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Quality talent will always have options

24 Apr 2025 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

Quality talent will always have options – if you want them in your business, move at their pace…

I recently lost a great placement (and a great fee… I’m just about over it) because my candidate took another role. She was an EXACT match (and more) for the client’s brief and aligned seamlessly with their vision and mission.

Was I frustrated with the candidate? Not really – because if I were in their shoes, I may have done the same.

Here’s what happened…

Resume Red Flags – A Hiring Guide by Hannah

09 Feb 2025 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

I have seen my fair share of CVs – the good, the outstanding, the bad and the ones that are still being scanned in?! It’s 2025, can we please not?

🚩 If you’re expanding your team, here are some key flags to watch out for when screening resumes:

As a business owner, play to your skills…

13 Jan 2025 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

Recruitment fees are not loose change, but like any service, you are paying for a skillset of expertise that has been formed over time. When you partner with an agency that understands your business, the value speaks for itself and your time (and sanity!!) can be saved.

Want better candidates in 2025? Write better job ads.

10 Jan 2025 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

Every year, by March or April, I receive calls from businesses saying, “We’ve gone to market but haven’t had any luck. Can you help?”

So, I check their job ads… and the majority of the time, said ads are uninspiring, generic pieces of text.

So. Beige

Can AI do a reference check?

01 Jun 2024 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

We are now being bombarded with the option to use AI for reference checking. Genuinely I ask, how can I confidently outsource that to a robot?

Better the devil you know?

01 Jun 2024 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

Is it a case of better the devil you know? Whether it be professionally or personally, we’ve all experienced that feeling where someone has become, for lack of a better word, stale. They don’t fulfil your needs like they used to, the care factor isn’t there and quite frankly they leave you wondering if life would be better off without them.

Hannah’s #1 interview tip that’ll never change…

01 Jun 2024 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

The interview process is a sales process – you need to sell yourself as a solution to business problems. I have some candidates who tell me about the value that they can add as a support professional, and others who tell me what they need (WFH 4 days a week, leaving early for a yoga class on a Thursday etc).

We do things a little bit differently at sprint people:
Employee One.
Position and title
Who says we need to have an office that looks like a recruitment office?! We’re all about ‘experiences’ at Sprint and that starts with you, the candidate. Welcome to a place where you can be yourself, have a laugh and embark on the process to either find a new career or develop on your current one. No forms, no waiting, no attitude.
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We do things a little bit differently at sprint people:
Employee Two.
Position and title
Who says we need to have an office that looks like a recruitment office?! We’re all about ‘experiences’ at Sprint and that starts with you, the candidate. Welcome to a place where you can be yourself, have a laugh and embark on the process to either find a new career or develop on your current one. No forms, no waiting, no attitude.
Read more
We do things a little bit differently at sprint people:
Employee Three.
Position and title
Who says we need to have an office that looks like a recruitment office?! We’re all about ‘experiences’ at Sprint and that starts with you, the candidate. Welcome to a place where you can be yourself, have a laugh and embark on the process to either find a new career or develop on your current one. No forms, no waiting, no attitude.
Read more