how you’re doing with staff’s professional development and wellbeing, or how engaged they are feeling.
Pure congratulates Employer of the Year 2014 – Cambridge Building Society
Pure Resourcing Solutions is thrilled to announce that Cambridge Building Society triumphed at last week's Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards by winning the prestigious Pure-sponsored ‘Employer of the Year’ category.
Six channels of communication keep employees engaged
It seems that all the signs currently point towards a post-recession Britain. As we ease ourselves out of the economic slump, some of us are now beginning to look at growing business.
Eight essential tips to creating a winning award application
With the glamorous movie industry award season upon us - and the Cambridge Business Awards happening next week - Pure Resourcing Solutions is joining the buzz of the glitzy ceremonies by adding its own little twist.
Pure’s salary survey shows a positive 2014
Whether you work for an SME, a blue chip company or an international corporation, you are probably curious about what you could be earning in your sector. As good news filters through that the economy is on the way to recovery, some people could be preparing for their next career move after a long hiatus.