by Paul Halsall | May 2, 2025 | News
I am writing this blog post this morning to share an update regarding the future leadership of Red Tiger Talent as we undergo a period of exciting change. After a successful 7 years of working together, Steve has decided to embark on a new chapter in his career and...
by Steve Halsall | Apr 10, 2024 | Career Development
If you are a student who is currently in their final year of higher education and looking towards graduation, it may be worth your while spending 5 minutes reading this short blog post. I would imagine most of you are frantic with coursework or dissertations and...
by Paul Halsall | Mar 27, 2024 | Recruiters
Red Tiger Talent are specialist recruiters in Location Planning, Consumer Insight, Economic Development Consulting, Property Research and GIS. We often see hiring managers putting in considerable effort to reach out to candidates to try and recruit people themselves....
by Steve Halsall | Mar 19, 2024 | Career Development, Candidates
According to research of 2,000 British people by Benenden Health, starting a new job is in the top 10 most stressful life events. As a recruiter it is my role to support candidates and help them de-risk any potential new job move. We accept that moving roles is a big...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 21, 2024 | Career Development
This brief blog post outlines my thoughts on the likely career progression for someone who is currently a location planning analyst. You may have been working for up to 5 years as a practitioner and are thinking about what next in terms of your career. There are a...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 26, 2024 | Data / Analytics, News
I co-ordinate a salary survey for the Location Planning and Customer Insight industry once every two years. January is when the real work starts and 2024 happens to be the year of the survey. The planning for the salary survey starts in September the previous year...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 15, 2023 | Coaching
As 2023 draws to a close, many of us are now enjoying a well deserved break from busy work schedules and project deadlines. With the New Year rapidly approaching, it’s important to take this time out to rest and recharge your batteries. It’s only natural...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 7, 2023 | Recruiters
This blog post will provide practical advice in order to create a harmonious working relationship between hiring managers and your internal/external recruitment advisor. I have spoken before about how the efficiency of the recruitment process is important in getting...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 1, 2023 | News
Last year we’re shared our extensive 10-part Christmas gift guide for Geographers which was quite the hit, so we thought it was time for a 2nd edition with some new, updated ideas! Somehow, we’re already into December and hasn’t this year flown by....
by Steve Halsall | Nov 21, 2023 | Candidates
There is no doubt that the world of work has changed dramatically. If I compare what work was like for my father to my own work life there are significant differences. This blog post outlines how the world of work has fundamentally changed and how people are more...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 21, 2023 | Recruiters
I write this blog post off the back of our second-best financial year at Red Tiger Talent but off the back of our worst first quarter in 3 years. Recruitment markets are so hard to predict, there is no definitive cycles, but my gut feel is that a lot of the market...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 26, 2023 | Coaching
Changing career direction is always an extremely difficult transition to navigate and is often fairly rare to see. Finding time and space to assess your skill set (and the transferrable skills you have) is even more challenging and is probably the main reason why not...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 3, 2023 | Candidates, Career Development
Have you ever felt too comfortable in a role? Thoroughly bored in your job? Thinking you aren’t being stretched or challenged? Red Tiger Talent have seen a rise in the number of inbound candidate conversations exploring career options in the last few weeks –...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 28, 2023 | Recruiters, Candidates
The return back to work has resulted in an influx of potential candidates who are relatively experienced looking for their next move. The challenge we have as recruiters is the market seems to be very busy with junior or mid level management roles, but my calendar is...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 22, 2023 | Candidates
If you are feeling the pressure returning to work after the summer holidays, then imagine what it is like for young mums in the workplace returning after a period off on maternity leave. Some mums can’t wait to get back into work – getting into a routine, engaging...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 13, 2023 | News
Hi all, I’m Maisie Loftus the new research and office assistant at Red Tiger. This blog post is centred around getting to know me and to gain an insight into my first week at Red Tiger. Starting a new job can be a daunting experience given this role is in a...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 12, 2023 | Candidates
I think it’s important to start by saying that Red Tiger Talent is a great advocate of flexible working. A positive workplace culture is crucial for growth and success, and our culture and ethos surrounds providing our employees with enough support and flexibility so...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 8, 2023 | Mental Health
I don’t know about you but the last week of August in the run-up to September has been a pretty low period of time for me. Personally, I like an element of order and control and this week I feel life is conspiring against me. I am feeling an increased amount of...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 24, 2023 | News
I now know what my parents must have felt 34 years ago when they were waiting for news of GCSE results for their oldest child. The wait is painful – I think I’m more nervous than my son, judging by him currently preferring the comfort of his own bed rather than...
