At Quay Appointments we will use any excuse to get dressed up and have some fun together. Last week was Halloween. Emails were circulated around the office about the celebrations throughout the week. Articles about food ideas and Halloween costumes were sent to encourage the team to participate and get creative. We ran a best […]
We all know the facts behind smoking and the reason it kills blah blah blah. But this week Camel stopped employees from smoking in their own office they did this to “better accommodate for non-smokers” this got me thinking; look at it from a different perspective… A smoker takes 2 weeks extra holiday per year […]
We are similar to many offices throughout the world…We have employees from all backgrounds, countries and religions. So on the 17th October we celebrated Diwali as an office. This gave us a chance to learn about the meaning behind Diwali and give everyone in the office the chance to get involved. How did we get […]
So Yes…It is October but I am still going to ask the dreaded question…What is your New Year’s Resolution? How many resolutions have you made that you have simply forgotten about? Well I would like to start a revolution. I would like to start the thought process right now. Make it your Halloween resolution then […]
Looking for a job is more than just finding the job you want and applying for it. With a world now obsessed with the internet and social media you, personally can be googled and searched within an inch of your privacy. Follow the step by step rules to making sure that what you are putting […]
Last year LinkedIn asked 8,000 professionals what they had thought they wanted to be when they grew up. The survey found that the top childhood dream jobs for men in the U.S. were a professional or Olympic athlete, airplane or helicopter pilot, scientist, lawyer and astronaut. Women said that their top childhood dream jobs were teacher, […]
In our lifetime apparently we will work around 90,000 hours. That is a lot of time to spend doing something you are not passionate about. When I was researching this article I read something that said: “Would you do this for free? If so you’re on the right track” Now I am not sure there […]
You registered for a recruitment company. You smashed the interview process and the feedback was great. The communication doesn’t stop there. It is important to keep the lines of communication open with your consultant. Make sure that you are at the forefront of their minds and you are the first person they think of when […]
A recent presentation by Dermot Crowley at the Quay Appointments Breakfast Seminar got me thinking about productivity. There is a lot of information around the internet regarding productivity in the work place. I read an article somewhere that said that the future of the work force is based on a work life balance. Essentially in […]
I recently attended a seminar all about creating an empire. The speaker was Sarah Wilson. You may have heard of her, she is an Australian media icon. Long story short she has moved from the editor at Cosmopolitan Australia to entrepreneur starting with blogs, ebooks and more recently print books. Sarah Wilson claims that she […]
