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The human mind is a strange thing. From the power of placebo to heal even chronic pain to that surge of super-human willpower that pushes an athlete over the finish line, the brain is pretty brilliant! Driving motivation in the workplace, your employees’ inner mindsets could be the key to your business’ success. From lowering turnover to increasing productivity, the potential for motivation in the workplace is impossible to overrate. But how is it possible to tap into such a personal trait? Surely you can’t just get inside your employees’ heads? Well. While it’s obviously not possible – or desirable! – to try reading your team’s minds, there are a few simple things you can do that will turbocharge their workplace motivation:

You’re taking the leap! You’ve weighed up the pros and cons, assessed your options, started writing your resignation letter and are ready to jump ship to your dream job. Good for you! It takes serious guts to step out of your comfort zone in the pursuit of something better. In order to make sure you ace the jump-ship process, it’s important to get the little things right.

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When you’re choosing a film, TV program or book, what do you look at? The summary. The blurb. Those crucial few lines in the bottom-right-hand corner of the Netflix tab, on the back of the DVD, or the book are all you need to know. In a fraction of the time you’d take to decide on a meal in a restaurant, your judgment is made and the DVD is either bought and taken home or tossed back on the shelf. 

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Franz Zappa, music director and producer.

“Ask lots of questions”, “make lots of eye contact”, “don’t make too much eye contact”, “bring them a home-made quiche in the shape of their company logo” …. From the good, to the bad to the just plain weird, as a recruitment agency we’ve just about all the interview tips and techniques there are out there! Having supported thousands of candidates into their dream jobs, we usually like to focus on ways in which to wow your interviewer at this crucial stage. However, it’s also worth taking a second to take note of the things you should avoid doing at an interview. Especially when a lot of these no-no’s often crop up in common interview tips!

We baked our way to victory on Thursday 14th June, for Alzheimer’s Society’s Cupcake Day, raising a grand total of £165 for our Charity of the Year. With an in-house company bake off, a cake competition judged by none other than the MD of Tiptree Patisserie and an all-you-can-eat cake buffet, it was a sugary celebration to remember!

Does the thought of leaving the safe haven of higher education and entering the big bad world of employment to look for graduate jobs in Essex make you want to crawl back into your Domino's takeaway box? Never fear! Your local, friendly, family-owned recruitment agency is here to save the day.

“When employee engagement goes down, turnover goes up.” -Christopher Williams, talent and performance manager at Sony Europe.