Nurturing Trust: Micromanagement and Reasons to Avoid it Despite the negative connotations associated with it, micromanagement remains a prevalent issue in many workplaces today. Micromanagement involves exerting excessive […]
Redundancies and How to Cope: Navigating Career Transitions Only three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented levels of redundancies worldwide, leaving many individuals struggling with the […]
Mental Health at Work in 2023; How Are Employers Helping? Mental health in the workplace is a complex and multifaceted issue. From lockdowns and pandemic panic to navigating a cost […]
New Year, New Job? It’s no secret that the new year, ‘fresh start’ effect is a catalyst for self-reflection and personal resolutions, but what […]
Cost of Living Crisis: What Employers Are Doing and How You Can Adapt For the past few months, headlines like the ones below have probably become familiar: “UK food prices soar by fastest […]
Sitka’s 6th birthday Sitka turned 6 years old recently and what better way to celebrate this than to create a short film. Our […]
Senior Recruitment: Our Advice for SMEs and the Third Sector Running a senior recruitment campaign is challenging, particularly if you want ensure it is thorough and does not cost the […]
Interviews: the Clincher of Candidate Experience If you’re recruiting in today’s candidate-driven job market, your employer branding can make all the difference in attracting the right […]
Networking 101: Building Connections for Your Career The first years of your career always come with uncertainties. But it’s these career unknowns that can hide untapped career […]
Don’t Keep Them On Hold: Why Speedy Recruitment is Important in Today’s Job Market According to the CIPD definition, talent management is the “systematic attraction, identification, development, engagement, retention, and deployment of those individuals […]
The Great Resignation – the Biggest Post-Covid HR Challenge? It’s no secret that 2020 was a big career turning point for many who experienced their biggest job insecurity in […]
Ever heard of candidate ghosting? If you’re within a certain demographic, you’ve most likely heard of ghosting used in the context of online dating: /ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/ […]
A guide to choosing your marketing recruitment agency Let’s set the scene. After a busy few months, the workload has increased for your marketing team. You know it’s […]
6 ways to promote diversity in the workplace We hear a lot about the importance of diversity in the workplace, but what does this mean in practical terms? […]
Key factors to ensure a successful virtual onboarding experience for new employees We recently held a discussion on LinkedIn via our company page and decided on the back of this to write […]
Now is the right time to consider finding a mentor Fulfilling your ambitions can of course take some time and can be viewed as hard work and doing it alone […]
Business Q&A: Sameer Rahman * Since this Q&A was published, Sameer has taken up a new role as Director of Insight and Data Science […]
Sitka’s New Year message 2021 As many of us get back into the swing of work, some are looking for a new role and some […]
Don’t be the manager people leave It’s long been said that people leave managers, not jobs, and numerous studies support this. Being a good manager really […]
Job seeking during a pandemic – the importance of personal resilience Back in April 2018, we sponsored a CIPD event ‘How to build personal resilience’ with inspirational speaker, trainer, coach, and […]
Reflections on four years of Sitka Recruitment Four years ago, we decided – in our 40s – to establish a business in the extremely competitive world of recruitment. […]
Being more ‘bamboo’: developing resilience for the changing workplace ‘The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.’ The Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme is edging to an […]
How to build trust in virtual recruitment “Trust is a vital ingredient in any working relationship and I believe it’s what made Sitka’s video recruitment process so […]
How interim recruitment can help you conquer uncertainty The number of permanent hires in the UK has been falling over the past few months, a trend that was […]
Managing your workforce through the Coronavirus crisis Like many organisations, you’re probably still only starting to adapt to the new normal, working out how to balance staff wellbeing with business sustainability
2020 recruitment: the future is here In the world of recruitment, the past two years have seen a challenging economic and technological landscape, dominated by artificial […]
Don’t start 2020 off with a recruitment fail This is what one of our public sector clients had to say after unsuccessfully attempting to attract senior marketing candidates […]
When writing a job description consider this first A well-thought-out job description doesn’t just help you find and protect good employees, it helps protect your business from legal […]
Why are Welsh firms spending less on recruitment? In July this year, the Open University published its Business Barometer revealing that Welsh organisations are investing 15% less in […]
Let’s (not?) shake on it Shaking hands has become such an integral part of the interview process, but could it be banned?
Accountancy skills for the digital era Growing legislation is making accountancy an increasingly technical and specialist profession. In turn, this is making certain finance roles much […]
We’ve expanded with new offices, a new website & a new recruitment partner Eighteen months on from becoming a finalist for the Wales Start-up awards, we’re delighted to have moved into new offices […]
Under pressure: how to tackle workplace stress If tackling workplace pressure is a priority for you, read our three tips to help you take the next steps.
How to identify your workplace skills gaps In our last blog, we reported the latest findings by the REC on employers’ worries around the availability of skilled candidates […]
The biggest worry for employers right now There’s a common worry troubling many employers this year: what does 2019 hold for my workforce? A recent report by […]
Business Q&A: Anna Lewis, Co-founder and Director of Marsden/Mee Anna Lewis is the co-founder of branding and marketing agency Marsden/Mee and thrives on adding insight, clarity and direction to […]
What skills does your marketing professional need? If you want marketers to drive change in a business environment dominated by change, you need to make sure they […]
Why we still need business development professionals We live in a business world dominated by technology, technology which has led to marketing and sales taking on many […]
Should organisations still be hiring for cultural fit? The benefits of hiring for cultural fit are well documented: better staff retention, greater productivity and increased profitability. So, it’s […]
Why recruitment should not slow down over summer Many organisations think of summer as the worst time to recruit – no matter how urgently they need to fill […]
Are flexible working practices flex-able? In May, Totaljobs published a new report stating that 59% of employees view flexible working opportunities as the most important […]
What GDPR means for HR and your business At times it has seemed as though the hype will never end, but GDPR D-day is, at last, upon us. […]
The new hotspot for senior finance professionals? Cardiff On 20th April, we were delighted to attend the first ever Finance Awards Wales, described as a showcase of the […]
Business Q&A: Jon Bridge * Since this Q&A was published, Jon has taken up a new role as Operations Director at S.A. Brain and […]
The importance of personal resilience for work In such a competitive market, personal resilience isn’t just a ‘nice to have’, it’s an essential soft skill that can […]
Business Q&A: Rob Baker, HR professional * Since this Q&A was published, Rob has set up his own HR consultancy, Afon HR. ‘A man who puts […]
Gender equality at leadership level: why it matters and how to achieve it Over the past few months, we’ve spoken to a number of women in senior leadership roles in Wales, who have […]
Social media’s place in recruitment Depending which surveys you look at, some 39-84 per cent of employers now use social media to research prospective candidates […]
Business Q&A: Yvonne Murray, Head of HR * Since this Q&A was published, Yvonne has taken up a new role as Head of HR for St. John’s […]
Managing the changing face of recruitment in 2018 Increased competition, technological developments, new social values and a changing workforce created big shifts in recruitment and HR in 2017. […]
