Social media is fast becoming the normal way of doing business for many start ups and SMEs. Larger scale corporates are cottoning on quickly and more and more recruitment is now done via Linked In, Twitter and other social media streams than ever bef...
Over familiarity
It sounds strange but think back to when you started your new job; everything from the office environment to the team seem interesting and new. It takes a few weeks to learn where everything is and who does what. After a few month...
Since seeing its innovative approach to HR pay dividends following a hugely successful launch in September of last year, Extension Recruitment - the Gateshead based recruitment company - is very proud to feature in this month's North East Times.Â...
Last night I finished reading a fantastic book called "All my friends are superheros". It's a short book, 100 pages or so, and it centres around the story of Tom (the non-superhero or 'regular') and the 'Perfectionist' and their superhero friends.ÂÂ...
What does a recruiter do?A recruiter works on behalf of an employer to find the most suitable candidate for a given vacancy. It is their job to attract, source, screen and present a short list of individuals with the right knowledge, skills and exper...
Engineering as a trade carries more risk than many traditional jobs and for that reason, things can go wrong. Managing key risks and associated uncertainty with any project is crucial to delivering value and success safely and to budget. When thing...
