What can Rod Tidwell teach us about job offer negotiation?
Negotiating a job offer is often considered a taboo subject or one that people can often feel less comfortable with. So, how do you approach the conversation?
Temping doesn’t have to be temporary
We are delighted to introduce Dorothy Oxley, she is a name well known in Prospectus. ‘Why?’ you ask because she has been one of our valued temps since our records began – which is over 30 years ago! In that time, she’s worked with 36 different organisations and totalled 12,015 hours of work.
The evolving recruitment patterns in Higher Education – 2020 – 2022
Building on our 60+ years of experience in the Higher Education sector, Senior Recruitment Consultant in Education, Adeline Rozendaal, takes a look at the changing landscape in the sector over the last few years and the roles that are trending as we enter the new year in this short blog.
How communications and digital innovation are helping with grief
Cruse Bereavement Care’s Director of Communications & Digital shares what rebranding has taken place at Cruse since the pandemic hit and how digital has been at the heart of it.
Top tips for hiring in a candidate-short market in the charity sector
How can you hire the best talent in a crowded market? With so many vacancies available in the UK at the moment, the market for charity organisations is candidate-short, but crucially not candidate-empty. See this advice from Associate Director of Recruitment, Tristan Shirley, to attract the best candidates to your charity sector role.
Green skills are essential for a low-carbon UK – the not for profit sector has a huge role to play
Research shows only 7% of people in the UK associate climate action with jobs – but research also shows that greening the world economy could result in 60 million new jobs by 2030. Here, Harriet Lamb, CEO at Ashden Climate Solutions, talks us through the amazing impact that charities are having, and can continue to have, on the green economy and green jobs revolution.
Getting your staff ready to become the Head Of a department
How do you know if your staff are ready to make the step up to become the Head Of a function? What do other charities in the sector look for in their Head of marketing, finance, IT and other areas? How can you appease your current staff and their ambition to make the role theirs? Find out and see tips here from Team Leader in Senior Recruitment at Prospectus, Matt Till.
Recruitment Advertising through Social: Facebook
When considering the best advertising platform for a job vacancy, Facebook isn’t often the first to spring to mind, but can be an incredibly useful way of targeting passive candidates – i.e. those not actively looking for a job, during their daily scrolling. Find out how we target the 50 million + users of the platform for our recruitment advertising campaigns here.
Thinking about recruiting your Head of Diversity?
As society continues to respond to equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives, we’re seeing more organisations investing further in their own people strategy, through a growing trend of roles specifically focused on diversity. Here, Managing Director, Andy Tonner, investigates the need for DEI specialists, what you should look for in a diversity lead and how can you empower them to do their job effectively.
Learning Disability Week – Meaningful employment for those with learning disabilities and autism
As part of our work in raising awareness during Learning Disability Week, we chat below with Claire Cookson, CEO at DFN Project SEARCH, around the meaningful employment opportunities they generate and provide for thousands of young people with learning disabilities and autism across the UK.