by Paul Halsall | Aug 10, 2023 | Recruiters
I am writing this blog post to educate people that don’t understand about what external recruiters do and how they can be beneficial to your hiring process. Red Tiger Talent is about to turn 7 years old, so that is 7 years of experience each for Steve and I at...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 9, 2023 | Recruiters
Make no bones about it, recruitment can be a tough profession. On the face of it we, as recruiters, are dealing with humans who at times can be unresponsive, irrational, and even selective with the truth. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing more rewarding than...
by Steve Halsall | Jul 21, 2023 | Candidates
With the school summer holidays upon us I am looking back on the last 6 or so months with mixed feelings. It is fair to say that 2023 has not been particularly kind to me – in fact it is fair to say that it has been the worst 6 month stretch in my 101st run of 6 month...
by Paul Halsall | Jul 20, 2023 | Candidates, Mental Health
I write this post as we head towards the school summer holidays and many parents (and non- parents) will be taking various breaks. I also write this with our prediction in mind of what should be quite a busy September to December in the recruitment market. I...
by Paul Halsall | May 26, 2023 | Recruiters
I write this blog post hot off a trip down in London where I attended the Transform 23: The Future of Recruitment event at LinkedIn’s UK head office. The event was about what Steve and I often talk about in terms of the changing landscape of recruitment. All...
by Steve Halsall | May 16, 2023 | Mental Health
The first half of 2023 has not been great for me personally, and it got me thinking about where I am in my life and the challenges that present themselves. I don’t want this to be a woe-is-me story, I am more than aware of people in far worse situations than me,...
by Steve Halsall | May 10, 2023 | Recruiters
Let’s face it, recruitment is a bit of a lottery; no matter how robust the interview process is, you don’t really know how someone is going to truly perform until they are actually in the role. You can take very measured steps to ensure you...
by Paul Halsall | May 5, 2023 | Coaching
Habits are important building blocks for self improvement. I believe that new positive habits are the way that you can improve areas of your life, whether it is in relationships, your health or even your work. They can be difficult to form at first, but once you...
by Paul Halsall | Apr 20, 2023 | Coaching
I start to write this as I am nearing the end of my Barefoot Post Graduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching course. I have the pleasure of writing this from the perspective of someone who has paid to be coached and as someone who is now trained to coach....
by Steve Halsall | Mar 10, 2023 | Recruiters
Recruiting for a role is a two-way process. The need for the candidates to sell themselves and demonstrate their suitability for any role is a given. HR professionals and hiring managers also play a significant role in ‘selling’ the role and company to the...
by Paul Halsall | Mar 10, 2023 | Career Development
This week in the UK is National Careers Week, spotlighting the importance of careers guidance for young people in support of their future career pathways. As recruiters, our ethos surrounds helping people from new graduates to those nearing retirement with their...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 6, 2023 | Career Development
The 2023 National Apprenticeship Week is the 6th – 12th February and the theme this year is ‘Skills for Life’. This week is to help reflect on the impact of developing the skills and experience for an apprentice and their future career, and how consequently this is...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 16, 2023 | Coaching, Recruiters
2022 has certainly been a year of recruitment. Quite a few people have moved jobs, although not in the vast droves that the great resignation was predicting. Most of our clients have been recruiting to not only replace staff turnover but to expand their workforce to...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 13, 2023 | Candidates, Career Development
This blog post is for undergraduates in their penultimate or final year as well as those who are due to complete their postgraduate studies in the next 6-12 months and are looking ahead to life after university. I was in your shoes in 1995 – I was about to...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 9, 2023 | News
Last year (and the year before that) most of us at Red Tiger set individual goals to accomplish throughout the year, each to varying levels of success. Setting goals and resolutions in the new year is very common, but perhaps it’s time to rethink what...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 13, 2022 | News
If you’re someone who likes to plan ahead and stay organised, you have likely already done most of your Christmas shopping, with gifts wrapped and exchanged. However, if you’re realising that, somehow, we’re already 2 weeks into December and...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 6, 2022 | Candidates, Career Development
This blog post is written as part of our graduate special newsletter and covers some hints and tips that I have learnt from being a recruiter for the last 6 and a half years. There are somewhere around 2 million graduates each year in the UK, and over 3/4 of those...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 15, 2022 | News, Career Development
As I’m writing this, it is coming up to my one-year anniversary working at Red Tiger (November 15th). I received a LinkedIn notification a few days ago letting me know that I had been connected to Steve and Paul for a year now, and it took a moment to sink in how...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 18, 2022 | Recruiters
Chloe’s blog post eloquently outlines the benefits of having a diverse workforce. For this blog I’d like to focus on some of the challenges we see from a recruitment perspective. Red Tiger Talent have just finished their busiest year yet – we have...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 14, 2022 | Career Development
The following post is a guest piece written by University of Leeds student Conor, who attended our Intermediate Excel for Analysis training course and has since remained connected with us in his career progression. He shares his summer internship experience with us...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 13, 2022 | News
Work-life balance is important in employee engagement and retention. In a recent YouGov poll, 55% of working parents would consider leaving their job if they found another that offered more flexible options. In addition, from a hiring perspective the survey found that...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 12, 2022 | Recruiters
Diversity in the workforce means an inclusive and engaging environment where people from all backgrounds and experiences are employed. Though ‘workplace diversity’ can sound like a box-ticking exercise or be more about social reputation, having a diverse team and...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 12, 2022 | Recruiters
It is with sincere regret that ageism is still alive and well in the workplace. This blog will hopefully go some way to address some of the subconscious and conscious bias that seems to cloud some hiring managers’ views in their search for talent. I will argue...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 7, 2022 | Coaching
It is our role as professional coaches to manage expectations on what coaching is, what it isn’t, and what the client (coachee) expects to achieve from coaching. Ultimately, it is all about the client embracing the coaching process and for the coach and client...
