The Heat Blog

Don’t be tempted to lowball on salaries during times of economic uncertainty

Determining your salary offerings can be a challenge at the best of times, but economic uncertainty...

Why are companies struggling to find top talent?

It is one of the most perplexing paradoxes to date: despite the pandemic’s impact on businesses...

6 ways to build an effective employer brand  strategy

When you’re recruiting it can be very easy to forget about your wider employer brand strategy...

Trusting talent and the selection process – whilst keeping your competitive edge!

Talent is the name of the game in many sectors, from recruitment to rugby! Building a professional...

What our Managing Director Steve Preston has learned since establishing Heat Recruitment

What have I learned in over 15 years of trading?  As many of you know, I founded Heat...

It’s time to simplify your priorities

How to approach the next phase and support growth and success for the rest of 2020 After months of...

Have you noticed it’s business as usual?

It’s time to shake up and revitalise the ‘new normal’    The last few months have seen...

Meet Steve Preston, Managing Director of Heat Recruitment

Our MD, Steve Preston has been featured on Bristol Sport TV’s ‘Meet the Boss’ programme As...

Remote team management and the future of the office

How will businesses progress amidst new employee expectations and technology enablement? The...

Six tips (and one bonus!) for applying to jobs during the COVID-19 lockdown

Since mid-March 2020 there have been some significant changes to the way we work, and even how we...

Are you incentivising and motivating your ‘WFH’ workforce properly?

Although many companies have been employing more remote and contract staff over the last few years,...

Is your onboarding process the best it can be?

A new employee’s first experiences of your company are absolutely pivotal.  The early days,...

What should you be including in your performance review?

A regular, focused and positive performance review are one of the most effective ways to not only...

How to make sure your workplace culture is positively impacting your team when working from home

Company culture is such an important part of a successful business. And as businesses have recently...

High staff turnover – what companies can do to solve it

One of the greatest challenges facing businesses in all sectors is employee retention.  We are...