There isn’t anything to back up Blue Monday (17th Jan 2022), it was just a holiday company trying to sell holidays 15 years ago who coined the phrase. But, whether Blue Monday exists or not, one thing is certain; Mondays that fall in the first half of the year do remain blue for many people, job searches increase and sickness rates on a Monday are double those on a Friday.
It's no secret that the Education Sector faces huge recruitment and retention challenges. As unemployment across the UK hits a record low and the number of new entrants to postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in 2018 is still behind TSM targets, at Flat Fee Recruiter, we actively encourage all employers to review their recruitment processes and policies to ensure that they are as efficient and effective as possible.
| How to recruit the best person for the job? | This blog post answers this question |
Struggling to find the staff you need? The Yorkshire Post printed our top tips last week #whoop!
We firmly believe that there are lots of things that companies could be doing to help themselves become more effective at recruitment.
Cock-a-Doodle-Do! Wake up every one - we are now officially in the year of the Rooster on the Chinese Lunar calendar and there are lots of characteristics from this fine bird that can really help your recruitment strategy in 2017.
Today is #WorldDiabetesDay in honour of Fredrick Banting. It would have been his birthday today – in 1922, he was the first doctor who succeeded in treating a patient with insulin.
What better day to look at your practices and policies and perhaps make some small changes to encourage and help your staff to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
