Recruitment talks: meet Maureen
Our keeper of the sweetie drawer and HR guru, Mo, talks about life at SD and how she got here. Find out what she loves most about her job and her day-to-day working life here in Glasgow.
Preparing for the future of HR
HR is changing fast. We explore findings from the latest HR reports, and examine how best to approach the hurdles that teams are facing in the coming years.
STEM’s changing workforce: what it means for your business
Workplace demographics are changing fast, and STEM companies need to keep up. Diversifying your talent pool and your workforce is no longer optional for STEM organisations. Amazon’s recent decision to retrain a third of its workforce is big news. At a cost of around $700 million, their announcement has made many in STEM industries sit […]
Recruitment Talks: Meet Leigh
Meet some of the amazing team working behind the scenes at SD! PROFILE Name: Leigh Murray Role: Talent Delivery Specialist Time with SD: 1 year SD Highlight: Getting to spend a month in America as part of an assignment Hi Leigh! Thanks for chatting to us. You’ve been a recruiter for a while now. Did […]
The ABCs of Business-Critical Hiring
Your most important hires don’t have to be your toughest. Using our straightforward system, you can strengthen your company’s business-critical hiring in no time. Business-critical roles are the ones which add the most value and have the greatest strategic impact in your company. Roughly 20% of a business’ hires can be described as business-critical. The […]
Recruiters: Internal, External, or Something In Between?
Companies are often torn between using internal or external recruitment resources. What if a third option meant your organisation didn’t need to choose? Every business knows that recruitment is an essential part of their operations. Without the right people in place, growth, profitability and productivity can fall off a cliff edge, but how should you […]
What’s it like to work at Solutions Driven?
We catch up with Nicki Paterson, Business Growth Lead, to find out what life at SD is really like… Hi Nicki, thanks for chatting to us! Did you always want to work in sales? To be honest, as a kid all I ever wanted to do was play football professionally. At 16 I got that […]
What’s the big deal about business-critical hiring?
You’ve heard the term, and you know that some roles are more crucial than others for ensuring the wheels of your business keep turning. But why does business-critical hiring matter, and how can you ensure you get it right? Making the right hire matters regardless of job role; the knock-on effects of a poor fit […]
Reinventing Quality Hiring
Hiring managers and candidates deserve better than they’re getting. The recruitment industry has gotten away with poor-quality service for long enough. Part of the recruitment: re-invented content series. Twice the work, half the effort It’s no secret that many recruitment agencies consider a quick search on an existing database to be ‘sourcing’. That, or […]
Hiring managers need more from the recruitment industry
If recruitment is working so well, why are multiple agencies hired to do the same job? Part of our recruitment:re-invented content series. Recruitment isn’t known for its client satisfaction scores. In fact, some hiring managers have come to dread this part of their role; engaging with recruiters is often seen as a time-consuming, frustrating and […]
