Why Culture is the Foundation of Retention (and not just Attraction)
When we talk about talent, most organisations still focus heavily on attraction – how do we get the best people through the door? But the real challenge comes after someone starts.Replacing an e...
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Leadership That Works: How Modern Leaders Build Resilient, High‑Performing Businesses
Leadership is one of the greatest drivers of business performance, yet it is also one of the most underestimated risks. The quality of leadership within an organisation directly impacts productiv...
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Practical Steps to Build an Inclusive Workplace
In today’s world, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) are no longer just “nice-to-haves.” They are essential drivers of business success, enabling organisations to attract top talent, foste...
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The 2024 Herefordshire & Worcestershire Salary & Benefits Report
How does your business' Salary and Benefits offering compare to others across Herefordshire & Worcestershire?Ever wondered what local firms offer their employees in terms of salary and benefits pa...
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What is your Employer Value Proposition?
In today's competitive job market, attracting and retaining top talent requires more than just offering a competitive salary. Employees are looking for a workplace that aligns with their values,...
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Let's Talk Values
Creating company values is more than just a box-ticking exercise. When done right, it can profoundly influence your organisation's culture and productivity. Strong company values act as a compas...
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Build a Successful Recruitment Process
In the competitive landscape of talent acquisition, the difference between securing the right candidate and missing out can hinge significantly on your recruitment process. For businesses aiming...
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Write Job Descriptions that WOW!
In the world of recruitment, understanding the nuanced differences between a job specification and a job advertisement is crucial. Each serves a distinct purpose in the hiring process and master...
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Inclusive Hiring Tips!
In today's competitive labour market, creating a recruitment process that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion (ED&I) is crucial for both attracting top talent and building a thriving workpl...
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Mastering Interview Techniques: A Guide for Line Managers
Conducting an effective interview is not just about selecting the right candidate; it’s also a critical touchpoint that reflects your employer brand and can significantly impact a candidate’s pe...
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Have A Great Candidate Experience?
In a competitive labour market, a positive candidate experience during the recruitment process is crucial for organisations looking to attract and retain top talent. This experience can signific...
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Onboard for Success
Having an on-boarding plan as part of your overall recruitment process, is more than just a quick walk through the office and a meet and greet on day one, it’s a process that can help new hires ...
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Retain Your Best Talent
Retaining top talent has become more than just an HR agenda—it's a vital component of business success. Companies that excel in keeping their best people not only see a direct impact on their pe...
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How to Create a Positive Company Culture
Attracting Top Talent: How to Create a Positive Company Culture Are you struggling with not only attracting, but retaining Talent in your organisation? Have you contemplated the impact your recru...
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Build a Winning Employer Brand
What is Employer Branding?Your 'employer brand' is a reflection of your reputation as a place to work and your employee value proposition. Managing this with a clear employer branding strategy i...
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Strategic Workforce Planning - Worcestershire Business Advisors
Free 1-2-1 Workforce Planning Business SupportHewett Recruitment and The Worcestershire Growth Hub are pleased to announce that its Professional Business Advisors programme will continue for a fou...
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Quiet Quitting: How to understand, identify and resolve it
What is Quiet Quitting?“Quitting the idea of going above and beyond at work”The phenomenon of “quiet quitting” has gained momentum on TikTok since last Summer, with users sharing humorous videos o...
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10 Tips to Recruit and Retain Cyber Security Specialists
How to recruit and retain Cyber Security Specialists within your business - Top 10 strategies from Cyber Recruitment Experts Recruiting and retaining quality cyber security experts can be challeng...
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Employer Branding Content Ideas
Social media employer branding content ideas to attract and retain talent.Employer branding is often described as "where HR and Marketing meet", but it can be difficult to know what content you c...
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Salary & Benefit Benchmarking Report 2023
2023The 2023 Salary & Benefits report; receive your FREE copy of the largest salary benchmarking report in the two counties, brought to you by Hewett Recruitment and Herefordshire & Worcestershire ...
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Talent Attraction & Retention: A Complete Guide
'A complete guide from the Recruitment Experts'Are you struggling with not only attracting, but retaining Talent in your organisation?As Recruitment Experts, Hewett Recruitment have created a 'C...
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Optimising your employer brand to attract and retain talent
How to optimise your employer brand to attract and retain candidates and support your recruitment processes.What is employer branding?Your 'employer brand' describes an employer's reputation as a ...
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Using Tech for Employee Engagement
Opinions are polarised as to the benefits of technology when it comes to employee engagement. There are so many tools available now to measure how our employees are feeling, such as Vibe or Officev...
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What is going on in the UK labour market?
Despite vultures apparently circling the UK economy, the ONS recently announced that unemployment in the UK had fallen to just 3.5%... it’s lowest level since 1974. So exactly what is going on in ...
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Workforce Planning Support
Get FREE 1-2-1 expert advice for your business. In a competitive labour market, this free workshop helps businesses improve their positioning as an ‘employer of choice’ and secure the talent they n...
