Blogs

I posted a video last week about the difficult subject of counter offers. For those who aren’t sure what that means, it’s a situation you find yourself in when you go to hand in your notice for a b...

So, here we are on the 2nd anniversary of Urbanberry Recruitment! We didn’t dare to dream that 2 years ago, as we sat holding hands nervously waiting to publish our first Linkedin post that we’d be...

The last couple of weeks have been a particularly tough time for many people in travel with the sad demise of Thomas Cook who, let’s face it, were nothing short of an institution in the travel indu...

Whenever we ask this question to a candidate we feel a sense of uneasiness about telling us the answer. So we’d like to set the record straight about why we’re asking! Transparency with each other ...

This weeks blog is looking at the validity of online review sites and how they affect us on a daily basis. As a naturally indecisive person, I'll often look for the "review" page on anything I'm go...

Mention the word “targets” in a work capacity and it’ll strike the fear in to many of us. Conjuring up images of micro managing bosses, feeling like a failure if you don’t perform as expected and a...

I was chatting to a friend at the weekend who told me he was interviewing someone for a role at his company and at the end of the interview he asked the inevitable, “do you have any questions?” Hal...

Do you feel like you need some help in understanding why your staff are leaving? Even if you hold exit interviews, are you really getting to the bottom of what’s made them look elsewhere? We know a...

Whilst working from home sounds like a dream come true- conjuring up images of being curled up on the sofa with endless cups of tea and your laptop, whether you do it full time or occasionally, you...

Today's blog post is all about "job hopping". We’ve all heard this phrase over the course of our career but what effect does this have on how future employers and recruiters see our commitment to a...