The skills shortage remains a familiar problem for UK employers, hurting both productivity and profit.

The latest data shows a lagging British economy which has not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels with reasons cited being pandemic repercussions and tighter post-Brexit immigration law.

What is clear is that…

Data science frameworks have countless benefits for tech teams and professionals. It streamlines processes, improves efficiency, and provides access to powerful analytics tools. Learn 5 best #datascience frameworks.

A softphone is a cloud-based communication technology that allows users to make telephone calls over the internet. Computers or smartphones are used as mediums of communication. Softphones for business have all the features of a desk phone and typically expand the range of services that can have access on a desk phone.

Softphones for business can work with WebRTC (Web Real-time Communications) which is an open-source standard that a business can embed into web-based applications with…

Leaders VS Managers

Recently I was asked by a fellow professional what is the difference between a leader and a manager. I thought long and hard about it, and came to several realizations. Now keep in mind my point of reference for this is based on my 12+ years in the military, which…

ChatGPT can significantly transform the recruitment landscape by automating various tasks in the recruitment process. Here are some ways ChatGPT can help:

1. Resume Screening: ChatGPT can help to screen…

Complacency is a recruiters worst enemy!!

Recruiters can suffer from the same negative effects of success that anyone else does. The main issue is complacency. Sometimes a recruiter or anyone who has great success can become complacent. Sit back on their…

For business, phone numbers are not just a string of numbers, but it is a direct line to the customers. Although phone numbers are very effective in bringing customers into the business, they are hard to remember. 

Even though customers get the business contact number online, businesses want it to be as simple as possible for customers to make a call. Vanity numbers are a great way to help customers and improve call volume and sales. 

With the help of toll free number…

Becoming a truck driver is a great career path for anyone who enjoys traveling and working independently. Truck drivers have the opportunity to explore new places and experience different cultures while still providing an essential service and making a good living. If you're…

With the increasing demand for technological expertise in today's job market, learning to code has become more critical than ever. It lets you acquire valuable skills while expanding your creative and problem-solving capabilities. The ability to code opens up opportunities like developing your software, building websites, creating apps, automating processes, and maybe even launching your own software…

With more and more companies pushing remote work ever since the onset of the pandemic, the popularity of coworking culture has increased over time! It’s a huge hit among the millennials, so much so that it has become an important element of employer…

Unquestionably, it has been a challenging couple of years for the healthcare industry as the country faced the largest public health crisis in living memory.

In response, the industry has swelled. During the last 12 months for instance, new analysis shows that recruitment appears high on the agenda with a 37% increase in the number of people hired by the sector in 2022.

Recruitment software company Occupop…

For nearly a decade, I’ve been totally immersed, purely in the recruitment start up and SME world and there’s not a lot I haven’t seen or heard. I’ve maintained a 100% record of never having had, or been connected to, a recruitment business that’s failed. It is for these reasons that I feel I am informed enough to list the top 7 start-up mistakes…

Recruitment back office support is a broad term

By the nature of what Davidson Gray does (setting up and supporting new recruitment businesses), we get loads of enquiries from people wanting to set up their own recruitment business. We often get asked the question, “do you supply recruitment agencies with back office…

How Much Does It Cost to Set up a Recruitment Business?

As my business specialises in setting up new recruitment businesses, you won’t be surprised to read the most common subjects I am questioned on are, “how do you set up a recruitment agency?” and “how much does it cost to set up a recruitment business?” 

The first question, ‘how…

In my blog How to Scale Your Recruitment Business, I discuss how it’s actually very…

Treating Your Staff Well – A Cautionary Tale

As my business is to back, set up, and support recruiters who want to build their own companies, it’s natural I speak with a lot of recruiters who want to set up on their own, with many motivated to take this step because they don’t like their current employer and how they run…

Leadership is the ‘in thing’

How many times have you seen images on LinkedIn portraying leaders as the good guys and managers as the villains? Here’s one by Steve Jobs, clearly a supreme business builder and entrepreneur, but this soundbite when taken on its own doesn’t really work.

But if this polarized view is true in the real…