by Steve Halsall | Oct 7, 2022 | Coaching
This blog forms part of a series on Coaching where I seek to demystify the practice of coaching (mainly aimed at those who have not had prior experience) and outline how it can be a really powerful approach to drive transformational personal or professional change....
by Steve Halsall | Sep 29, 2022 | News
This has been a project 3 years in the planning and finally, on Tuesday 6th September 2022 11 trekkers all congregated from various parts of the UK to Arusha in Tanzania with a shared objective – to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. Arusha sits at the foot of Mount...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 29, 2022 | Coaching
In late 2021 I set myself a goal of becoming an ICF Qualified Coach. I decided to enroll on the Accredited Coach Training Programme (ACTP) with Barefoot Coaching. This flagship course, on Business and Personal Coaching, taught online via Zoom, brought 15 different...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 23, 2022 | Mental Health
Dementia arrived uninvited in my life in April 2016 when my Mum was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia/Alzheimer’s. My Mum had previously shown some early signs of forgetfulness and was struggling to finish her sentences. For someone who loved to talk this must...
by Paul Halsall | Jul 13, 2022 | Coaching, Candidates, Career Development
I thought I’d put “fingers to keyboard” to put some thoughts down on my coaching experience (as a coachee) so far, to give insight into what coaching is like. As someone who is involved in setting up a coaching business (Red Tiger Coaching), to...
by Paul Halsall | Jul 8, 2022 | News
I began my A levels (Business, Religious Studies and Psychology) at sixth form in September 2021 and realised I wanted to take a different route. As I was part of the COVID GCSE years I struggled with going back to in-person school and the major change from GCSE to A...
by Steve Halsall | May 31, 2022 | Career Development
Do you ever step out of your career comfort zone, or do you prefer to stick with what you know? Moving roles always has an element of risk – what is your own attitude to risk and what could be the reward? Personally, I am a calculated risk taker. I don’t...
by Paul Halsall | May 5, 2022 | Mental Health, Career Development
This blog post follows my previous on on spotting the signs of stress, and looks at exploring your current role to see if that the reason behind your stress. I also cover advice on what to look for in a new role if you do decide to move on. In my opinion, we all want...
by Steve Halsall | May 4, 2022 | Coaching
July 2022 marks the start of my 28th year of full-time working since completing my studies. As I reflect on my career to date, I have met and worked with some great people, seen many highs and some lows and had some great fun along the way. We started Red...
by Paul Halsall | May 3, 2022 | Coaching, Career Development
It’s a popular career goal for the ambitious professionals amongst us, to be regularly achieving that next level of success and thriving at your full potential. Often cited in performance reviews and discussions with colleagues is the idea of reaching...
by Paul Halsall | May 3, 2022 | Coaching
As a Master Strengthscope Practitioner, I have access to many models, theories, and frameworks to support clients’ understanding of their personal strengths profile. Zone of Peak Performance Model, Strengthscope My favourite of all, and the one I use the most is the...
by Paul Halsall | Apr 21, 2022 | Mental Health
Stress is defined as “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances”. Before learning how to spot stress, it’s important to know that there is good and bad stress: Good stress, or eustress, is the type of...
by Paul Halsall | Apr 1, 2022 | News
April Fool’s Day is the perfect time to play a funny prank or joke on those around you without fearing any (serious) consequences to your humour – it is the annual custom after all! From harmless gags to intensely thought-out pranks (we’re...
by Paul Halsall | Mar 8, 2022 | News
March 8th 2022 marks International Women’s Day, with this year’s campaign theme of #BreakTheBias. “Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn’t enough, action is needed to level...
