5 Top tips for negotiating a pay rise
Money makes the world go round right? And we all know the term by ‘failing to prepare you are preparing to fail’ – so if you are looking to negotiate a pay rise in your current role, you need to prepare and go with a plan. Right now people are focused on money […]
by: Katie Meakin
5 Top tips on how to use LinkedIn as a job seeker
5 Top tips on how to use LinkedIn as a job seeker When speaking to our candidates we often discuss LinkedIn as a platform for job seeking, it’s a great place to start if you are searching for a new position. Some individuals have set up profiles 10 years ago never using them, […]
by: Katie Meakin
8 tips for how to help someone with their job search
Sometimes your job search can feel quite lonely as you may be unsure where to turn and unfortunately there is no perfect ‘how to’ guide out there. However, there are lots of reference documents out there for support, especially here on the H2 Consultancy blog, but it’s hard to know what advice you should […]
by: Jo James
5 tips for accepting or declining a job offer
Accepting a job offer especially in the current climate should be one of the most exciting & satisfying things in the world right? Job searching isn’t easy but accepting an offer should be. If everything is right. It would seem that so many of you are unsure how to handle a job offer, that […]
by: Katie Meakin
Which email should I use when applying to Jobs?
Before you set up that email address stop and think about something… How will this be received by the person opening the email? As humans we do make judgements, rightly or wrongly and your email address will be picked up on. Are you using the email address you set up 15 years ago […]
by: Katie Meakin
10 Top Tips for Jobseekers Navigating a Job Board for the First Time
Most jobseekers will at some point find themselves navigating various job boards and inevitably setting up an account. For most people they are a fundamental part of the job searching process however what we find is that most people struggle to navigate them or use them to their full potential. So in my latest […]
by: Jo James
Don’t be put off by the numbers…
You don’t have to be the first applicant, you just have to be the right applicant. As a jobseeker do you find it off putting seeing the number of applications already received for a role? I’m here to say you that if you answered ‘YES’ then to stop worrying and to continue and hit apply! For years […]
by: Jo James
5 things to consider when returning to the office
12 Months on from the Pandemic, many of us have worked from home for a whole year now! There was us thinking it would be for a few weeks. With the world taking steps to returning to some form of normality, as part of the government road map, I thought it would be good […]
by: Katie Meakin
My years of recruitment experience paid off
At the beginning of 2020 little did I realise that the support I offer daily to jobseekers would be needed much closer to home. As we all found ourselves faced with a national lockdown and new words such as social distancing and furlough came into our lives I found myself busier than ever with […]
by: Jo James
Why you should ignore the 2-page rule when writing a CV
A question we are asked daily is how many pages should my CV be? I’ve been told to keep it onto two pages. This is a question that has been bounced around for years by jobseekers and is still a cause for debate across the recruitment industry. Although there is no single, definitive rule, […]
by: Katie Meakin