A job in engineering can take many forms and can take you down a wide range of paths. Skills are in short supply too, so now is a great time to get into engineering. With…
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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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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…
‘I have applied for loads of jobs, but the recruitment agencies never get back to me’. This is a statement I hear a lot from jobseekers. Local newspapers run sensationalist stories of a job seeker who has…
Women are still earning less than men on average – our highly unscientific salary survey shows a whopping £4,000 gap between salaries here in Stockport. That might be about to change, but not necessarily for…
Over the last couple of years, we’ve been running a salary survey to find out what the people of Stockport and the surrounding areas are really getting paid… And what they’d like to be paid…
Whether you’re just starting out in the world of work, or you’re just reassessing your career for the new year, setting your sights on a single career path can be a daunting prospect. If you…
We get asked this question a lot. Many of our candidates aspire to work for a large company, attracted by what they consider to be the best way to climb the career ladder. In the…
We have often come across ‘Agency Y will only charge £500 to fill this role’ or ‘I can advertise in the local newspaper for £1,000′. I have even heard of candidates being charged by agencies…
The run up to Christmas is a busy time for many businesses, so we are getting a lot of temporary jobs from our clients to fill. These could range from just a few days or…
October 25th marked the birthday of artist Pablo Picasso. As well as lending his name to a popular family car, Picasso is most well-known for his cubist paintings including less-than-accurate depictions of people and places. …
Job advert scams and misleading adverts are surprisingly common, especially as many website will allow jobs to be advertised for free – from Facebook, to job boards like Indeed, and the Job Centre’s own job…
E-mail is one of the dominant forms of communication when you’re looking for a new job, allowing you to send information like CVs, job descriptions and offers and contracts securely and more efficiently than trying…
It’s illegal for any company or recruitment agency to charge applicants any money to advance through their hiring process. But some recent research by online website Totaljobs.com (where you can check out our jobs by…
Let’s say you’ve just spotted an online advert for your ideal job – it’s being advertised by a recruitment agency, and the description sounds like exactly what you want. But then you see the same…
Thanks to the Internet, there’s probably more helpful advice out there for job seekers and it’s probably more accessible than ever. Unfortunately, you can’t always trust what you read. How can you tell what’s good…
Looking for jobs is hard work, even more so when you’re out of work or stuck in a job you despise. It’s a lot of repeating yourself, and a lot of getting knocked back. Dealing…
When you last applied for a job, did you include a covering letter or statement? If you did you might have been wasting your time – only 18% of managers think that having a good…
You’ve hit the jackpot and been offered two jobs. They’re at similar companies doing similar things, but here’s the rub: one is offering a bigger pay packet but is considerably further away. Which one do…
At Essential Personnel, we like to use our blog to share great advice with job seekers in Stockport and the North West so they can go on to find great jobs. We also of course…
The week before Christmas is typically a quiet one for us, but according to the online job board CV Library, 7.7 million of us will be looking for a new job come 2016 – that’s…
When you come in to register with us and speak to one of our recruitment consultants, they ask a lot of questions. It’s not because they haven’t read through your CV or looked at your…