NAVIGATION
NEWS
Covering Letter Magic!
Date: 05 September 2018Most candidates will at some point have the “do I need to write a covering letter for this?” dilemma. Especially if it’s the 20th job you’ve applied for that day and you just don’t have the energy, words or enthusiasm to get something half-decent across to a potential employer. Or perhaps you’re worried about […]
Phew…that was FAST recruiting!
Date: 05 September 2018We recently had a super-quick turnaround when a client’s vacancy and a candidate’s search just happened to coincide at the perfect time! From our candidate sadly being made redundant on the Monday, to us taking the vacancy on Tuesday afternoon, and then an interview and offer by the Friday morning… all within the same week. […]
Keep your robots and your algorithms…good recruitment should be about people connecting!
Date: 11 July 2018A lot of recruitment is quite heavily automated these days, which we think is a bit silly. Recruitment is all about PEOPLE so, how is a computer algorithm going to appreciate the transferable skills each candidate has, or their unique career and life journeys that make YOU the person YOU are… At Horizon we get […]
Woo hoo! Horizon will be at the Menta Business Show…
Date: 09 July 2018*trumpet announcement noises* Hurrah! We’re exhibiting at the Menta Business Show on Tuesday 2nd October at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds. It’s our local venue on our home turf so we thought it’d be silly not to! It’ll be our first ever event where we’ll be exhibiting…we’re very excited and are planning a rather fun, […]
Jobs Transform Lives…yes, yes they do!
Date: 02 July 2018Here at Horizon we wholeheartedly believe that jobs transform lives and changing your job can massively impact on your life. We see it happen every day when placing our candidates, but some stories get us in the feels more than others and a recent case was pretty special… We placed a lovely candidate with a […]
Need a career plan? CV Library have some great advice for you…
Date: 23 May 2018Here at Horizon we work with several leading job board providers, but especially closely with CV Library, the UK’s fastest growing job site. They have a team of industry experts and know their stuff! When we were asked if they could write a news article for us, we knew they’d have some good advice […]
Lets’ talk about mental health in the workplace…
Date: 16 May 2018Today we’re talking mental health and well-being as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2018… It’s a REALLY important topic for everyone to be discussing as most people will be affected by some form of mental health issue in their lifetime, whether it be the individual themselves or somebody they care about. Specifically, we’re going […]
GDPR – Giving You Control / Horizon’s Take!
Date: 10 May 2018Yes, yes you are! #GDPR is empowering YOU to have control over YOUR data. Hang on, don’t leave yet…we promise it’ll be interesting! So, the General Data Protection Regulation is a new EU law coming into force soon. It essentially means that you have a much greater ability than ever before to ensure that your personal data […]
Spring has arrived…finally!
Date: 16 April 2018Finally! Spring has arrived! Do you guys like our spring marketing design? We made it last year to put on our 2018 calendar. Thanks to the longest winter ever, it didn’t feel right to share it with you all until now. Here’s Kate’s dog Joy enjoying her lunchtime walk today at Horizon HQ, admiring the […]
New Increases to the National Minimum and National Living Wage in the UK as of 1st April 2018
Date: 04 April 2018Calling all employers and employees! Do we know what April brings? No, not just rain showers and April Fools day but it means National Minimum and Living Wage increases in the UK! Hurrah! If you pay your staff the NMW, or if you’re a worker and earn the NMW then hopefully you’ll be aware […]