by Paul Halsall | Mar 3, 2022 | News
On March 3rd 2022 it is the 25th anniversary of World Book Day! The core mission of World Book Day is to promote reading for pleasure and particularly, changing children’s lives through a love of books and shared reading. As an avid reader myself since I was old...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 11, 2022 | Recruiters
In my 27 years of business and 5 years in recruiting in the insight and analytics world I have never seen a market like the one we are currently experiencing. It seems to be an imperfect storm for hiring talent – with too few candidates and too many...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 11, 2022 | Coaching, Candidates, Career Development
As a university graduate looking to secure their first role and kickstart their career, the thought of breaking into an industry without really understanding your strengths and how you perform best can be a bit daunting. How can you know if the role is right for you?...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 1, 2022 | Coaching
The Great Resignation is an idea first floated by Professor Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M University that predicts a large number of people leaving their jobs after the COVID pandemic ends. This phenomenon seems to have some grounding, but is likely to vary by...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 12, 2022 | News, Mental Health
Have you set yourself a New Years Resolution to ‘read more’ in 2022 or a goal of x amount of books? You’re not alone – it’s perhaps one of the most common resolutions each year, and some of us at Red Tiger are exactly the same (Ruth wants...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 6, 2022 | News
We have reached that time again where one year comes to a close and we look ahead to how we can make the new year better in some way, setting goals or resolutions to try and conquer in the next 12 months. It is also a great time to reflect on how the past year was for...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 30, 2021 | News
On the Yorkshire Dales Mighty Hike 2021 for Macmillan Cancer Support 2021 has been quite the year for everyone, with lots of ups and downs (many of which being related to a certain pandemic). Determined to end the year on a positive note however, we thought we would...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 22, 2021 | News
There are only a few weeks to go until we release our 4th Bi-Annual Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary and Benefits, supported by the Society for Location Analysis. Be sure to keep an eye out in your inbox around January 4th...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 17, 2021 | News
Murphy getting into the festive spirit… With Christmas Eve being only a week away (how quickly has December flown!), we thought it would be fun for each of the Red Tiger staff to share any traditions they have on that day. Christmas Eve traditions are a...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 13, 2021 | Candidates, Coaching
I wrote this blog having not touched my LinkedIn profile for probably the best part of 6 months. I have to ask myself – why is that? I probably speak for circa 90% of people in that I don’t have it high up my priority list. However it is one of those...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 29, 2021 | News
A few weeks into officially working for Red Tiger Talent as the business admin and marketing assistant, now feels like an ideal time to share how I came to work here and my first week’s experience. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a First Class...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 17, 2021 | Candidates, Job Roles
We have a number of exciting new insight and sales job vacancies at the moment. Scroll down the page to see the job descriptions. Insight Roles Senior Insight Manager, Central London, UK Commercial Property Investor Exciting senior opportunity to join an existing...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 21, 2021 | Candidates, Job Roles
The client The client is a privately owned real estate fund specialising in UK property investment, development and asset management. The role Reporting to two senior partners, the role relies on strong up to date knowledge of UK economic issues and the UK real estate...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 21, 2021 | Candidates, Job Roles
The company are undergoing profound structural change. Today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities require inspirational solutions, grounded in data and experience. The Researchand Analytics team produce proprietary research, putting data at the heart...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 20, 2021 | Mental Health
The last few years has made me question my mortality on an increasingly regular basis. My morbid thoughts are caused by a combination of factors. It’s something to do with my feet being firmly planted in middle age (with the big 5-0 just around the corner). It’s to do...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 13, 2021 | Career Development
I write this blog off the back of a recent team call we had at Red Tiger Coaching. We were discussing potential transition coaching clients and I reflected back to the days when I was a Business Director at BT, went to a new role and immediately felt overwhelmed. This...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 9, 2021 | Coaching
Being a geographer, location planner and living back in my hometown of Southport, I thought I would share some of the great developments that are happening to revive our seaside town. Recruiting into areas of Location Planning, Consumer Insight, Property Research and...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 5, 2021 | Candidates
A few months back Boris announced that we should return to our workplaces and that people have had enough ‘days off’ at home during the pandemic. This was met with cries of ‘irresponsible’ from the opposition party and some scientists, never mind those of...
by Paul Halsall | Jul 5, 2021 | Career Development, Mental Health
We thought we’d take a look at the 2021 objectives and goals we set at the beginning of this year to see how we’ve been getting on. So here goes, highlighted in Green are the objectives we’ve smashed! In Amber, the ones we’re working on and in...
by Paul Halsall | Jun 21, 2021 | Data / Analytics, News
Throughout my career I have worked in roles where I’ve helped companies make business decisions based on data and information and I now place people in such roles. As we face the most challenging era of...
