What added value do you offer your employer in return for your salary and benefits?   What are you qualified to do right now? By this I don’t just mean your degree or professional qualifications but your knowledge, skills and experience. What are you the ‘go-to’ person for? Your skills are your most valuable assets...Read More

My family have a tradition of a big family holiday once a year. Organising it is a serious headache and it’s that time again. To give you the lowdown, I’m one of four so used to a bit of rough and tumble. Mayhem could well be our middle name. Being the youngest I learned early on in the game how to have my say and...Read More

Are you unhappy at work and feeling de-motivated but for one reason or another, are not in a position to change jobs at the moment?  This could be due to family commitments, location, financial reasons or because you are worried about the instability in this current economic climate. If you have exhausted all possible avenues...Read More

There is much talk of Mindfulness right now.  It’s creeping ever gently into the business arena – a trend I’m particularly pleased about (if not a tad cynical that it will become the latest fad…. “7 Habits of Highly Effective Meditators”….?) As a long-standing advocate of anything related to taking a corporate pause, calming the...Read More

Purely PA Recruitment will be working with Rumm Employment Law to bring you a series of these articles over the next year ….. A briefing by David Rumm Principal of Rumm Employment Law This is a very hot topic at the moment with us seeing lots of litigation in all areas. We have recently acted...Read More

“To each, there comes in their lifetime, a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents.” Winston Churchill As kids we all had dreams of what we wanted to be when we grew up: sports...Read More

We often try to change who we are in order to fit in at work.  I see this happen very often, particularly some women who feel they have to be more aggressive when they get in to leadership roles. They feel they will not be taken seriously unless they are power dressing and flexing their...Read More

Do you wake up on a Monday morning, jump out of bed, ready to embrace another week at work?  Or do you find it harder and harder as each Monday comes, to tear yourself away from under the duvet? Considering that we spend so much time at work, it is really sad if the work...Read More

The American poet Robert Frost “I am not a teacher but an awakener”. Someone who’s being mentored expects to gain knowledge so being awakened is a good start for them, what with knowledge coming to those who are alert and aware of what’s going on around them. As a mentor, you can be someone’s awakener,...Read More

We were at a meet the parents thang this weekend for our eldest’s new school. As we arrived it was clear parents were doing ‘the dance’. Y’know, the sidestepping, manoeuvring and covert glances whilst sizing up who was worth speaking to? I’ve got to be honest, this sort of thing brings out the child in...Read More