Happiness in the workplace
The concept of promoting a happy workplace is essential in today's era of extremely competitive markets. Happy employees make efficient workers, and they tend to be more productive and motivated. A...
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Consequences of Bad Hiring: How Making The Wrong Choice Can Impact Your Business...
Hiring new employees can be a challenging process that requires a lot of time, effort, and attention to detail. It's important to find the right candidate for the job who can bring value to your or...
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How has Brexit affected the UK Manufacturing Industry?
Brexit has affected the UK manufacturing industry in many ways, the manufacturing sector has been an essential part of the UK’s economy, accounting for around 10% of GDP and employing almost 3 mil...
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Latest news and developments in the UK manufacturing industry!
In this blog, we will explore the latest news and developments in the manufacturing industry within the UK in 2023! The manufacturing industry within the UK has been going through a significant tra...
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Autism Awareness Month 2023
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people communicate and interact with the world. More than one in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 ...
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Employers... How to prepare for a virtual interview!
Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, many employers have taken to virtual interviews. Virtual interviews allow employers to conduct more screenings at a lower cost to their company. A recent survey...
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Why Choose Cooper Golding?
Here at Cooper Golding we pride ourselves on placing the right candidates into the right role.We see our job (as a recruiter) to ensure that both client and candidate are totally satisfied with the...
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My Journey to Cooper Golding...
My journey to Cooper Golding began with and injury and some time off work, quality time with family which had me re-evaluating the commitments I had made to a career in Hospitality. I loved working...
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Renewable Energy Retrofit
The government is looking to the country to be carbon net zero by 2050. This will have a large impact on businesses moving forward and whether they should retrofit to help meet this target. Retrof...
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Preparation for second or third interview.
Second Interview PreperationYeah! You have a second interview coming up. Congratulations, in this economic climate that is great news. Whatever you did at the first interview has got you through...
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Just received your exam results? What's next?
Congratulations to all of you who received your exam results last week! What next?! There are so many options out there for you to kickstart your career and its so important to start planning...You...
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How to write a CV
How to Write a CV! Although every CV should be different and there is no one-size-fits-all, there are a few things that every CV should include:Your Personal Details: Make sure your name, address,...
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Hybrid Working - How it can work...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it forced many business owners to reconsider how their businesses operated! For many organisations, this meant their staff working from home. As time has go...
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National Insurance Rise April 2022 - What you need to know!
National Insurance is due to rise from April 2022, so what does this mean for employers and employees?National Insurance Contributions go towards state benefits, including pensions, statutory sick...
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Rishi Sunak visits North Devon
I was honoured to be invited to a lunch with fellow local businesses where the key note speaker was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, in Ilfracombe North Devon.The Chan...
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How to Streamline Your Hiring Process
How to Streamline Your Hiring ProcessHiring new staff can be one of the most rewarding experiences as an employer. It shows you are diversifying your workforce and your business is growing but it c...
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Questions to ask a potential employer
Questions to ask a potential employer Whether you are applying for a new job or seeking advancement in a current one, it is vital you do your due diligence and find out as much as you can about ...
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Shift Patterns - Benefits to Employee and Employer
Shift Patterns There are many benefits to shift work for both employers and employees. Although shift work was out of fashion for a while, it is making a comeback as employers become more sensit...
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The Future of the Manufacturing Sector
The Future of the UK Manufacturing Sector There is no question that the UK manufacturing sector has been hit hard by the Pandemic. Many in the sector have had to implement drastic actions to red...
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FreePorts - What does it mean?
There has been a lot of talk about FreePorts weighing the pro’s and con’s and what it really means. Ultimately this is about driving foreign investment into the UK for regeneration. My take away fr...
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