by Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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 Steve 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...
