As we roll into autumn, it’s time to start getting ready for the colder, darker days ahead, preparing both our homes and ourselves. There’s no better time than now to self-reflect on the accomplishments of this year. It is also the perfect opportunity to begin spending some time considering about what you’d like to achieve...Continue Reading

As we roll into autumn, it’s time to start getting ready for the colder, darker days ahead, preparing both our homes and ourselves. There’s no better time than now to self-reflect on the accomplishments of this year. It is also the perfect opportunity to begin spending some time considering about what you’d like to achieve...Continue Reading

How to Sell Yourself (Without Bragging) Being good at your job is great, but in an interview situation, be it face-to-face or via video, your potential new employer or partner doesn’t just want to know where you’ve worked and what you’ve done, they also want to hear what you’ve achieved. But how do those of...Continue Reading

Six reasons to use a recruiter Life is busy and finding the job you want can be hard.You can spend hours searching through job boards to find a new role, and ages trying to perfect your CV so if you’re looking to go back to work or leave your current position, finding a new job...Continue Reading

Recruiting via video interviews: is there an impact on candidate quality? Face to face interviews. So 2019. Seems an absolute age ago that you’d turn up to a real-life office, without a mask, meet real people, AND even shake hands with them in order to have an interview. The thought of this being able to...Continue Reading

Salary Equality – Not Just a Question of Cost Here at Leighton Taylor, we work hard with all of our clients to increase the diversity of candidates and help to eradicate inequality in the workplace.As a recruitment agency within the professional services sector, a new development we’re seeing is an increasing trend towards candidates withholding...Continue Reading

Questions Answered – Clients & Candidates   At Leighton Taylor we’ve spent the past turbulent 6 months talking consistently in depth to our clients and candidates across the legal, accountancy, consultancy, investment and property sectors. We’re frequently asked for a steer on how the recruitment market within the professional services sector has been through lockdown,...Continue Reading

Small Wins at Home to Improve Your Working Day Working from home is not going away anytime soon. Unless you’re one of the lucky ones who happen to have a dedicated home office, juggling a decent space to work can be somewhat of a challenge. So, wherever you’re set up, be it your bedroom, a...Continue Reading

During the past 3 months, we have spent a considerable amount of time just catching up with our clients and candidates through zoom and phone calls. The number of roles in BD and Marketing during this period has dramatically decreased (anyone who says any different is being selective with the truth) as firms have understandably...Continue Reading

We might have all thought it, but ADP Research confirmed last year that UK employees work approximately 14 days longer than many EU countries over a year. That equates to 6.3 hours a week on average of work without pay, or £5,000 of employees’ time per annum.  No wonder the UK was named the, “Unpaid...Continue Reading