Career Development - Brook Street

12 questions job candidates should ask recruiters
about 1 month ago by Daniel Stack
Recruiters and headhunters are often the ones who conduct the first round of interviews. This interview offers you an opportunity to learn about the company, and perhaps get hard-to-find information that will assist you in later rounds of interviews. Interviews with recruiters and headhunters also help you to decide if you are interested in working for the organisation, or i...
Planning for a job change – top tips
2 months ago by Daniel Stack
As the jobs market regains buoyancy, will this season bring a new role for you? Here are some strategies and skills to help you during a potential career transition, as well as maintaining motivation throughout your job search. Assess your goals View this as an opportunity to assess what you want out of work and your life, including perks like flexible scheduling or remote ...
Making Kickstart a success: how to develop a successful programme
3 months ago by Daniel Stack
The Kickstart scheme is due to close this December and time is running out for employers to get involved. But many organisations still have questions on how they can make the scheme a success and how they can make the most of the programme within their workforce. To help answer these questions, ManpowerGroup hosted a webinar focused on how you can make Kickstart a success fo...
Top tips to enhance your Customer Service job search
4 months ago by Daniel Stack
Over the last 18 months the recruitment market has seen significant changes, impacted by historic events like Brexit, the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the ongoing national skills shortage, whereby employers are struggling to find candidates with the right skills to meet their job requirements. In fact, the pandemic prompted the biggest wo...
Kickstart: Supporting Young People into Work
5 months ago by Daniel Stack
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit young people particularly hard – unemployment from those aged under 25 has topped 13% and the numbers in employment are also dropping. ONS data shows that young people account for nearly two-thirds of job losses since the crisis began. We risk a real scarring of the next generation if jobs and training prospects remain limited. The government’s ...
The skills to build in a post-Brexit world
6 months ago by Daniel Stack
Within recent years, significant historical events have shaken up the recruitment industry, enabling some industries to prosper and impacting the skills organisations most need in their workforce. Drawing on insights from employers we work with and our knowledge of industry trends, we’re sharing how candidates can stand out from the competition in today’s world of work. Unce...
Why Learnability is Increasingly Important in the Job Search Process
over 1 year ago by Daniel Stack
In today’s changing jobs market, we are seeing shifts in what employers are looking for within the assessment and recruitment processes. There is a new trait that is being prioritised when hiring that will help organisations build teams to get the most out of new technologies and their employees – and that’s the Learnability Quotient (LQ). What is LQ? While the terms IQ (int...
Upskilling from home - Career development resources
over 1 year ago by Daniel Stack
We all know that today regular upskilling is the new normal for workers hoping to stay relevant and employable throughout their career. Career development and upskilling requires consistent effort, and when you work remotely there are certain things that you should keep in mind. You shouldn’t feel the need to jump into a rigorous study programme if you’re not changing career...
How To Boost Your Professional Skills During Lockdown
over 1 year ago
As we all settle into new ways of remote working and collaborating, now is a good time to take stock of which professional skills you have that increase your value as an employee, and which skills may need to be updated to meet changing demands. While some of the more traditional professional development opportunities, such as workshops, conventions and conferences, have bee...