Having stated SDW 20 years ago this year, in this time I have never seen such a shortage of experienced candidates applying for jobs. There has always been peaks & troughs in application numbers, but, not as low as this and for so long. There is a battle on, between employers fighting for that elusive
In my 19 years of recruiting or the shipping & logistics industry, I have never experienced such a shortage of industry professionals looking to make a career move than we are facing now. With competition for good candidates at an all time high, candidates are attending 3 or 4 interviews and, in most cases, getting
Hampshire has been given the go-ahead for the “freeport” that its supporters say could generate 25,000 local jobs. Southampton-born chancellor Rishi Sunak announced at the end of his Budget speech that Solent was one of eight areas to have its freeport bid approved. Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which submitted the application, has said more
I am not one to look on the negative side of life, albeit personal or business, and after recruiting for the logistics sector since 2002, I’ve seen good times, bad times and mediocre times – all part & parcel of business & life in general. There are a lot of gloomy predictions with regards to
On average, UK workers tend to move jobs every 3 to 4 years, with younger workers loyalty to the employers becoming even less, as they look to move on after around 2 years. But with the Coronavirus pandemic & all the uncertainty, we have seen many people within the logistics industry who are currently employed
With Brexit, high freight rates and all the recent port chaos recently, this has been doing the rounds on Facebook. Certainly worth a read. Is this how you feel? 😉 We are capable of calculating quotations for three major projects, making booking for 5 different shipments and answering 12 totally unnecessary calls per hour, all
There has been a perfect storm recently in terms of UK port congestion, Brexit and of course the pandemic. Brexit has driven the demand for experienced Customs & forwarding staff dramatically, and we are now working with more companies than ever throughout the UK, who are keen to hire & quickly. However, with the pandemic
Whether you are looking for a new job opportunity of feel you are doing a great job for your current employer & deserve to be rewarded more – salary negotiation is a key part of not only the recruitment process, but the relationship between employer / employee. Both need to feel they are being rewarded
We are now well into our third lockdown & hopefully our last – but who knows. Regardless of the pandemic, working from home will become the norm for many, well after the virus disappears. Many people have welcomed switching the office and a suit for joggers and a sofa. But as the novelty starts to
Employees across the UK who are employed to keep freight & cargo moving during the coronavirus pandemic have been classed as essential. This means that they will be allowed to travel for work purposes and the children of logistics employees will be permitted to attend school, along with the children of keyworkers. The logistics industry
