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Job Hunting and Your Well-being: Finding Balance in the Journey

Job hunting is a significant chapter in our career journeys. It's an exhilarating experience filled with hope...

3 mins

Talking SME Podcast: Falling Between Two Stools - Managing Ourselves And Our People

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Stuart Hearn, HR and Technology entrepreneur. In this...

36 mins

Recruiting for the New Year – Act Now

“I completely underestimated the time to recruit!"

Many business owners and directors kick off the New Year...

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Candidate on the phone receiving a flexible job rejection call from a flexible recruiter

You’ve received a rejected job application … now what?

You open up your email in excited anticipation only to find a rejected job application for the role you...

4 mins

Job Hunting and Your Well-being: Finding Balance in the Journey

Job hunting is a significant chapter in our career journeys. It's an exhilarating experience filled with hope...

3 mins

You’ve received a rejected job application … now what?

You open up your email in excited anticipation only to find a rejected job application for the role you...

4 mins

Presenting Yourself Online - FAQs

In the age of virtual job interviews and online business meetings, it is essential to master the art of...

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Presenting Yourself Online

With the rise of online interviews, it's important to know how to stand out and make a lasting impression.

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Returning to Work After A Career Break or Maternity Leave

Returning to work after a career break or maternity leave is a great opportunity to consider what you really ...

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Interview Questions

We often get asked for examples of typical interview questions that might be asked in a job interview. So...

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How to Succeed in a Job Interview

Congratulations! Your CV and cover letter have worked their magic and you’ve got yourself a job interview.

...

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How To Video Interview and Get The Job

Have you got a video job interview in a few days?

Check out our Ten2Two video here on how to succeed in a...

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How to Perfect your Personal Profile

Five lines might not seem like much to sum up why an employer should hire you, but this little summary at the...

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How to Write A Cover Letter

When you’re applying for a job, remember that you’re being judged from the moment someone looks at your cover...

5 mins

How to Write a Good CV

At Ten2Two we know how difficult it can be to write a CV. Whether it’s because you have had a career break,...

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Interview Questions and Answers

Getting to interview stage can be exciting and also nerve-racking! When preparing for interview, it can be...

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Interview Skills to Secure the Job

Being invited to a job interview can be an exciting prospect. But it can also feel quite daunting, especially...

38 mins

Your CV FAQs answered

Having an excellent CV is an essential part of most job searches.

As part of our on-going mission to provide...

15 mins

How to Create a Winning CV

A fantastic CV can be the key to getting you through the door and on to that all-important interview.

As part...

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Job Seekers: Top Ten Tips

Get set for September, a traditionally busy time for recruitment once the summer holiday period comes to an...

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5 Interview Tips for Professionals

It doesn’t take long for a prospective employer to make a decision about an interviewee. Studies suggest...

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Don’t ignore the out-of-office message…

Maybe you work part-time. Or maybe you’re about to head off on your summer holiday or bank holiday weekend?...

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10 tips for a stress-free working day

We know if you’re stressed you’re not as productive as you can be. And we know that if you have a productive...

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Do you only work on roles that are 10 to 2?

We often get asked if we only work on jobs for employees who want to work from 10am to 2pm. Makes sense,...

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How to work from home – 10 tips for boosting productivity

Many UK businesses are continuing to ask employees to work remotely from home instead of travelling into the...

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8 Top Tips For Finding A Flexible Working Job

Many people we talk to think that a good CV and a recruitment agency are all you need to find your next role....

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How to video interview for your next job

Employers are now recruiting and planning ahead post-pandemic. They are increasingly using remote recruitment...

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How to Create More Happiness in your Work Life – Free Webinar

How to Create More Happiness in your Work Life – Wednesday 24th February 2021, 8-9pm

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Parents’ rights to time off with schools closed

We have another lockdown and schools are closed. Ten2Two friend David Rushmere at Machin’s Legal Practice,...

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Helping the Homeless in St Albans

This year has certainly been one that we will never forget, with all of us having to adjust to a new Covid...

