Beginning your Career | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Your Career… What will you do…? Exam season is looming and the end of term and perhaps even the end of education altogether is in sight for many GCSE, A level and degree students. If you are reaching the end of education, now is an important time to think about your future. Whilst this might seem like …
Festivals and days out in Kent this Spring/Summer | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Spring/Summer fun in Kent We are currently enjoying spring and think it’s about time to use up some hard earned annual leave and get outside and enjoy festival season the right way! We have put together a few events that are sure to keep you entertained over the next few months. May Sweeps Festival, Rochester, …
We love Sun! | Earl Street Employment Consultants
The Sun is out – hooray!! The Sun is streaming in through the windows here at the Earl Street Employment office, and we are feeling excited about making the most of sunny weekends, commutes in daylight, and balmy evenings. So what are you most looking forward to over the next few months? Here are a …
Dream jobs in the Sunshine | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Sunshine This glorious spell of sunshine makes us daydream of jobs outdoors, here are some job possibilities… Post or delivery person Aren’t most post/delivery people always cheerful? Maybe it’s all that wonderful fresh air with the added bonus of meeting and interacting with the public. Plus most delivery services have summer uniforms for their …
National Living Wage Increase | Earl Street Employment Consultants
National Living Wage Increase While we were all enjoying the Easter break and the long weekend important changes were occurring from the 1st of April for all employees … Pay Rise The national living wage has increased by 4.4%. This means over 2 million people across the UK will see an increase …
Easter Rebirth | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Easter Rebirth Finally, Spring is here! it’s been a very long Winter but here’s a few things we have to look forward to… Spring is the mark of rebirth with everything new and shiny! Chicks hatch, lambs are born, leaves are growing on trees again and the buds of flowers will soon be opening. …
Look Forward, Don’t Look Back | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Forward Thinking January blues are a very real thing and many people feel the effects this time of the year. The festive season is over and there’s the pressure of New Year’s resolutions. Many people are not paid until the end of the month and those dreaded bills start coming in. Here’s some forward thinking …
How to Prevent Illness in the Workplace | Earl Street Employments Consultants
How to Prevent Illness in the Workplace How do you protect your workforce from coming down with an illness? And if someone does become ill, when should they still turn up for work? There’s a fine line between an employee having the sniffles or delirious with a fever and unable to function. Every employer is different …
Dry January: A Movement? | Earl Street Employment Consultants
Dry January Last year over 5 million Britons went dry for January and it’s looking like this year there’ll be even more people joining the movement. Many of us think that this trend is just about giving up alcohol in ‘Dryuary‘, however, there’s so much more to it… Dry January started in 2011, when Emily Robinson was …
2017 Recruitment in Review | Earl Street Employment Consultants
It was a busy year around the world between the ongoing Brexit negotiations, the growth of Bitcoin and a royal wedding on the horizon. 2017 was interesting to say the least! Now that 2018 is here we’ll review recruitment in 2017. What exactly did the year mean for recruitment? In 2017 we saw an increase in …
GDPR: What is it? | Earl Street Employment
GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation It’s been in preparation for 4 years and on the 24th of May 2018, it will be enforced. The GDPR’s aim is to harmonise existing data privacy across Europe. But what is GDPR and how will it effect companies? The Data Protection Act already is already in place from 1998 and controls …
Job Trends 2017 | Earlstreet Employment Consultants
Job Trends for 2017 Choosing your career path when you’re leaving school or college or at any age can be a daunting task. Will it pay well? Is there a demand for these jobs to be filled? Could you be replaced by a robot eventually (its already happening). There are lots of things to consider. …