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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…

The reason you’re not getting promoted?

26 Mar 2025 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

Out of sight, out of mind – is this the reason you’re not getting promoted?

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:

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).

What are SME’s leaders REALLY looking for when hiring?

24 Apr 2024 | Hannah Brewer | No Comments

SME business owners and entrepreneurial leaders are seeking highly talented and robust individuals who speak their language – and people who can add VALUE, from day 1.

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