Recruitment Focus

There's a good reason why I don't attend trade events, writes Clive Jefferys of telecoms recruiter JMA Network. Lots of people know me, but they don't necessarily want to advertise our relationship to their peers. That's because our key attribute is discretion.

The dialogue continues to jog along, as we look to our leaders to start talking about real plans and stop market-testing public opinion, writes Clive Jefferys of telecoms recruiter JMA Network.

Twenty five years ago I could phone my boss from a telephone box on a Friday afternoon and tell him that I was foot-canvassing an industrial estate in Hemel Hempstead. The fact that I was actually outside my home and sloping off for the weekend was easy to hide, writes Clive Jefferys, JMA Network.

We used to think that people don't like change, but clearly they do. While the ramifications of leaving the EU will take years to become apparent, the impact on business and jobs is the most immediate concern today, writes Clive Jefferys of recruiter JMA Network.

It's not exactly big news to announce that the impending vote is having its impact on the UK job market, writes Clive Jefferys of recruiter JMA Network.

The days of reactive recruitment are long gone. It's not like the old days when you put out an advert, commissioned an agency, got ten CVs, shortlisted three and made an offer.

It wasn't so long ago that employers were right to believe that they were driving the jobs market. I'm not just talking about the last recession, but even further back through the boom times of the nineties and noughties, writes Clive Jefferys of recruiter JMA Network.

There's a lot to be said for comparing the current employment marketplace with the Stock Market, as demand continues to outstrip supply for staff in the UK, writes Clive Jefferys of Telecoms recruiter, JMA Network.