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Airwave appoints Chemistry to improve Employee Engagement

Chemistry's Roger Philby features in Personnel Today

Widespread recession-driven redundancies mean that employers now have a level of choice in filling key positions that they haven't seen in a long while. However, with the fortunes of the UK economy predicted to improve next year, complacency would be ill-advised. HR professionals and managers need to be mindful of the risks of losing their best talent once the smoke clears, and put in place solid strategies for keeping them on board.

Productive relationships between HR and recruitment agencies

The aim of this guide is to identify and illustrate productive relationships between HR and recruitment agencies. It demonstrates how HR and agencies in different sectors can work together collaboratively and explore where value can be best added in the future. For some, good practice is defined by a level of achievement, for others in how far they have progressed on a journey to reaching their goal.

Chemistry in the Press

It's been a busy couple of weeks for Chemistry, our opinion is really starting to be valued and increasingly we are being asked for our views by the press. Last week, The Sunday Times asked for our opinions on employee's relationships with their managers and how they can manage up.

Philby receives excellent reviews from Recruiter Forum

Roger was asked to speak on how to keep customers and hold your margin by adding value to your clients.

Have you got the right talent for the downturn?

During recessions there are usually two waves of redundancies. The first wave occurs rapidly after the onset of the recession. It is often panicked and rushed, focusing on speed over accuracy. The first wave impacts contractors, central roles like HR and marketing and lightly touches sales, service and operations. In this recession this wave occurred between Oct08-Mar09.   However, as businesses realise the severity of the recession a second wave of cuts is needed. This second wave cuts deeper into more valuable functions. If unprepared there is a real danger that this second wave can be as panicked and disorganised as the first. We expect this second wave to occur between May and September this year and there are signs of it already in some businesses.