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FMCG Hiring Confidence Is Returning: What We're Seeing in H2 2026

The first half of 2026 was a challenging period across commercial FMCG recruitment.Interestingly, it wasn’t that the market stopped completely. Our average WIP (the value of the active roles we we...

Q3 Playing It Safe In Hiring Client Perspective

Playing it Safe in Hiring in FMCG? What it's Really Costing Your Business

The Business Perspective If you’re responsible for hiring in FMCG right now, you’re in a difficult position.You’re balancing pressure from multiple directions:Cost controlBusiness performanceMarke...

FMCG in 2026: Why Caution Is Costing More Than You Think

The Bigger PictureIf you zoom out and look at the FMCG market right now, it feels... unsettled. Not collapsed. Not broken. Just uncertain. And that distinction matters. Because uncertainty doesn't ...

Hiring the Right People: The Foundation of High-Performing FMCG Teams

The toughest part of any leadership role isn’t the strategy, the forecasts, or the commercial planning; it’s the people. More specifically, it’s having the right people in the right roles. In th...

What You Need to Know to Kick-Stark Your Recruitment Process

When you’re starting to think about recruitment, it pays to walk before you start running, and plan in time to put real thought into what you need.It’s a costly mistake to make if you bring in the...

The FMCG Sector Is Entering a Pivot Period

We've reached Autumn 2025and if you're anything like me, you're wondering what to wear for the best - too cold in the morning, too hot in the day, and our office is a mini greenhouse (first worl...

Learn From My Recruitment Mistakes: How to Assess Fit, Over Skill!

You can teach skill.You can't teach fit. Someone will either align with your values, culture, and way of working... or they won't. And hiring someone who doesn't, no matter how technically skilled ...

How To Pick the Right Recruitment Partner

Hiring the wrong recruiter is expensive. Hiring the right one is transformative.After years working within and alongside multiple recruitment agencies, I’ve seen what separates the great from the f...

The Hidden Cost of Isolation

If you spend all day working from home, isolating yourself from physical interactions with colleagues may be stopping you from developing the skills you need to maximise your career potential.Sug...

Working From Home: The Productivity Paradox

If you think you’re more productive when you’re working from home, could you just be kidding yourself?Now, before you start having a pop, there are no accusations here. But you’d be amazed how ma...

Revenue Growth Management: What you need to know if you're looking to grow out this function

Over the last 12 months as the prevalence of RGM expertise has continued to grow, candidates have been in a position to demand higher salaries as the talent pool in FMCG struggles to keep up with ...

How Small Businesses Can Navigate Hiring with New Employment Laws

Hiring the right person is always a challenge, but with the latest changes to employment laws, small businesses need to be more diligent than ever during the recruitment process. In an era where ...

Will 2025 See a Return to the Office? Examining the Tug-of-War Between Businesses and Employees

One of my most accurate predictions we made about recruitment trends in 2024 was the rise of “realignment” – the shift back towards more office-based work environments. While many embraced remote ...

The Rise of the Buy-and-Build Approach in 2025

In 2025, we’re likely to witness a significant shift in recruitment strategies, driven by a combination of economic factors and evolving workforce dynamics. The “buy-and-build” approach is emergin...

Why Remote Work Could be Hurting Your Career: The Data Doesn't Lie!

When it comes to working from home, there’s something coming out of the data that big-businesses don’t like and it’s something you should take note of, otherwise it could be holding you back.It’s...

How SMEs and Startups Can Stay on Top of Employment Law Changes

For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups, staying updated on the ever-evolving landscape of employment legislation is crucial to avoiding legal risks. Without an in-house HR team...

Q1 2025: Talent Market Insight Report

In my final Talent Market Insight Report of 2024, I discussed the options that businesses faced if they wanted to address the challenges of Rachel Reeves mini budget.One solution being to squeez...

Avoiding Bad Recruiters

Recruiters Exposed!Being a recruiter can be an amazing job... You can help people make life-changing career moves! But with great power comes great responsibility, and unfortunately, a lot of oper...

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FMCG Hiring Confidence Is Returning: What We're Seeing in H2 2026

Playing it Safe in Hiring in FMCG? What it's Really Costing Your Business

FMCG in 2026: Why Caution Is Costing More Than You Think

Hiring the Right People: The Foundation of High-Performing FMCG Teams

What You Need to Know to Kick-Stark Your Recruitment Process

The FMCG Sector Is Entering a Pivot Period

Learn From My Recruitment Mistakes: How to Assess Fit, Over Skill!

How To Pick the Right Recruitment Partner

The Hidden Cost of Isolation

Working From Home: The Productivity Paradox

Revenue Growth Management: What you need to know if you're looking to grow out this function

How Small Businesses Can Navigate Hiring with New Employment Laws

Will 2025 See a Return to the Office? Examining the Tug-of-War Between Businesses and Employees

The Rise of the Buy-and-Build Approach in 2025

Why Remote Work Could be Hurting Your Career: The Data Doesn't Lie!

How SMEs and Startups Can Stay on Top of Employment Law Changes

Q1 2025: Talent Market Insight Report

Avoiding Bad Recruiters