by Steve Halsall | May 20, 2021 | Mental Health
This week is Dementia Action week. Did you know that there are over 850,000 people currently living with Dementia in the UK? Are you aware that Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer? Do you know that Dementia is not just a disease of the elderly? ...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 22, 2021 | Candidates, Data / Analytics
Other than for extremely basic calculations at school, I’d never really been taught how to use Excel, so when Steve and Paul suggested I attend the course as part of my induction I was interested in learning more and gaining a valuable skill. I believe it’s very...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 17, 2020 | Candidates, Recruiters
Recent news does not make great reading as the ONS reports that there have been 819,000 job losses in the UK since the start of the pandemic. You can read the article, ‘Hospitality worst affected as unemployment rises again’ here. It is now a case of when,...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 8, 2020 | Career Development
“You’re doing so well now with such a diverse portfolio career…” What is a portfolio career? I had to think hard when someone said this to me recently. I was thinking… do I? Well if I do it’s not that successful because I’m skint! Joking aside, I may be earning...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 3, 2020 | Mental Health
Eight months ago (at the time of writing this) we were at the very beginning of the pandemic and the widespread disruption that COVID-19 brought with it. This blog looks at the differences between Lockdown 1.0 and Lockdown 2.0 and what you can do to build...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 24, 2020 | Candidates, Career Development
We are really excited to have a number of new job vacancies available. It’s a good sign that things are looking up. Head of Logistics Consulting, London Based Consultancy Key senior role responsible for driving forward the logistics consulting practiceLogistics...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 8, 2020 | Data / Analytics
I wrote this blog post just as we launched our Alteryx for Beginners training course; aimed at explaining what Alteryx is and why you should look to add it to your skill set. In the past I have used a mixture of applications and languages to manipulate data...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 24, 2020 | Career Development, News
Which dwarf has to stay at home with the rule of six? Happily since Snow White and her seven dwarves are in the same family bubble, they should be OK. The summer holidays are now a distant memory, the kids have gone back to school...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 11, 2020 | Career Development, News
Throughout my time at college, despite enjoying studying and being relatively academic, university was never at the top of my list of paths to take after my A-levels. I took Business Studies, Geography and English Language, and after an unusual end to my college years...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 19, 2020 | Career Development, News
In a previous blog I waxed lyrical about how one benefit of COVID-19 has been the very clear use of data (not always the right data) and analytics/modelling to help drive decision making (not always the right decision!). Then the dominating UK news...
by Paul Halsall | Aug 12, 2020 | Mental Health
I started this blog pre-lockdown and since then both Steve’s Kilimanjaro and my Mallorca triathlon have been cancelled due to COVID-19. I thought it was still worth publishing anyway (As both Steve and I hope to do these events in 2021). Recruiters are bound to say...
by Steve Halsall | Aug 11, 2020 | Career Development
I write this blog exactly 20 weeks into ‘lockdown’ and the headlines are still dominated by the continued impact of the virus. Whilst restrictions are being slowly lifted (and in some cases reinstated) it is clear that a return to our once ‘free’ lives is still a...
by Steve Halsall | Jul 23, 2020 | Coaching, News
Many companies are now planning to bring staff back off furlough (at its peak there were 9.3 million people furloughed) and start to open up their offices, albeit with a reduced capacity. The question still remains about where staff will be expected to conduct their...
by Steve Halsall | Jul 2, 2020 | Coaching
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like we’re in limbo at the moment? We are slowly adjusting to a post (high levels of..) COVID world where the shackles of lockdown are gradually being released (unless you live in Leicestershire). It’s an ever changing...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 12, 2020 | Career Development
I am delighted to announce that I have now got over a quarter of a century’s experience in the use of Excel. It is the first analytical package I used during my university studies and I have used it ever since. I had a brief...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 5, 2020 | Coaching, Data / Analytics, News
It’s the end of the (old) world as we know it (and I feel fine) Now I have finished with my review of how businesses and individuals have been coping, (Click to read Part One and Part Two of the New Normal) I thought I would conclude the final part with some...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 3, 2020 | Candidates
We don’t normally share job adverts on our website because we don’t need to. We have a great network of candidates and prefer to just pick up the phone and contact the people we think will be a great fit. However, we thought we’d buck that trend and...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 3, 2020 | Mental Health
This second part to the ‘New Normal’ blog summarises my reflections from hundreds of conversations had in lockdown with friends, family, clients, candidates, strangers, basically anyone who will speak to me, about business survival in the face of adversity. It has...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 1, 2020 | News, Data / Analytics
Coronavirus has impacted everyone’s lives over the last few months and I would imagine most people are well and truly bored of the subject. With lockdown slowly being lifted and we tentatively ease back into more flexible routines, I thought it would be an appropriate...
by Steve Halsall | May 27, 2020 | Mental Health
Male pattern baldness came knocking early for me. I can most likely thank my Dad’s genes for that. When I was 19 years old my boss at the restaurant where I worked was walking down some stairs, with me walking in...