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The ultimate guide to different types of flexible working

Now that more and more people are working remotely or from home, a lot of people are talking about different...

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Is flexible working a trap?

We often hear that professionals who require flexible working to do their jobs find their career options...

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Management jobs can be part-time

Here are Ten2Two, we’re firm believers that senior management jobs can be part-time. We have direct...

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Help! I need to take time off work for a sick child

When coughs and colds season strikes, it can be a stressful time for working parents, especially if you need...

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IR35 What does it mean to you ?

IR35 is here and we need to understand this regulation especially if we are working as or employing flexible...

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Cervical Cancer Week – can employees take time off for screenings?

Cervical Cancer Week, 20th to 26th January, is the ideal time for employers to highlight the importance of...

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Career resolutions for a better work life balance

We’re excited to welcome in a new year and a new decade. While you may look back at what you’ve achieved over...

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Ways to beat working parent guilt

When you’re a working parent, trying to fit in ‘everything Christmas’ can be a challenge. From Christmas...

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Back to Work, Back to School

It’s that time of year again when parents run around looking for last-minute bits of uniform and school kit,...

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The rising costs of having a job

We see a lot of candidates hunting for home-based jobs or local work so they can complete their work and...

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Why can’t dads work flexibly too?

Over the last ten years, here at Ten2two, we’ve seen the percentage of men coming to our flexible recruitment...

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What’s best, social media or recruitment agencies?

If you spend a lot of time on LinkedIn, you’ll know it’s a good place to start your job hunt. We always say...

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What is the 9-day fortnight?

Flexibility at work comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes these days – and one we’re a particular fan of is...

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5 tips for sorting summer holiday childcare

When we place a candidate in a new flexible role, we know that one of their key concerns for working parents...

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Do part-time workers get paid bank holidays?

A frequent question for part-time recruitment agencies is how much annual leave you should get when accepting...

3 mins

How to interview well

We often get asked for hints and tips to show people how to interview well. In our experience, it doesn’t...

4 mins

Presenteeism. Is it affecting your career?

When we meet our Members and they tell us they’re seeking local jobs to give them greater work-life balance,...

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How to write a CV

We often get asked for advice outlining how to write a CV. The best place to start is by going back to...

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The life cycle of professional working mums

The lifecycle of a professional mum goes way beyond the first eighteen years of a child’s life. With...

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Should I go self-employed?

We’re told top talent is scarce to find at the moment. As a flexible recruiter, we have lots of brilliant...

4 mins

Flexible working – not just remote working

Hot desking, co-working, remote working – the trend for flexible work space has well and truly taken off in...

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Flexible working cuts down on stress

Just in time for National Stress Awareness Day, flexible recruitment agency Ten2Two looks at the link between...

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It’s time to talk ageism at work

After the gender pay gap and outrage about lack of diversity and unfair male and female staff ratios,...

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How to write a killer covering letter

Once your CV is as polished as it can be, your next stop will be to write a killer covering letter or email....

3 mins

CV Writing Tips – How good is your CV?

We always feel that the Autumn is a time for renewal and a good time for writing (or re-writing) your CV....

3 mins

Returning to work? You’re not the only one…

There are all sorts of reasons people take a career break, but one of the most common is because their...

5 mins

How to find flexible work – and why employers should give it to you

Many companies state that their main objection to flexible working is that ‘it may not work for the...

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Asking for flexible working at interview stage

When it comes to asking for flexibility, the advice has often been to get the job first and then ask for...

3 mins

Five things working parents need to think about now

Autumn’s approaching! As working parents work out what their offspring will be getting up to in the autumn...

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Five steps to making a flexible working hours request – when you’re...

If you’re in a current job but you’d like to request flexible working hours, what should you do? Well,...

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Have you planned your summer childcare?

Many candidates often tell us that the summer holiday period is a massive barrier when returning to work...

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Tips for making job shares work – candidates

Here at Ten2Two, our flexible and part-time recruitment agency is getting more enquiries about job shares....

