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Information Shared Insurance options during a pandemic Marsh Corporate Insurance Options Commercial Insurance is our primary offer. Recruiters Choice offers all the most important business insurances, which covers not only the material damages, but business...

Information Shared Business Resilience and Continuity Customer objections during COVID-19 Below is a collation of thoughts from David Etherington - Business Leader and Operating Partner with 25 years industry experience - on how customers may be reacting to COVID-19...

Information Shared CBILS Funding Advice Seeking support around the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme? Below is a structure shared by a Hive member that they used as a structure to apply for a loan under CIBLS. AMOUNT On what basis has the amount been...

Information Shared Future Proofing How can you effectively future proof your recruitment business during this crisis? Andrew Sillitoe has created a 30 minute audio recording around how to future proof your business covering a breadth of key areas including... Market...

Information Shared Video Technology How can we effectively use video technology during a crisis? My thinking is that in most cases, a WHOLE bunch of jobs just went on hold. That means that you’ve got a bunch of people who used to spend 80%+ of their time doing...

Information Shared Marketing Communications Effective Communication during a Crisis We wanted to share our advice around the importance of communication during a crisis. While we’re still in a position of daily changes and updates from the government, it’s now more...

Information Shared Furlough - a leave of absence Recruiters and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme   Since the Chancellor announced his unprecedented job retention scheme on Friday 20th March 2020 we’ve been inundated with queries – unfortunately at this stage...

Information Shared Coronavirus and Self Employment  Statutory Self Employment Payment The Coronavirus Bill dated 23 March 2020 and currently passing through Parliament refers to the introduction of Statutory Self Employment. The scheme is intended to apply to...

Information Shared Overwhelmed & Stressed  Personal Branding  How’s your personal brand content strategy looking for the next 90 days? Your personal brand not business brand. This will be critical to your future business results. Bows the time double down on your...

Information Shared Medium Term plans need to be discussed ASAP  Remain calm and continually communicate with the team  Everyone fills gaps with fake news, so remain calm with the team    Perm to Contract  You may have quite a bit of perm business written up and...

Information Shared   Gateway HR  Working from home Assuming you have procedures in place for working from home, alongside this the biggest element is trust in your employees to deliver what needs to be delivered. That's of course necessary with a healthy amount...

Information Shared Retained Search  Typically I see that the contingent recruitment model delivers between a 15 - 25% fill rate. Usually, a robust retained search model runs at minimum of 90% or more. Meaning much higher productivity. Lockdown and Pay  Has anyone made...

Information Shared Take the talent now whilst you can - if you put the role on hold the candidate will have a lot more put to them when the market bounces back Don’t stop a process and harm your employer brand Take the person on a temp to perm basis so getting the...