by Steve Halsall | May 7, 2020 | Career Development
Final year GCSE and ‘A’ Level students across the UK will have a range of emotions on the back of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. These groups are to be known in this blog as the ‘Class of 2020’. Our household is no exception, with my stepson in year...
by Steve Halsall | Apr 17, 2020 | Candidates
It has been an interesting month as a Recruitment Consultant, working without any live assignments. I did have one existing role until a couple of weeks ago, but I advised my client to pause it for now as it is unlikely that candidates will agree to a move during such...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 31, 2020 | News
Mark Thurstain-Goodwin of Geofutures Ltd published some insight on LinkedIn last week on the location of second homes and voiced his concerns about people leaving our cities to socially isolate in these second homes. Check out These are the areas at risk of...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 25, 2020 | Career Development, Candidates
(please switch the lights off on the way out!) This is the final installment in a series of three blogs tackling the subject of redundancy. Our first blog offered practical advice from an experience coach, Linda Steel. Read: Coping with redundancy: advice from an...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 20, 2020 | Mental Health
The demands on our homes as an office space have never been higher. The team at Red Tiger Talent are used to working from home in our home offices and have an appropriate setup to ensure that we can conduct our work in comfort and with minimal distraction. Critical to...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 20, 2020 | Mental Health
There is little doubt that we are living in unprecedented times – the months ahead are going to be challenging for everyone as we significantly change the way we live, and work, in order to cope with the Covid-19 crisis. In Part 1 of this blog about Coronavirus we...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 17, 2020 | Candidates, Mental Health, Recruiters
We are now into the 3rd week of coronavirus (Covid-19) headlines here in the UK and it has been dominating everyone’s lives for the last few weeks. Over the weekend the dinner table conversation was never far from coronavirus – the impact of the disease, from...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 11, 2020 | Candidates
This second blog on redundancy is documentary evidence from a candidate that we have supported through their redundancy process. They have asked to remain anonymous and we really do appreciate their honesty in sharing their thoughts for the benefit of others in a...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 5, 2020 | Career Development
This is the first blog in a series of three on Coping with Redundancy. Redundancy is, unfortunately, an all too regular experience in today’s commercial world and a significant cause of stress and anxiety for anyone who has been affected. This series draws on...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 24, 2020 | Candidates, Recruiters
This blog has been written as a reflection on the recent 2020 Salary Survey that Red Tiger Talent have been working on throughout December 2019 and January 2020 (with support from The Society for Location Analysis). It outlines the journey we have been on, what is...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 6, 2020 | Mental Health
A few months ago, at his pre-match press conference, Jurgen Klopp was asked a question about his (and other managers’) mental health. From his reaction, he was quite surprised about the question topic (I suppose it makes a refreshing change to typical questions about...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 4, 2020 | Candidates, Career Development
This blog is aimed at providing students and recent graduates advice on their career. Looking back from what has been a rapid 22 years since I graduated, I was very fortunate to do a degree course that provided modules that really interested me, but also gave me...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 3, 2020 | Mental Health
I’m sure we’ve all been there, when we wake up one morning and have a slight tickle or sickly feeling but not really enough to warrant the day off work but we do anyway. We wrestle with the idea that we are definitely going down with something and the reasons why we...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 28, 2020 | Candidates, Career Development
When I was at BT one of the best things I did was to look for a business mentor. I had to find someone who was not in the same line of business as me, who was ideally local, who was a couple of grades above me, and who was keen to mentor someone in the business. I had...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 23, 2020 | Coaching
During a recent Red Tiger team day in sunny Southport the team started discussing (slightly ranting) the costs and inconvenience of town centre parking charges. There are many well publicised factors driving the decline in our town centre retail and increased...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 20, 2020 | Mental Health
Today, is Blue Monday, which apparently is the most depressing day of the year. The causes are numerous, bad weather (well those of us who are UK based can all vouch for that), lack of money after the excesses of Xmas, or precisely the time when our self-improvement...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 23, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
It is that time of year where some 2nd year undergraduates are going through the process of finding industrial placements for their 3rd year. This could be the first time you have had to do a formal interview and the stakes are high as industrial placements are often...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 23, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
Holiday season is fast approaching and I expect that I am feeling like a lot of people in the week before Xmas – frantically wanting to clear my desk/inbox, get the Xmas parties out of the way and enjoy an extended period of rest in order to recharge the batteries. It...
by Paul Halsall | Jun 25, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
As we talk to candidates about new roles or approach candidates we believe are suitable for opportunities one of the most common themes we come across is that the candidate doesn’t have an up to date CV or in some cases no CV at all. In addition you...
by Paul Halsall | Jun 18, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
Sales teams provide a vital role in the success of any business, they feed the top line. They effectively bridge the link between understanding the customer needs and the products and services a business offers to fulfil these needs. Their core role consists of...
