Recruitment

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Is Bigger Always Better?
Is Bigger Always Better?

2023-12-28

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Back to the Future
Back to the Future

2022-11-18

​If we are to believe what we read, Twitter may well be on its last legs as Elon Musk tries to reinvent the little blue bird using the same panache that Liz Truss used to revive…

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Vitae Financial Recruitment - Official Supplier to the Public Sector under the CCS's Permanent Recruitment Framework
Vitae Financial Recruitment - Official Supplier to the Public Sector under the CCS's Permanent Recruitment Framework

2022-07-05

​Vitae Financial Recruitment is delighted to announce that we have been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s RM6229 Permanent Recruitment – Lot 2 – Non Clinical Recruitment framework.

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Are your remote working policies failing early-career employees and sleepwalking you into a talent pipeline crisis?
Are your remote working policies failing early-career employees and sleepwalking you into a talent pipeline crisis?

2022-04-01

There is a growing voice of discontent among early career employees for whom remote working doesn’t work.

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A Lesson Learnt
A Lesson Learnt

2020-11-10

Back in February this year, I had 2 separate conversations that served up the biggest portion of humble pie that I can remember throughout my career to date.

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We Will Place Again
We Will Place Again

2020-04-06

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5 Key Ways to Impress During Your Probation Period
5 Key Ways to Impress During Your Probation Period

2018-05-17

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Teenage Cancer Trust 2018
Teenage Cancer Trust 2018

2018-03-26

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Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust

2017-04-03

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First Impressions: Lesson Number 456
First Impressions: Lesson Number 456

2017-03-15

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Revenge is a dish best served...not at all
Revenge is a dish best served...not at all

2017-02-02

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Vitae Financial Recruitment Win Prestigious Award
Vitae Financial Recruitment Win Prestigious Award

2016-12-09

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Is it safe out there???
Is it safe out there???

2016-10-17

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Game of Moans!
Game of Moans!

2016-06-22

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The Truth About Recruitment
The Truth About Recruitment

2015-11-04

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Graduate Trainee Scheme - Recruitment Consultancy
Graduate Trainee Scheme - Recruitment Consultancy

2015-10-25

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New UK GAAP
New UK GAAP

2015-08-01

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The Definitive Guide to Landing Your Dream Job
The Definitive Guide to Landing Your Dream Job

2015-03-03

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Recruitment Agencies – If you think it’s time to stop using them, maybe you have been using the wrong ones
Recruitment Agencies – If you think it’s time to stop using them, maybe you have been using the wrong ones

2014-07-25

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Grads - What are they good for.....
Grads - What are they good for.....

2014-07-10

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Too much linking…not enough thinking
Too much linking…not enough thinking

2013-12-29

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Salary Surveys - Is there really any point?
Salary Surveys - Is there really any point?

2013-12-26

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Recipe for disaster – Why ‘One click job applications’ are bad news for recruiters and candidates
Recipe for disaster – Why ‘One click job applications’ are bad news for recruiters and candidates

2013-12-03

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Poor Judgement on your Job Seeking Strategy
Poor Judgement on your Job Seeking Strategy

2013-03-20

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Accountancy

Tips

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation”
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation”

George Washington

“It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it”​
“It’s clearly a budget. It’s got a lot of numbers in it”​

George W Bush

“Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession”.
“Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession”.

Sir Charles Lyell

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Aristotle

"The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones”
"The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones”

John Maynard Keynes

“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it”.
“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it”.

Theodore Roosevelt

Recruitment

Myths

"A CV should never be more than 2 pages" – nonsense – if you’ve done it, then put it down.​
"A CV should never be more than 2 pages" – nonsense – if you’ve done it, then put it down.​
"All recruitment agencies are the same."​
"All recruitment agencies are the same."​
"All recruitment agencies speak to their candidates in depth about their client and respective roles prior to submitting their CV"…. unfortunately not always the case!
"All recruitment agencies speak to their candidates in depth about their client and respective roles prior to submitting their CV"…. unfortunately not always the case!
"Being a ‘perfectionist’ and not being able to say ‘no’ are great examples of “weaknesses”’…Hmm.."​
"Being a ‘perfectionist’ and not being able to say ‘no’ are great examples of “weaknesses”’…Hmm.."​
"Consultants should have crazy hair styles and pin stripe suits" – a correlation between attire and results has not yet been scientifically proven.
"Consultants should have crazy hair styles and pin stripe suits" – a correlation between attire and results has not yet been scientifically proven.
"It needs at least 2 consultants to meet with a client in order to understand their business fully’" – and probably at least 3 to change a light bulb.​
"It needs at least 2 consultants to meet with a client in order to understand their business fully’" – and probably at least 3 to change a light bulb.​
"Most recruiters make their minds up within the first 3 minutes of an interview" – some go as far as to take into account what you have done and how you did it.
"Most recruiters make their minds up within the first 3 minutes of an interview" – some go as far as to take into account what you have done and how you did it.