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May 14, 2018
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How to spot top performing sales people in a job interview?

3 Tips for Recruiting Top Performing Salespeople

By Cathy Bates | Recruitment Tips and Advice, Sales and Sales Support

A good salesperson can be worth his or her weight in gold to a company – bringing on business far exceeding what you pay out in salaries and bonuses.  However, one thing we hear from…

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May 8, 2018
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Are you due a pay rise?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, News

Despite having one of the most well-educated workforces in the North-west, Stockport sits below the national average when it comes to how much we’re taking home in our pay. Although it’s not just Stockport –…

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November 6, 2017
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5 Ways to Secure a Promotion

Guest Blog: 5 Ways To Secure A Promotion At Work

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Workplace Advice and Tips

Promotions at work aren’t given simply because you’re having an annual review, although it’s a common time for promotions to occur. Promotions are a reward for your commitment and value to the organisation and you…

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October 16, 2017
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Recruiting for Values

By Cathy Bates | Recruitment Tips and Advice

With unemployment levels very low and many skills in short supply, the best things to look for in a new candidate is a hot topic – is there a need to look beyond what’s on…

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October 9, 2017
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Are you in the wrong job? Or are you working in your flow?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips, Workplace Advice and Tips

Are you in the wrong job? Perhaps completely the wrong career? Maybe you feel like you waste a lot of time on the wrong things?  Then you’re probably working outside of where you’re most happy…

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October 2, 2017
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70% open to new roles

Are your staff and colleagues open to a new job?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Recruitment Tips and Advice, Workplace Advice and Tips

70% of British workers are open to a new job according to some recent research, even though only a quarter of the workforce is actively looking for new positions.  A well placed advert or a…

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September 25, 2017
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How to write a CV to be read by applicant tracking software

4 Ways to Be Sure Your CV Gets Read

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

The number of applications received for many jobs can often number into the hundreds – it’s not feasible for HR departments, recruitment consultants or hiring managers to read them all. Often they will instead be…

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September 18, 2017
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Dress for the job you want: is it really good advice?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Interview Advice and Tips

It’s a common saying. Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. But is it true? Will suddenly showing up for work in a suit get you a promotion? In short, yes….

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September 11, 2017
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Are gaps in your CV better than doing poor quality jobs?

Is any work at all better than being unemployed?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

Recent research by the University of Manchester published in August suggested that contrary to what most would think, being unemployed is not always worse for your health than working.  The recent rise in unpredictable self-employed,…

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September 4, 2017
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Relocating to the north west for a new job

Would you relocate for a new job?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, News

Since 2000, the number of people who have relocated to a different region of the UK for work has dropped by a quarter. Would you be prepared to up-sticks and move across the country for…

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August 7, 2017
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Using social media for career success

3 Ways to Use Twitter for Career Success

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips, Social Media

While Twitter is more often thought of as the place to find out the latest musings from your favourite celebrities, or for the bad press it’s gained for being a home for anonymous online trolls,…

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July 24, 2017
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Polished shoes, and a clean, smart outfit: preparing for your job interview

3 Things You Need To Do In Preparation For A Job Interview

By Cathy Bates | Interview Advice and Tips

Job interview success isn’t just about first impressions and how you come across. Your preparation before you get there is often what separates a new job from a rejection email. So these are the 3…

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July 17, 2017
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Why new hires quit

Why new hires leave their jobs

By Cathy Bates | Recruitment Tips and Advice

22% of all staff turnover happens in the first 45 days of starting a job. That means in just 6 weeks a fresh faced new starter has been turned into a disgruntled ex-employee. What happened?…

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July 3, 2017
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8 things you need to know about temporary work

Temporary Work: 8 Most Frequently Asked Questions

By Cathy Bates | Workplace Advice and Tips

Doing temporary work has a bad reputation. There are definitely companies that abuse the system, such as taking workers on for 12 weeks, then letting them go once they would be entitled to additional pay…

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June 12, 2017
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how caffeine affects your work

How does caffeine affect your work?

By Cathy Bates | News, Workplace Advice and Tips

What is that helps you and your colleagues get the working day? A love of your job? Being in sync with your company’s aims and values? Or perhaps it is simply a steady supply of…

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June 5, 2017
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Hiring the candidate you want is a race against time

Hiring is a race against time, so don’t slow things down more than you need to!

By Cathy Bates | Interview Advice and Tips, Recruitment Tips and Advice

It’s worth taking the time to find the perfect people to join your business. But when they do come along, snap them up quickly. You won’t be the only company that thinks they’re perfect. Yours…

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May 22, 2017
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Welcoming Jacqui to the Essential Personnel team

By Cathy Bates | News

She’s been with us since March, so it’s about time we gave a proper welcome to our new Branch Manager, Jacqui Francis-Lamont. Jacqui might already be a familiar face to many of you, having previously…

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May 15, 2017
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The importance of company branding in recruitment

By Cathy Bates | Recruitment Tips and Advice, Social Media

How your company is perceived by potential new recruits is an increasingly important part of hiring for many businesses.  Just as estate agents talk about it being a buyers’ or sellers’ market in housing, when…

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May 8, 2017
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Hiring for personality

3 Personality Traits Companies Should Be Looking For When Hiring

By Cathy Bates | Recruitment Tips and Advice

You can’t tell everything about someone from a CV. That’s the whole point of inviting applicants to interview for a job! But what qualities are the best ones to be on the lookout for? According…

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April 12, 2017
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Cathy and Jacqui meet Lord Mayor of Manchester at the 2017 Hatters' Ball

We had a great time at the Hatters’ Ball

By Cathy Bates | News

Cathy and Jacqui were at this year’s Hatters’ Ball in Stockport last Friday. It’s a great annual event to raise money for the Mayor of Stockport’s Charity Fund. They had a great time, and got…

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April 10, 2017
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Cathy Bates What Recruitment Means to me

Cathy Bates: What Recruitment Means to Me

By Cathy Bates | HR & Payroll, News

Recruitment news website UK Recruiter has been looking for people working in recruitment to share their stories of the industry. Our Managing Director, Cathy Bates, with over 20 years of working in recruitment, much of…

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March 27, 2017
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New minimum wage rates as of April 2017

Minimum wage increases for April 2017

By Cathy Bates | News

It’s that time of year again. The beginning of the new financial year in April means that the rates of the National Minimum and National Living Wages are going up, as well as the minimum…

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March 20, 2017
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I can't get a job because I have no experience

How to apply for a job with no experience

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

Everyone has to start somewhere in their career. Although sometimes it can feel like you need 5 years of work experience even to be in with a chance of an interview with an entry level…

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March 6, 2017
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Introverts extraverts in sales jobs

Can introverts make good salespeople?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Recruitment Tips and Advice, Sales and Sales Support

We all have an image in our heads of a typical salesperson.  Generally, they will be an extraverted person – the kind of person who will strike up a conversation with anyone and make a…

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February 27, 2017
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Creativity and analytical skills in marketing

Which is the most important skill in marketing? Creativity or analytical skills?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, Marketing & Creative

Marketing is thought of as a creative industry. And as we are consuming more and more, and exposed to more and more marketing materials – from traditional advertising to social media – the need for…

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