Agile working has long been embraced by many businesses, it can take many forms, including earlier or later start and finish times, working remotely, consolidated hours (usually where the hours worked over five days are condensed into four longer days), term-time only work and/or working over the weekends rather than just during the traditional working week.

Now the Christmas festivities are over and we’ve welcomed in 2019, thoughts are no doubt turning to New Year Resolutions. Often these are about things we intend to do more of in order to improve our lives in the coming twelve months.

There is a well-used quote that pretty much sums up the power of mentoring. “If You Want To Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want To Go Far, Go Together.” You may hear repeatedly that gaining a mentor can accelerate your career success; from having a champion that can support you, to someone who is who you want to be in the future.

Trapeze HR was launched in June 2018, so we have just completed our 6th month of trading, and we were keen to share what we’ve been up to and to say a huge thank you.

Whether you have a young family, are caring for elderly relatives or have other reasons, for many people working full time is not an option. How can you increase your chances of finding a part time position?

UK organisations are facing some challenging times and ensuring you have the competitive edge is becoming a key focus. Flexible working is often referred to as a potential panacea but are we truly making the most of flexible working?

This is the third and final in a series of linked blogs covering the key steps to getting a flexible job. In the first we looked at how to craft a winning CV; in the second we considered how you can establish a great working relationship with your recruitment consultant and in this final blog I look at how to smash the interview.

Recently I’ve read a lot of articles on ‘Mum Guilt’. A lot of them tend to talk about guilt in the context of mums going out to work, and the guilt of juggling family time with working life. One even described it as a rucksack that we carry on our backs - I quite liked this analogy

3 Steps to getting a flexible job: 2 working with your recruitment consultant

This is the second in a series of three linked blogs covering the key steps to getting a flexible job. In the first I offered advice on how to craft a winning CV; and this second considers how to create a successful working relationship with your recruitment consultant.

Job-hunting after an extended career break can knock the stuffing out of even the most self-assured professionals.

Many would-be returnees convince themselves that the long period away has somehow magically erased their skills.