Across the Insurance industry candidate shortages are driving up salaries and creating a game of musical chairs as employers look to fill new roles and replace staff. Not only is the ensuing recruitment both time consuming and costly, but the disruption to operations as new staff get up to speed often slows down progress. While […]
Peter Oakes is a partner and counter fraud specialist at Crawford Legal Service with more than 30 years’ experience in private practice. He has worked with specialist legal recruitment consultancy Anakin Seal for more than 20 years. In this short profile Peter (PO) shares his advice for building a successful career and his insights into […]
While candidates may appear of similar calibre on paper, once at interview gulfs often appear between them. Frequently this doesn’t reflect their ability to do the job but simply how well they play the interview game. Some candidates lack confidence, others can be over-confident, while a number don’t prepare properly or feel uncomfortable in the […]
Unsurprisingly, few companies have found the post pandemic return to offices seamless. While it would have been lovely to put everybody back behind desks and pick up where we left off that has rarely been realistic. The last twenty months have changed many of us as individuals and especially our relationship with work. People are […]
Our markets – insurance, finance and legal – are as active as they have been in recent years for the IPS Group and Anakin Seal. However, in such a busy and fast-moving market, it is quite common for some candidates to struggle to get noticed and, if you are one of those candidates, that is […]
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