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As many of you know, outside of recruitment I have a huge passion for exercise, health and wellbeing. When I am not recruiting I am training, playing sport, or reading about health, exercise science and nutrition. My two worlds connect in some ways – both are interested in performance. As a qualified personal trainer and […]

  January is a time when many think about looking for a new role and many of you will be now working on updating your CV. We see hundreds of CV’s and have the benefit of seeing firsthand what employers like and dislike about resume’s. To help you see the best results from the applications […]

Do you have interviews on the horizon to grow your sales team? Are you looking for ideas around interview format and questioning?  Asking the right questions is paramount in the relatively short period of time you have to make an assessment as to whether you have found your next hire.  We have have heard some […]

I don’t mind admitting that Christmas is the one time in the recruitment calendar year that I put my feet up. Christmas parties, Christmas shopping, travelling home for Christmas, time off with the family – it commonly becomes the focus in the markets that we serve (and quite rightly so).  I look forward to a […]

If you don’t act now……   We were at a business coaching session the other month, again expertly delivered by Philippa Reader of Shirlaws.  The subject matter – the importance of taking action and embracing change.   Consider the scenario – the same scenario we were given.  You are a business owner/director/leader/manager of a team […]

This article came up in my LinkedIn feed yesterday – a happy coincidence and timely as I attended an event last week (a very good one, blog to follow) held in our great Capital.  As I say, the event was great but the journey not so much and this is the topic of my thoughts… […]

A source of frustration to job seekers is the continued prevalence of industry preference when it comes to hiring to a role by a sales leader, or a business’s HR team. In taking briefs, hiring decision makers will describe the motivation of shortlisting industry experience only as minimising risk, bringing a contact book or relevant […]

Andrew James Recruitment is pleased to offer a complimentary snapshot of the marketplace for sales professionals, where our aim is to share our industry knowledge with a view to supporting you with your hiring decisions and resource planning.  To give you context to our findings, Andrew James works across different sectors with a focus on geography and […]