by Paul Halsall | Jun 7, 2019 | Coaching, Data / Analytics
I have been working in Data and Analytics for 17 years and have seen many different ways to manage data and analytics across a business. Working in mature data driven businesses you realise that the legacy of having a lot of data in a business can be as much of a...
by Steve Halsall | May 24, 2019 | Candidates, Recruiters
Have you ever been approached about a role at a company and been put off by your perception of that business? I certainly think that as you progress through any career you do tend to get bogged down with mis-informed or outdated perceptions of potential...
by Paul Halsall | May 16, 2019 | Candidates
It’s #MentalHealthAwareness week and following on from Steve’s recent blog “The crying game” this is a personal blog about my mental health and how I cope with anxiety. My sole reason for writing this blog is in the hope that just one person who has maybe...
by Steve Halsall | May 15, 2019 | Mental Health
This week (13-19th May 2019) is Mental Health Awareness Week and it seems like a day doesn’t go by without something in the news or our social media timelines about mental health. We are facing a mental health epidemic and it can affect you regardless of gender,...
by Paul Halsall | May 8, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
Congratulations, you have been successful and have accepted an offer for a new job! However after the initial buzz you realise that you have to have a potentially uncomfortable conversation with your soon to be former employer, and more importantly your...
by Paul Halsall | Apr 24, 2019 | Recruiters
This follows on from my previous blog last year where I looked to dispel some myths surrounding recruiters and to demonstrate how a good recruiter can help candidates. This blog looks at the role of a recruiter from a client’s perspective. What does a recruiter do?...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 29, 2019 | News, Data / Analytics
Vinyl nearly died in the mid 2000s, but today it accounts for nearly one in 10 of all physical purchases in the UK. The ubiquitous music streaming services are now responsible for the majority of music consumption and CD sales are on the decline, but Vinyl...
by Steve Halsall | Mar 20, 2019 | Candidates, Mental Health
It’s well documented how important it is to have a work life balance, and that people should work to live rather than the other way around. However, in this new world of greater flexibility and transient working, I have found it increasingly important to get the...
by Paul Halsall | Mar 6, 2019 | Candidates, Mental Health
Building on my pre-Christmas blog entitled Switching Off from Work, and achieving that objective in 2018, for 2019 I set myself a new year’s resolution to really plan my days better and more importantly develop a morning routine. We all know new year’s...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 15, 2019 | Coaching, Data / Analytics
It is fast approaching 10 years when I was heading to China as part of a market exploratory team for Sainsbury’s to see if the supermarket chain could create a sustainable & profitable proposition in the worlds second largest economy. Tesco, with an...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 7, 2019 | Coaching
It is well publicised about the special relationship us Brits have with the United States but how easy does this translate when it comes to retail? Why do some retailers flourish both sides of the pond while others falter? Do some retailers fall foul of poor economic...
by Paul Halsall | Feb 1, 2019 | Data / Analytics
Recently at Red Tiger Consulting we have been looking into retail trends for the year ahead, as many businesses in the retail sector have. Whilst a lot has been said about embracing the emergence of new technologies, engaging and experiential shopping and...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 25, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
When it comes to advancing your career or looking for a new role your CV should work as a personal marketing leaflet for you. It is a way to connect with a potential employer before you meet them and, as they say, first impressions last. If your CV is not up to...
by Paul Halsall | Jan 8, 2019 | Candidates, Career Development
The extended break over Christmas and New Year usually provides some personal time out for reflection, which may include thinking about making changes to your lifestyle or career. Red Tiger Talent sees a significant uplift in activity in the new year as people follow...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 2, 2019 | Candidates
We have all been there, the depressing return to work after the Christmas break, everyone showing off their new attire (or tech!), and the general ‘did you have a good break?’ catch-ups over the desk divide or at the coffee machine. These catch ups usually involve...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 27, 2018 | News
So Christmas is done for another year, and we hope you had an excellent one. All that is left now is extensive amounts of cardboard packaging and wrapping paper! Those of you with large families, particularly those of you with kids, will not appreciate the amount of...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 18, 2018 | Coaching
I dream of a January 2019 where the news feeds are dominated by positive stories of retailers posting strong Xmas trading figures and looking forward to continued growth in the year ahead. 2018 has largely been dominated by negative stories of closures and the...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 13, 2018 | Candidates, Career Development
As the Christmas carol classic Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly goes “’tis the season to be jolly”, so what better time of year to do some networking? Embrace the rounds of Christmas after work drinks, work parties and even festive networking events, and expand...
by Paul Halsall | Dec 3, 2018 | Candidates, Career Development
Are you thinking about the next move in your career, or currently looking for a job, but wondering whether it is worth keeping up the effort to job hunt over Christmas? It is a popular belief that companies will not be hiring over the festive period, due to candidates...
