2020 proved a highly challenging year for talent companies and we were no exception. Having grown accustomed to strong year-on-year growth, we found ourselves needing to furlough some staff and, ultimately, even to make roles redundant. But in 2021 we've found that the market has rebounded strongly. Existing clients have been hiring bullishly; new clients have come on board. This created the risk of an entirely different problem, namely a bottleneck in the recruitment process. Our...
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Karen Haynes writes: Following our previous post on non-executive recruitment, in which we interviewed the RIBA’s Director of HR, Carl Straw (pictured left), we here explore the selection and appointment stages in the campaign to find two independent members to join the RIBA’s Audit & Risk Committee. In addition to Carl’s perspective, we hear from Mark Jarvis, one of the two successful candidates. Both emphasise the benefits of virtual interviews – done well...
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This is the first blog post of two on the topic of ‘non-executive’ recruitment. Recently, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) engaged FJWilson to search for two independent members to join the RIBA’s Audit & Risk Committee. These were unremunerated positions. In this post -- the first in a two part series on ‘non-executive’ recruitment --- Karen Haynes talks to Carl Straw, the RIBA’s Director of HR, to learn why he employs search...
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