Over the course of the next month the team at Ernest Hunter Green are taking part in a virtual London to Amsterdam bike ride which is run by our charity partner Mind in Mid Herts. The challenge starts tomorrow September 10th, which is Suicide Prevention Day and finishes a month later on October 10th which
You’re about to embark on a recruitment drive. You know what you need and you’ve engaged the right partners to help you to recruit successfully. It’s a competitive market at the moment and you know it’s going to be challenging but you’re ready for it and rearing to go. You invest time and effort in carefully considering the skill sets required
Are people aware of your business? Do they know the brand? Do they know what services/solutions/products you provide? Do they know your company values or have an insight into your culture, the things you’ve achieved and your plans for the future? You may ask the questions; ‘why would they?’ or ‘why should they?’. The answers are closely linked. Your company’s
The retail landscape has been evolving at an accelerating pace over recent years. Consumers have increasingly favoured online shopping and the convenience that it brings. The resulting closures of stores caused by the lockdowns could well see a significant further acceleration of this change in consumer behaviours. With the uncertainty around the appeal of brick
Why do people leave your business? Is it due to lack of opportunity, lack of flexibility, unachievable targets coupled with low bonus pay-outs? Maybe it’s a change in culture due to an acquisition, maybe it’s because the culture hasn’t changed when it was said that it would. The list is very, very long… Of course, it’s not always negative
Benefits schemes are a big topic when it comes to attracting candidates to your business. They can also play a key role in retaining your talent. So, making them as appealing as possible is important. For many businesses, especially those in the SME or start-up category, the cost of benefits is a major factor in
Ernest Hunter Green is 5 years old today. While we will all be celebrating this achievement in virtual fashion within our respective lockdown environments, these will be tempered somewhat for obvious reasons. Celebrating achievements is important to us, but at a time when this is so naturally affected, it also feels like a good time
Let’s start by clarifying how I define a recruiter brand vs an employer brand. To me, a recruiter brand is how your business is perceived as a recruiter – this may include your reputation regarding interview process, interviewers, how many roles you are hiring and why, your advertised salaries and benefits packages and various other
The attraction side of this is fairly simple – businesses that take the wellbeing of their staff seriously will regularly have an advantage over a business that doesn’t. A clearly demonstrated, implemented and promoted wellbeing strategy can be a huge pull in attracting people to your business. In a world which is still adjusting to
‘Wellbeing Strategy’ can be an ambiguous term in many ways as it can mean so many different things to so many businesses. For the purposes of this blog and so you know what I’m talking about here I will define this as everything your business does to help improve the physical and mental health of
