The cost of replacing an employee is clustered between 10-30% of their annual salary. There are direct and indirect costs involved in replacing staff members. The direct costs include: 1. Separation costs such as exit interviews. 2. The cost to cover their duties temporarily by staff overtime. 3. Replacement costs such as advertising, screening applicants,…

We have always had ‘Office Dogs’ since our business began. Pet-friendly workplaces are becoming increasingly common in today’s business culture. They bring calmness and wellbeing to a work environment. These little creatures boost morale, increase productivity and keep everyone motivated. We were thrilled to be asked our opinion on the subject by ‘Recruiter Magazine’, check…

May has been a busy month with lots of exciting job opportunities flying in. This has meant we have been able to help place some of our staff into some permanent roles with brand new careers ahead of them. Congratulations go to Tomasz, Adam, Ashley, Colin, Jack and Angus, we wish them well and hope…

Hidden meanings are dreadful. You feel dim for not spotting it and annoyed it was hidden in the first place, then dim again when someone tells you how obvious it all was. Hidden meanings or euphemisms in Job Descriptions are unfortunately rife. As recruiters, we have seen and heard these thousands of times and recognise…

Did You Know? From 25th May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation comes into force. Read this Agency Worker fact sheet from the REC. Click on the link to see the factsheet!! Job-seekers-know-your-data-protection-rights  

We have been asking ourselves the question, How do we prepare our young people for the fast-changing world of work? We recently attended two Skills and Careers Fairs at a local secondary school and University. Both establishments feel passionately about preparing our young people for the world of work and the events were set up…

A lot has changed since we started Link Recruitment in 2001, but our values have stayed the same. We are still passionate about the people we work with and determined to treat everyone as an individual. We get feedback daily from candidates about their numbers of unanswered job applications, but as our own children grow…

We would like to wish all our staff and customers a Happy New Year.

The latest ALP (Association of Labour Suppliers) survey of labour providers supplying the workforce to the UK food supply chain – agriculture, food manufacture and distribution – reveals that: 1. There are significant and ongoing labour supply shortages: • In the last 3 months, only 30% of labour providers have been able to supply all…

As we are moving into darker nights we are pleased to bring some sunshine into these people’s lives. Congratulations to Michaela, Melissa, Robbie and Liga on their new permanent positions. Temporary work is like an extended interview in which you can see if you would like to become a permanent member of staff, it will…