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With COVID-19 proving that it is spreading faster than we expected, the government has put many new procedures in place to keep everyone healthy and safe and to ensure that the virus stops spreading. The government has asked companies to work from home to stop this virus spreading and to stay indoors. Remote working is now becoming the normal working life for many companies with their staff testing out working from home. 

World Health Day is a global health awareness day which is celebrate every year on 7th April. Each year is focused on health issues that happened throughout the year. This year we are focusing on our health care professionals and the NHS and the impact that they have on the world. Due to the recent climate we want to celebrate these amazing professionals and want to thank them for their hard work and commitment during this difficult time.

With the candidate market becoming more fluid daily with active job seekers, now is a great time to get ahead of the crowd and recruit your business critical roles, securing the best talent in the marketplace ahead of the competition when this blows over (which it will – blow over!) To help you we have put together some top tips showing you how we will remain pro-active in our approach and provide the best talent for your vacancies.

We felt it was an appropriate time to communicate to all of you,  our valued customers, the steps we have put into place to ensure the safety of both yourselves and our staff during the COVID-19 outbreak. We want you to be confident that we can remain your recruitment partner of choice during these pressured times and that we have everyone’s safety as our primary goal. 

Today's office support staff are often given the responsibilities of supporting busy customer service, sales and marketing teams and even dealing with complaints or assisting with marketing and accounts duties. Without office support everything could quickly fall apart which makes it impossible for the business to function.

There is a growing demand for great customer service within businesses as more begin to realise the value in delivering an excellent customer experience. Customer service professionals are responsible for helping with customers' needs and ensuring that the end result is positive and always resolved. 

You can become a CAD Technician by completing an apprenticeship and you need to have 4-5 GCSEs (A-C) including Maths, English and Science. You can also gain CAD skills by taking courses in engineering, technology, manufacturing or computer-aided design at college.

Starting a career in the tech industry can be daunting, especially if you haven’t done your research or worked in a real-life tech working environment. You need to know what skills are necessary and what sector you want to work in. Even if you think you know your stuff it always pays off to do extra research before you go out into the real world!

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international day to promote safe, healthy and decent work. The day is held in 28th April and has been observed by the International Labour Organisation since 2003. Research from awareness days tells us that 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases more than 2.3 million deaths a year.

Coronavirus or COVID-19 has not yet been declared a global pandemic but given the continued spread of the disease it seems likely it may only be a matter of time until the World Health Organisation takes that step. I thought it was worth taking the time to consider what impact Coronavirus could have on your Employee Benefits, especially if a significant outbreak were to occur in the UK and some of the worst fears which have been discussed by experts, such as two-thirds of the population catching the virus and 1-2% of those infected dying, were to happen.