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Making your Recruitment Process More LGBTQIA+ Friendly
It’s June and we are in the midst of Pride month. Now, more than ever, businesses are aspiring to accommodate inclusive workplaces. In current times, society has become more accepting for the LGBT...
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How to incorporate Diversity and Inclusion into your recruitment process
Why is Diversity and Inclusion important during the recruitment process?McKinsey & Company ‘Diversity Matters’ Report, revealed a statistically significant connection between diversity and financ...
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April annual pay rises: what should we expect?
Ahead of the annual April pay rises, we asked our Director, Laura, what we should be expecting to see, with the rising cost of living in mind.The topic of annual pay rises is such a tough one in 20...
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Hybrid working in a post-pandemic world
How hybrid working is evolving as we ease out of the pandemicWe asked our specialist Recruitment Consultants what trends they have been noticing regarding remote and hybrid working as restrictions ...
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Top Reasons For High Employee Turnover And How To Tackle Them
Having a high employee turnover is bad news. Not only are losing potentially great employees, but you are also spending money to repeatedly replace them. Aside from increased recruitment costs, hig...
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Supporting businesses in an ever-changing environment
If just over 5 years ago I had told you that by Autumn 2021 the UK would have left the European Union and be recovering from the grips of a global pandemic, you would have no doubt looked at me r...
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Herefordshire & Worcestershire 2020/21 Salary Report
Hewett Recruitment in partnership with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and EBC Group, has published the Employment Report 2020-21.The report focuses on how businesses have been...
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Flexible working: a competitive advantage for businesses?
Ever since the first national lockdown, many employers and employees have been adjusting to a new norm. Working from home has brought both challenges and opportunities. But new research from Direct...
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Labour Market Update
Hewett Recruitment Directors Laura Hewett & Ben Mannion recently presented a Labour Market Update webinar, discussing market changes both locally throughout Worcestershire and nationally.This webin...
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How lockdown has impacted the jobs market - Aug 2020
A summary of the REC's Report on Jobs August 2020, detailing the impact lockdown has had on the jobs marketWhile permanent placements still decreased last month, the pace of decline has slowed huge...
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Increased threat of redundancies post lockdown
Redundancies are a huge challenge for all parties, especially during this uncertain time, that's why Hewett Recruitment are offering bespoke redundancy support packages. How is the recruitment mark...
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Tech sectors recovery plans post Coronavirus
The Government have recently announced new measures to boost trade and further establish the UK tech industry as a global player, helping create and support jobs by increasing exports and attractin...
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The New Normal?
Since we entered lockdown and there were limitations put on non-essential travel, swathes of people have become “home workers”, almost overnight...relying on a variety of video platforms and someti...
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Unemployment Benefit Claims Soar
April, the first full month of COVID 19 lock-down, sees UK unemployment benefits soar to 2.1 million, a jump of 856,500 claims - the biggest increase since records began.“In a reflection of mountin...
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Back to Business
Many of us will be beginning to prepare to go back to our place of work. We will be waiting with interest for Sunday’s briefing. In preparation we can learn something of the reality of working safe...
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Redundancy Support
Whether it’s a large-scale redundancy, a small cluster of employees or even just one individual, Hewett Recruitment are here to provide a helping hand during the redundancy process. We offer suppor...
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3 trends candidates expect from employers in 2020
In order to attract and retain top talent, employers must show potential employees they are a company ‘worth’ working for. In such a competitive market, future candidates expect to be treated in a ...
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The importance of Company Values
We’ve all seen company values mounted with pride on the walls of our offices - but its’ what we do with them that matters.Our core values have to be real… they are the guiding principles for our bu...
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Prevent employee 'burnout' in your workplace
A recent report states “22% of employees take time out of work for a break”, with over a third of respondents admitting to taking at least two months out.Reasoning for such breaks varied from trave...
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What makes a Dream Team?
You think you’ve got your ‘dream team’ sorted? What about in the workplace? We’ve put together 6 key traits teams should have to thrive at work.CommunicationAn efficient and productive team should ...
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How to attract and retain the top Tech Talent?
With the skills shortage growing, it can be difficult to build a dynamic engineering and tech team with a business; especially when word gets out about just how skilled your employees are, leading ...
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Candidates want new skills over pay rises.
Recent research from CV Library, surveying over 2,000 UK Professionals, reveals that interestingly, nearly half of those questioned (44.6%) view "learning new skills" and consistent training as the...
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Could your business benefits from Temps?
During the ‘holiday season’, when many employees enjoy some well-earned time off, businesses become short staffed, and workloads quickly pile up, deflating morale and causing excessive stress for e...
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Salary & Benefits Survey: Recruitment Tips
Businesses are currently operating in an incredibly tight labour market. The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that unemployment has dropped to 3.8%, the low...
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How To Respond When An Employee Resigns
What to do when an employee hands in their notice?In many cases, employees find handing in their notice is an awkward and sometimes unpleasant experience, with bosses beginning to treat them differ...
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