Employees facing increased pressure and job insecurity at work 12/08/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Employment, Engagement.Tags: CIPD, employees, employer, engagement
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The latest CIPD statistics showed that employees are facing increased pressure at work, as well as worrying for their jobs. The report also showed that they have little trust in senior managers, preferring instead to follow the lead of their direct line managers.
Here at CBSbutler, we think the value of employee satisfaction is immeasurable. If workers are unhappy, then productivity goes down, absenteeism goes up and the company is less productive (and enjoyable to work for) as a whole.
All of these factors would seem to stem from one root cause: a serious lack of communication within the company. So how can companies open dialogue with their employees in order to restore trust, manage workloads and provide reassurance? (more…)
CBSbutler – the annual kick off event 10/02/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Awards, CBSbutler, Employment, Engagement.Tags: awards, employees, employer, engagement
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Each January we hold our annual ‘kick off’ meeting. The whole company attends the off-site get together to celebrate and highlight the 2010 key achievements and the objectives for the year ahead.
It is a good way of sharing experience and knowledge, and communicating honestly and transparently so everyone knows what’s going on, feel involved and part of the team.
Are we losing behaviour based skills to monetary rewards? 31/01/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Employment, Engagement, Management, Recruitment.Tags: employees, engagement
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There is no doubt that many recruiters join the industry because of the financial rewards, but in my opinion the emphasis on rewarding only hard financial targets is flawed. For one thing, it can encourage and lead to a purely monetary focus at the expense of other qualitative skills including team work, managing change, problem solving and customer focus; which to me are fundamental to the operation and success of a business.
Work life balance – is it really all about commission and long hours? 14/01/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Employment, Engagement, Surrey, Work life balance.1 comment so far
If you work in London, I’m sure you have experience of waking up at the crack of dawn, catching the standing room only 6.30am train and enduring that two hour journey to your office. You work extremely long hours under a great deal of stress and pressure, but getting that large pay packet at the end of the month makes it all worthwhile – right?
Industry awards should be in everyone’s PR toolkit 05/01/2011
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Awards, CBSbutler, Employment, Engineering, Recruitment.Tags: awards, employees, employer, engagement
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Entering industry awards is something we ensure is at the heart of our marketing and PR strategy. They are a great way of enhancing your business profile and performance, and attracting new members of staff and clients who both want to work with the best in the industry. Having a bulging trophy cabinet and a wall full of certificates, like we do at CBSbutler, is absolutely fantastic for staff morale.
The importance of employer brand 23/12/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Employer brand, Employment, Engagement, Recruitment.Tags: candidates, employees, retention, training, welll-being
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I recently appeared in Recruitment International discussing the reasons why recruiters need to take a long hard look at their “people strategy”, if they want to recruit and retain high quality staff and be seen as employers of choice.
The image of recruitment as a career has improved over the last few years; however some parts of the industry are still perceived as high pressured, long hours and money orientated. For recruiters to overcome this negative image it essential for organisations to create an employer brand that cultivates a high performance culture that all employees can buy into. Employees who are enthusiastic and inspired will in turn create loyalty, aid attraction and improve retention. Recruitment is a people business, so obviously we either succeed or fail on the quality of our own people. (more…)
CBSbutler wins again at the APSCo Awards 01/12/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Awards, CBSbutler, Employment, Engineering, Recruitment.Tags: APSCo, awards, employees, technical recruiters
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I am delighted to say that we have been awarded ‘Recruitment Company of the Year 2010 (£21 – £100m turnover) at the APSCo Awards for Excellence.
The APSCo (Association of Professional Staffing Companies) annual awards highlight how their members are demonstrating excellence throughout the professional recruitment industry. (more…)
CBSbutler – runners up at the Growing Business Awards 2010 26/11/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Awards, CBSbutler, Employment, Recruitment.Tags: awards, employees, recruitment agencies
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CBSbutler were runners up at last night’s Growing Business Awards in the category of People and Performance.
The awards recognise small start up businesses in the UK with between one and 500 employees. The People and Performance category looked at companies that have introduced modern people management practices to transform their commercial performance.
CBSbutler saves the Festival of Science and Engineering 24/11/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, corporate social responsibility, Employment, Engineering, Recruitment, Surrey, Uncategorized.Tags: corporate social responsibility, Engineering, engineers, Jon Tickle, recruitment agencies, Surrey SATRO
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I am extremely proud to say that CBSbutler has saved the annual Festival of Science and Engineering! We have put forward the £10,000 needed by Surrey SATRO, the charity behind the Festival, to keep it alive.
In my eyes, the Festival is a major platform that is needed to promote STEM subjects to students in the Surrey area – to encourage and inspire them to study these subjects before eventually moving into a career within these fields. The Festival provides a brilliant opportunity for the scientists and engineers of tomorrow to show their peers and the local businesses just what they can do. (more…)
Family fun at CBSbutlers fireworks and bonfire night 23/11/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Employment, Engagement, family, fireworks, social, Surrey.Tags: employees
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We hold a fireworks party each year at our head office in Redhill for our employees and their families. This year’s party was a great success – the food was tasty, the atmosphere was brilliant and the fireworks certainly went off with a bang!
We have organised a number of successful events throughout the years, which have received some great feedback from staff – we have been to the races, sailed on the Solent and had a private film screening in Soho.