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Now Dads want flexibility, will it become the norm?

Well, we said it would happen. People wouldn’t take flexible working seriously until it became a man’s issue....

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Ready to change your future, looking for a new role ?

If you are ready to change your future, and are looking for a new role, there are a few workshop and events...

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Senior roles can be part-time positions

Part-time work often has a gender pay gap that’s twice as big as the full-time pay gap, because it’s not as...

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What’s the difference between Equal Pay and the Gender Pay Gap?

Many businesses are focusing on the gender pay gap because new rules have come into place saying that...

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Networking for Returners

We all know that networking is a must for everyone in business, but what if you’re a returner and have been...

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Job interviews: punctuality matters

Running late? Trains delayed? Didn’t leave enough time for your journey?

Whatever the reason, punctuality is...

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Surviving Christmas

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Britain’s Armed Forces look to embrace flexible working

Ten2Two has always championed flexible working – it’s what we do! In our recent Flexible Working Report we...

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Rejected for a role? Been there, done that!

Have you ever been rejected for a role, and felt slightly (or more!) crushed? We’ve all been there and faced...

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Ten years of flexible working – Ten2Two

We’re celebrating 10 years of flexible working this year with our business’s tenth anniversary…

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Interview questions: what to ask, and what NOT to ask

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Top tips for negotiating your contract – get the deal you want

If you’ve been through the interview process and you’ve got a good feeling – or even better, you’ve been...

4 mins

September is coming…

Whether you’re minding young children or taxiing teenagers around, if you’re seeking to get back into the...

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Ten2Two. London’s flexible recruiter

As a flexible recruiter in London, we’re working with lots of London businesses to provide part-time and...

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Yes I work part-time. But I still want to be taken seriously.

Our Flexible Working Survey 2017 revealed that flexible working has come a long way in the last ten years....

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Five steps to making a career change

Employees can go through many different job titles in their lives and a career change isn’t out of the...

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What is pregnancy discrimination?

According to a recent report by the Women and Equalities Committee, the UK has seen a rise in the number of...

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Getting more women into flexible work

We’ve heard that the UK is missing out on up to £170bn worth of economic benefits by not having enough women...

3 mins

Part-time workers: one employee’s story

When you first hire a part-time worker or employee, you might be wondering how it will all work out down the...

4 mins

Five tricky CV questions

We regularly get asked what makes a good CV. It’s why we run our free Member workshops packed with CV tips...

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Returning to work – one member’s story

If you’re sitting there thinking that your time out of the office means you’ll never make it back there,...

3 mins

Returning to work – part one

If you’ve had a career break that’s longer than the standard maternity period, you’re officially a returner....

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How to do summer childcare

“I’m returning to work after a break, but what do I do in the summer holidays?” This is a question we’re...

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Do parents ever truly stop?

It’s that time of year when, hopefully you’ll get some time off. Whether you’re on holiday lying on a beach...

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How to hand in your notice

Handing In Your Notice

When it comes to handing in your notice, there are definite dos and don’ts to adhere...

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Childcare: a beginner’s guide

When you’re returning to work after having a baby, one of the biggest challenges is finding the right kind of...

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When do I hear if I’ve got the job?!

You’ve been to an interview and it all went brilliantly. So why is it taking so long to hear back as to...

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Our REC Membership – what it means for you

We’re members of the REC, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation. But what does that mean for our clients?

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Returning to work: a mum’s perspective

If you’re thinking about having a baby, you may be wondering how on earth you will make working ‘work’ once...

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Returning to work after having a baby

When you’re returning to work after a period of maternity leave, there’s a lot to think about. It’s likely...

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Returning to work after a career break: pt 2

Part Two: Whether you’re thinking about returning to work after children or want to work more flexibly so you...

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Returning to work after a career break

Flexible working has largely been the domain of candidates returning to work after a career break.

Many job...

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Pay rises. What’s the best way to ask for one?

It’s true in life that if you don’t ask, you don’t get. So how can you ask for a pay rise in the workplace?...

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