Here at Scout we have been thinking about our office space recently – what would the perfect space look like for us, examples of offices we know that get it right and what can others learn from optimising their space to ensure staff satisfaction. I started by taking inspiration from some of the offices…
Getting on for 10 years ago I set up a twitter account called @mobilemanic, I can happily admit it was supposed to be maniac, but that had been taken (I may have also mistyped it). At the time I worked for Nokia and was really into mobile (I still am, but just tend to keep…
The Easter break, and now spring has seemed to have sprung, is a great time to be job hunting. With a long weekend just gone, and with more bank holidays coming up soon, it will give you extra time to have a think about your next or first career move! So here at Scout we…
Last week I had the great fortune of being invited to one of the annual conferences the IoD holds and has been going for 20 years now, in the beautiful Headquarters at Pall Mall – Bruce King’s ‘How to double your sales’. I was hoping it wasn’t going to be either very corporate or…
Being in the creative world, there are some absolutely corking questions that you can dream up and Candidates will be less phased than if they were interviewing for a bank! I did a quick straw-poll in the office to see what the team had asked or been asked before, to firstly give you inspiration for…
Scouts guide to getting that lovin’ feeling for the role you have. I really do consider myself a lucky person to be able to say that I enjoy my job. Don’t get me wrong, at times it is very frustrating and we all have bad days (but that is usually due to lack of sleep…
There is always a part of your job that is less pleasant than the rest of it, and unfortunately with what we do, on occasion we do have to decline someone for a role. There is really no perfect way to do this but there are definitely some tips to ensure it is less horrendous.…
Welcome to the second part in the series that dives into further detail about effective Talent Management. In this blog we look to explore the exact reasons why your current staff want to remain in your employment and will turn down external offers to stay with you. This can be broken down into a few…
Of course, your staff are not necessarily the first thing you think about when you are considering what to do for Valentines day, but at Scout we are suggesting you spare them a thought this year. A major factor of staff happiness is recognition from your manager. Often, all it takes is a pat…
I would like to introduce you to a series of Blogs we are going to be putting out about this huge topic – one that keeps our Clients up at night more than anything else (apart from if they have young children!!) This is a topic very close to our hearts and we work very…