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The Horrors of Recruitment

What isn’t entertaining, however, is the horrifying culture adopted by a seemingly large proportion of the recruitment industry, even today. The traditional recruitment consultant still tends to adopt the nature of the lone wolf, and the competitive “you’re in control … Continue reading

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Working from home and its potential horrors, with Sue.

Back in the late 1980s I moved jobs from an internal sales role to sales training. This meant my office base in Reading was not as practical to do my training preparation and course design as it was working from … Continue reading

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Video interviews transform recruitment success

Who would have thought adding video interviews to the recruitment process would make such a difference? Read on – to hear how we’re using video interviews to transform recruitment success. When we initially looked at video interview tech we saw it … Continue reading

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9 recruitment trip-ups you can’t ignore in 2021

Here are the recruitment trip-ups we think you need to worry about: Counter offers are back with a vengeance! We are seeing candidates receive counter offers from current employers more than ever. Employers caught napping, not looking after staff or … Continue reading

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Improving our green credentials

We already take numerous actions to reduce our environmental impact, but know we need to keep doing more to better our own and encourage others to improve their green credentials. After all, we all live on the same planet. Recycling: … Continue reading

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Supporting Offsite Sector Awards and Events

It’s easy enough to sell yourself as a market leader: if you say it enough, some will start to believe it. But is that enough? That’s why we’re big on supporting offsite sector awards and events. At ARV Solutions, we … Continue reading

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ARVIEW – we’ve crunched the numbers!

ARV Solutions was established on the principle of Adding Real Value. We have worked hard to become the market leaders in the innovative offsite / MMC construction sector and have now hugely upped the game in recruitment service delivery with … Continue reading

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10 reasons employees resign (article from Glassdoor)

This article represent a great check list for any Employers and Line Managers. Please follow the link for the full article on Glassdoor 1. Employees Feel Underappreciated. 2. A Lack of Proper Compensation. 3. Insufficient Time Off. 4. Change In … Continue reading

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Agile in construction – what’s that?

Recently I’ve spotted the MPBA talking about how construction needs to get more agile, and it reminded me of a phone call a friend had to take, whilst on a dog walk – they were discussing introduction of agile methodologies … Continue reading

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Two more promoted to Associate Director

It is with immense please, that I can officially announce the promotion of Sue Eustace and Graham Brown as Associate Directors at ARV Solutions. These two brilliant recruiters, and good friends, are our longest serving employees, ever loyal, ever hard … Continue reading

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