Helpful client advice from our consultants
Right now, 1 in 6 workers is dealing with a mental health problem such as anxiety, depression or stress which can stop people performing to the best of their abilities. Mental Health can be a tricky subject with factors both in the office and outside affecting it. Organisation work better when staff are motivated, healthy [...]
Figures for 2017 have shown that Manchester recorded the highest legal services sector office take-up by square footage across the UK during 2017. Law firms accounted for 13% of office take-up in Manchester, which is higher than any other UK city and more than double the figure for central London. The largest office transaction that [...]
Recent data and analysis by the REC has shown a decline in staff availability and an increase in pay offers across most of the sector. REC Director of Policy Tom Hadley states ‘For individuals, now is a good time to look for a new job as you are in a strong position to negotiate higher [...]
Despite the many policies put in place to help eradicate workplace discrimination, it appears that women are still having to hide certain aspects of their life for fear of being discriminated against. These two areas of their lives are marriage and pregnancy. Whilst it is not illegal to ask about either of these things during [...]
First things first, this blog post is not about sleeping with your boss for a raise or a promotion! In fact, it is quite the opposite. Numerous studies have shown that lack of sleep has a detrimental effect on our bodies which in turn impairs our ability to function and think properly. Sleep is essential [...]
A lot has been said recently about the lack of diversity in the boardroom. New research has shown that there are more CEO’s in the FTSE100 named Dave or Steve (13) than there are women and ethnic minorities (12). Predictions from the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report suggest that gender parity is [...]
Will Robots Replace Recruiters? Up until now, recruiters have built an industry around ‘the human touch’ of recruiting. Relying on their face to face capabilities and their ‘gut feeling’ to match clients and candidates alike but there’s a new player in town that threatens to disrupt the whole process. Depending who you ask, Computer learning [...]
The Recruitment & Employment Federation have released their findings from the October survey and the results are an interesting mix of optimism and trepidation. Overall employer confidence in the economy remains low with 33% of employers believing the economic conditions in the country, as a whole, are getting worse. However, despite this, 31% have confidence [...]
Ever since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke into the public domain last month the subject of Sexual Harassment has come in for some serious discussion. As a result, we have seen numerous other predominantly powerful men being accused of similar acts of harassment. Whilst this blog post doesn’t aim to look into the how’s and [...]
As a recruitment agency – we at Ambipro are witnessing big changes within our sector – and are adapting as needed to keep us at the spearhead of what’s happening. The legal market is also going through some dramatic changes -North Shoring and AI are just two. So, what are you doing as a professional [...]