by Steve Halsall | Nov 22, 2018 | Mental Health
How many of you reach for the phone last thing at night and first thing in the morning? Don’t use the excuse of setting your alarm and switching it off! And how many of you think that a few minutes browsing news/twitter/Instagram/facebook is the best solution to curb...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 16, 2018 | Career Development, Mental Health
The last three months have been a revelation for me as I took the decision six months ago to consciously leave the big corporate world, at least for a while, and make some important lifestyle changes. Despite a love and passion for my job and company it dawned on me...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 7, 2018 | Career Development, News
I am excited to be speaking at the HER Plus Data (@herplusdatamcr) meet up, in Manchester, on Thursday. Having been asked to talk about some of the issues faced by women working in data I have been reflecting on my career, and various gender equality issues, in...
by Steve Halsall | Nov 2, 2018 | Candidates, Career Development
I talked in an earlier blog about my sedentary lifestyle and how this has prompted me to instigate a fundamental shift in behaviour. If I don’t do something soon I will be firmly cementing myself into the cohort of middle aged men with growing beer guts and rushing...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 26, 2018 | Coaching, News
A few years ago, everyone was talking about “Dark Stores” and the Brits were the pioneers, before the concept spread to France, central Europe and more recently North America. The term was so widely coined that it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary and joined...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 12, 2018 | Candidates
As I write this blog I am over 2 years into my career in recruitment, and I have learnt so much about the industry during this time. Before I became a recruiter, I had been an analyst for over 15 years from conducting analysis on location planning for retailers and...
by Paul Halsall | Oct 5, 2018 | Coaching
There has been phenomenal media coverage in the past couple of weeks, as Tesco launch their new Jacks discount grocery format. The new look value stores are aimed at competing head to head with Aldi and Lidl. Much was the case in the United States in early 2016 when...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 28, 2018 | Coaching
Last week, Amazon announced their ambitious plans to expand the “Go” convenience format, with its infamous “just walk out” technology, to 3,000 stores across the US by 2021. This is in addition to the numerous book stores, Amazon Fresh pick up locations, and this week...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 21, 2018 | Coaching
Those of you who follow food and beverage (F&B) news in the North West may well have heard about Elite Bistro Group (EBG). Headed up by refreshingly no-nonsense Gary Usher (folk who are not offended by flavoursome language check out @stickywalnut) they have four...
by Paul Halsall | Sep 14, 2018 | Coaching
Coming from an analyst background, and now being a recruiter, I have worked a lot on location planning projects through the years. It is with a sense of sadness that I write this piece about possibly another nail in the coffin for high street retail, based on a recent...
by Steve Halsall | Sep 7, 2018 | Career Development
I am sure you have all been subjected to the numerous photos of cute kids looking very smart, and excited, to be going to their first day back at school (never to be repeated for the rest of the year!) in your Facebook, twitter and Instagram feeds. This time of year...
by Paul Halsall | Jul 9, 2018 | Mental Health
Do you have colleagues that religiously take up to an hour out of their day to have a brisk stroll at lunch time? Are these colleagues incessant on telling you their step goals and provide a daily update on how they well they are doing against their...
by Steve Halsall | Jun 25, 2018 | Mental Health
This blog entry was inspired by a walk to a client in the glorious sunshine, one morning in London. My mind wandered to how the scene before me would have differed from Victorian London. I imagined a scene from Oliver Twist, where there was clear...
by Steve Halsall | Feb 9, 2018 | Data / Analytics
What are the implications for Location Planning when Big Data and advancements in data visualisation have potentially surpassed the ‘wow’ factor of maps and location analytics? When I first started in Location Planning over 20 years ago as the only GIS...
by Steve Halsall | Jan 2, 2018 | Candidates, Career Development
Happy New Year to all fellow location planners – we wish you all a successful and healthy 2018. Red Tiger Consulting are delighted to announce that, in association with the Society for Location Analysis (SLA), the 2018 Survey of Salary & Benefits for...
by Steve Halsall | Dec 22, 2017 | News
The Red Tiger team feel that we have played a small contribution to the recent news that Gin has overtaken Whiskey and Vodka as the UK’s preferred drink, as we have had a gin-spirational year. Apparently Britons bought a record 47 million bottles of gin this...
by Paul Halsall | Nov 10, 2017 | Candidates, Career Development
As of Friday 10th November women effectively work for free for the rest of the year. This is due to the current gender pay gap between women and men. This pay gap averages out to 18.4 % and has been the same since 2015, despite an Equal pay act being passed in 1970....
by Steve Halsall | Oct 20, 2017 | Mental Health
If, like me, you are parents of young children, I am sure you face the daily challenges of balancing parenthood/home life with work pressures. Businesses constantly want more, for less, and are fighting for precious time with our personal commitments. I am not wanting...
