2020 Blog Archive

Recruitment and retention

Nurturing a strong company culture during COVID-19

It's fair to say that 2020 has been a year like no other. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced organisations to make urgent and substantial changes to how they operate, sometimes overnight. The...

20 FOR 20

With Covid-19 raging on, many charities have seen the demand for their services increase while funding, due to cancelled events and financial uncertainty, has decreased.MDS UK, a charity supporting...

Sector insights

Charity Careers 6: meet Susana Lopez, Head of Leadership Giving at Cancer Research UK

Welcome back to Charity Careers, in which freelance writer Nicola Greenbrook invites key influencers in the charity sector to share their career story and how they navigate the professional world. ...

Career advice

12 tips for video interview success

Interviewing via video is the new normal for now, and if it's also new to you, here are some practical tips on the process from our executive recruitment experts, courtesy of director Jenny Hills....

Career advice

How to work well from home

With much of the world in lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, working from home is the new normal for many. Our guest blogger and freelance writer Nicola Greenbrook offers suggestions on ho...

Events

Smarter than the average bear: the Charity Series Quiz Night champions!

Previously in 2020: fires, floods, locusts and a global plague, but if you're tired of Apocalypse Bingo and keen to hear about our inter-charity quiz (or just desperate for literally anything new t...

Career advice

How to be assertive at work

Ever wish you were more assertive, when those 'few little requests' become a giant mountain of work? Our guest blogger, freelance writer and HR specialist Nicola Greenbrook has been finding out how...

Events

The 2020 Charity Series starts…now!

HRRRRRRRRNNNNK! HRRRRRRRRNNNNK! Yes, as you’ve so rightly guessed, that's the unmistakable sound of the Harris Hill Charity Series klaxon signalling the start of the 2020 Series! But what is the ...

Career advice

Should you be working for a large or small charity?

Does size matter? It’s a question we’re certainly not the first to tackle - if that’s the word - but what size of charity is best for your career? The bigger the better? Or do the best things reall...

Sector insights

Charity Careers: meet Chris Oak of SPANA, the Society For The Protection Of Animals Abroad

Welcome back to Charity Careers, in which freelance writer Nicola Greenbrook invites key influencers in the charity sector to share their career story and how they navigate the professional world....

Featured charities

Take your career to new heights!

Yes, it might be the hoariest old recruitment headline for anything vaguely air-related,but in these fantastic roles with Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex we genuinely believe it's what you'll do....