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Leadership tips from two of the world’s finest rugby coaches
At the end of 2019, Team X2 were lucky enough to see two of England rugby’s best-known sports figures as they undertook tours for their new books across the UK. Both Eddie Jones and Sir Clive Woodward produced some excellent insight into the world of leadership,...
“Challenging market conditions, whilst disruptive, can provide many opportunities,” Mike Beesley talks shop
The past decade will go down in history for many reasons, with most industries and markets experiencing major change. Technology and finding the right people for your business continues to power the momentum. There remains a global battle for talent and new,...
Recruiting Brainfood creator Hung Lee talks with TIMESTWO about the year ahead
In 2020 and beyond the world of recruitment faces some specific challenges – and increasingly these are similar across the globe. Technology and talent attraction, the widening skills gap in specific sectors and workplaces having to be more flexible and inclusive are...
Recruitment startup focus: Capio takes off!
Only six months ago, Tom, Ed, Joe and Joseph left the recruitment agency where they had been working for a combined 17 years. Together they founded Capio Recruitment, an agency specialising in insurance, legal and financial services. As described on their website,...
Top 5 tips on creating a resilient and positive startup culture
The importance of staying mentally strong and supported through startup and scaleup phase cannot be underestimated, but what do you have to look out for in particular? Here, positive psychology expert Miriam Akhtar shares her top five tips on how to avoid burning out...
Meet the team: Fergus Cole, digital account executive
Tell us a bit about your background Fergus – how did you arrive at TIMESTWO? I’m a university student studying Business & Management at Oxford Brookes University, and as part of my course I opted in to do a placement year, which is also known as a year in...
Cyber security essentials for recruitment startups
October 31st may be most famous for being Halloween - but it also marks the end of Cyber Security Month in the UK, which was designed to help raise awareness of the important of creating safe systems and software. This is a mission critical element of any recruitment...
Don’t let fear of failure stop your startup dream
By Ingrid Smejkal, Talent and Investment Partner I recently posted about #WorldMentalHealthDay and how striving for perfection can lead to a sense of failure if we don’t achieve what we set out to do in the first place. Equally, the fear of failure can hold us back...
It’s time to create a brand for your recruitment business. Easy, right?
Recruitment businesses (or “people businesses” as they are increasingly known) can appear, on the surface, to be relatively straightforward. As such, you may think creating a new logo or website may be a similarly simple exercise. But the truth is, like all...
How to turn your recruitment business dreams into reality
With summer holidays and fun behind us, you may be suffering with back-to-work blues – dreading being back in the office and slogging your guts out on someone else’s dream. Many people start to look for a new job after returning from a holiday and, in our experience,...