Simon Royston's Blog (4)

“…I was ghosted this morning…”

Admittedly these were not the words I expected when I met with a friend for a beer and asked how he was doing.  He works for a recruitment agency in Guildford and at that moment he was licking his wounds and in need of liquid therapy.  I may not have been expecting his words, but likewise, they didn’t…

Candidate Screening Across Social Media – What’s The Point?

Social media continues to evolve and the world has become increasingly savvy about how to use privacy settings and what can and can’t be communicated on their social media accounts.  There is a time and a place to complain about your boss or flaunt those photos of you…

Working from home….It’s a bit of a Marmite issue in my mind.  Personally, I love the buzz and energy an office can provide, but I admit there are occasions when working from home and having some calm and less of a journey is a joyful thing.

Last week I was speaking with a candidate who had just obtained a role where he could work from home…

It’s hard to believe, but it will be ten years this year since the ratings site Glassdoor was launched.   The website allowing anonymous users to go online and write anything they like about your organisation seemed to be a relatively recent phenomenon to me - but clearly not. I guess the reason I and many clients are surprised by this anniversary is that only a couple of…