With the increase trend in remote working especially with regards to the new normal, hiring exceptional candidates and to virtually onboard potential candidates can be a challenging time. The process of hiring can be quite […]
Mind the Gap: Between You and Your CV
Some of you may have experienced this, it is not out of the ordinary to find when going through our CV and finding periods of gaps within your career. But there seems to be somewhat […]
3 Top Interview Questions That Really Matter
It is always daunting when preparing for an interview, especially when all questions asked are considered deal breakers for securing that role. So how do we distinguish which questions are actually important and worth noting? […]
Five Hiring Trends That Will Shape The Next 12 Months
Recruiting today looks radically different than it did just a year ago. Accelerated by COVID-19, changes that you would usually expect to take years are happening instead in months. Recruitment guru Marc Sumner picks out […]
Six Most Asked Interview Questions
Now for a lot of people interviews can be an awful experience and not something they do very often at all! We can all get nervous, and our mind goes blank, we can’t think what […]
Is It Time To Go Home?!
9am to 5:30pm – Until now the most common working hours in the country but the explosion in flexible working, especially since become a legal right to request, means that most people don’t work these […]
How to ace cold calling
Cold calls can be intimidating. However, with solid preparation a cold call can turn into a warm lead. Here is Robertson Sumner’s guide to acing a cold call. Before a salesperson ever picks up the phone, […]
A key member of your team has just resigned? Don’t panic… here’s 6 things we’d recommend you do!
January, as a business owner, is a month that you often just want to get through as quickly as possible… Not only because you’re still getting over the Christmas and New Year hangover but also […]
How to prepare for an interview in order to secure your dream job!
Is there such thing as being over prepared for a job interview? We here at Robertson Sumner think not. To be truly ready for an interview there are five major areas to consider, giving you […]
The 6 things to consider when you’re handing in your notice
Good news! If you’re reading this you’ve probably recently secured yourself a new position. This celebratory feeling will often turn to dread when you realise that you have to have a difficult conversation with your […]