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Amber Employment Services, based in West Byfleet, offer a professional and reliable recruitment solution. Amber’s continued success within our organisation is through the careful selection of high calibre candidates and a thorough ......
It's not often I'm lucky enough to feel compelled to write and say thank you to a recruitment consultancy, but I want to say well done and a big thank you to the team at Amber. Not only did you quickly and easily understand our ......
Out of all the agencies I went to, Amber has been an inspiration to me. You never gave up the fight to find me a role and you knew my personality and what I was looking for. You made me feel good about myself but most of all you are a ......
Amber has taken the time to understand my requirements, my career history and what I want for the future. The most noticeable quality that differentiates Amber, is their understanding of the importance of communication at such a sensitive time. ......
I received an offer letter and contract for a job today but I really appreciate Stephanie being a person of her word and keeping in contact with me. I will keep your details just in case anything happens as you gave such a great service ......
I would like to thank Stephanie Callard for all of her expert help and professionalism in helping me update my CV. I came to Amber Employment looking for work with a CV that was quite old. Stephanie noticed this and was extremely ......
From the moment I contacted Stephanie at Amber Employment Services she has been a pleasure to deal with. Stephanie is professional, friendly and thorough, helping me with every stage throughout the recruitment process. Her passion for ......
The number of candidate recruiting channels available to recruiters has exploded with the advent of social media, such as LinkedIn and Facebook. But are these new recruiting channels delivering the same quality of candidates as traditional methods such as job boards, job fairs and campus recruiting? Here at
This article was written by Jeff Archer, Director of The Tonic Corporate Wellness. Sleep, or lack of it, is a hot topic at the moment so how might sleep routines impact on energy levels and performance in the office? In his book,
Fear, uncertainty and doubt often cloud the way when organizations first start considering social business. After all, many-to-many communication and collaboration unleashed by social business is a significant change from the traditional top-down, command and control methods used by corporate culture since the 19th century.That's why I was interested in looking at the way analytics giant ...
A mind full of inhibitions cannot cultivate new dimensions. In today's competitive market, it is highly imperative for organizations to think out of the box, in order to survive. Employees should have a strong creative intent, ...
This feature was written by Peter Ryding, CEO and founder of the DOIT Success System. Whilst the excruciating ego driven contestants on “The Apprentice” are truly terrible role models for business, we can at least learn what not to do from their behaviour. So here are 10 leadership traits ...
The past twelve months has seen the continued rise of Cloud – a truly business-changing concept and one that has become a reliable and widely accepted service in a continually self perpetuating industry. Traditionally, the costs of housing an on-site IT infrastructure in addition to the costs needed to ...
Someone rightly said, “11 excellent players of a cricket team cannot achieve success, if they do not play in coordination”. It is not always about talented players and superb techniques. Even a player with high skills will not be able to perform well, unless his team mates do not align their efforts according to his standards. Usually in such teams, every player performs for ...
As the effectiveness of fit notes is called into question again, I also ask how we are doing at making OH referrals effective. read more
Recognise This! – Old-school approaches to employee recognition do not deliver the business results companies need. read more
UK employees are feeling more broke than at any time in the last five years, fed-up with their jobs, disillusioned about their professional future and underpaid. This is the picture of the average British worker that we can piece together from a range of research which came out this week, including our own annual Edenred ...
Every organization today needs a systematic training system, that can help it to impart appropriate knowledge and skills to its employees. This is because companies know, that a well trained workforce is adept enough to achieve even the toughest organizational goals and targets. On the other hand, a workforce lacking adequate knowledge, can screw up even with what has been already ...
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This commentary was written by Peter Cheese, Chief Executive of the CIPD. read more
This article was written by Anne Feeney, Masters Programme Director at sales performance improvement company Consalia. Failing to achieve transformational objectives Although most change programmes are highly planned and robustly executed, it’s a fact that the majority fail to achieve the ...
Most of us use the internet freely, without thinking about the potential for data danger. The situation is so serious that the UK Information Commissioner has launched a pilot project in two schools to teach pupils about the importance of keeping their personal data safe. He ...
So long sicknotes, the future is fit notes! Actually, the fit note has been around for 3 years now - but must still be causing a bit of a kerfuffle, as the DWP has released some further guidance on how to use them & what they mean. So here are a few short fit note FAQs to help clear up the confusion! Isn't a fit note just another name for a sick ...
Recognise This! – More and more companies are realising the power of strategic employee recognition to reinforce and drive desired behaviours in the daily work of employees. read more
This article was written by Brian Bacon, Chairman and Founder of Oxford Leadership Academy. “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings’” – Dave ...
In 2012, we offered short time to our employees due to a lack of business. John took 8 weeks off unpaid to work for himself with our agreement. At the beginning of 2013, we did the same and John said he would like to take time off again. He has not been back since and has been working as self employed. This has been a mutual agreement and really we don't want him back as we have ...
This week I’m continuing on my theme setting out some of the most difficult situations managers have to face. Last week I wrote about How to make Managing Poor Performance Easy, and this week I set out the steps I believe are essential to successfully hold those difficult ...
The dynamics of the interview process need to change if employers are to attract the best professionals, according to Amber Employment Services. In our current market where skilled applicants are in short supply, interviewers need to sell their company to prospective employees rather than the other way round. "Too much emphasis is often placed on ...
The number of candidate recruiting channels available to recruiters has exploded with the advent of ...
This article was written by Jeff Archer, Director of The Tonic Corporate ...
It was our intention to revolutionise the way recruitment was handled, and returning to its ethical roots. With the emphasis on providing a consultancy service, as opposed to a sales led function, Amber Employment Services works together as a team.
There are no targets imposed at Amber Employment Services, the priority is to provide a service of the highest standard to our clients, without the need for internal competition between consultants.
Many thanks to everyone who joined us at our recent Employment Law Seminar at the stunning Brooklands Hotel on 28th February 2013. Mel Smith from Morgan Russell along with her team, and guests including Andrew Hogarth QC and members of Kings Bench Walk Chambers presented an extremely insightful and informative ‘Mock Tribunal’ complete with court setting, prosecution, defence and witnesses!
We have received really positive feedback about our seminars to date including the content, relaxed atmosphere and interaction of the sessions. It is always a pleasure to see our regular attendees as well as our growing list of new guests and we hope to see you at our next seminar.
In addition to the generalist commercial office recruitment service, Amber Employment Services have a successful track record of placing more specialist vacancies. Often our clients have come to us for help finding local staff, relying upon our recruitment expertise and ability to assimilate the knowledge required to fulfil the vacancy brief.
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