Business success in 2020: what are the latest recruiting trends?

When you’re a working parent, trying to fit in ‘everything Christmas’ can be a challenge. From Christmas fayres to school nativity plays and carol concerts, there’s a lot going on. And that’s before you even contemplate gift buying. In fact, it’s pretty much hectic all-year round once you have school-age children.  Managing all this whilst […]

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It pays to hire part-time staff. As well as being a cost-effective way to gain skills for your business, part-time employees are productive, loyal and hardworking. Here are ten reasons why businesses should consider employing part-time staff now: 1. Achieve your targets If you want to grow your business but still need vital skills in […]

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Flexible working jobs should be the default position for all employees, rather than it being up to individuals to request. That is the call from Conservative MP Helen Whately, who introduced a flexible working bill in Parliament this July. As we’ve been saying for a long time, if all jobs were flexible working jobs, it […]

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As a flexible working recruitment agency, we often hear that it’s a focus on outcome not hours that leads to successful flexible working practice. Here at Ten2Two, we’re keen advocates of the death of presenteeism and our recent Flexible and Proud Report explores the issues around this. After all, until we get over the fact […]

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When we think of the construction industry, it’s hard to shake off the image of men working on a building site; we think of it as being very male dominated.  But there’s so much more to the world of building than what we see ‘on the ground’. Despite the variety of roles in this industry […]

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Our Flexible & Proud Report led to us speaking to lots of our clients and partners in greater depth about how they implement flexible working for the benefit of their business. A key response has been that technology makes flexibility in the workplace a possibility for businesses. When we talk to businesses and employees who […]

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