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Designing a role and perfecting a job description

How to Design a Role and Perfect a Job Description

Often businesses know that more resources are needed but get stuck when it comes to designing the role (or...

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Talking SME Podcast: A framework to help start-up's establish a robust sales approach

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is James Ker-Reid, top SaaS and technology sales leader and...

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Interview Tips to Secure the Job

Watch this practical run-through of how to perform well at an interview, whether it's online or face to face....

Professional workers returning to work after a career break

Returners Rule! A whole world of untapped talent.

Ever found your career cruising along smoothly? You've got your sights set on that next big promotion or...

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How to Design a Role and Perfect a Job Description

Often businesses know that more resources are needed but get stuck when it comes to designing the role (or...

1 mins

Talking SME Podcast: A framework to help start-up's establish a...

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is James Ker-Reid, top SaaS and technology sales leader and...

32 mins

Returners Rule! A whole world of untapped talent.

Ever found your career cruising along smoothly? You've got your sights set on that next big promotion or...

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Ten2Two Recruitment Joins the Better Business Act: Balancing People,...

At Ten2Two we've always believed in the power of businesses to create positive change in society. That's why...

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Conducting a Successful Interview

In today’s candidate driven market, how do you ensure your interview process identifies the skills and...

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Embracing Fairness: Our Journey to a Living Wage Standard

At Ten2Two we're on a mission to redefine what it means to be an ethical recruitment agency. This is why we...

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The Basics of Recruiting – FAQs

As experts in flexible and part-time recruitment and consulting, we have a wealth of experience in this area....

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The Basics of Recruiting

The landscape of recruitment has changed significantly over the last few years. If you’re new to recruiting,...

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Ten2Two Case Study: Freelancers at E-Wavelength

Hear from Rosie Seldon, founder of eWavelength, on how she adopted a flexible approach to staffing by...

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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Case Study: Growing essential functional management at Automation...

Ten2Two collaborated with Automate, a professional service business to create a part-time, flexible role...

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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Back to the Office: A New Chapter for Work in the UK

It's no secret that things are changing on the work front in the UK. After a prolonged period of remote work,...

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Case Study: Gallus adopt flexible working

Gallus discusses their experience working with Ten2Two to expand their business development and support team....

10 Tips on Interviewing Job Candidates by Video

More companies are choosing to interview candidates by video to overcome distance barriers or the challenges...

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10 Tips on Working With a Recruitment Agency

Whether you’re working with Ten2Two or using another agency, it's good to know what to consider. Here are our...

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10 Tips to Introduce a New Flexible Employee

Maximise the value of your new flexible employee by following these simple tips, extracted from Ten2Two...

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10 Tips to Successful Flexible Job Design and People Selection

The adoption of flexible working within your business requires a little thought and consideration to ensure...

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Case Study: Flexible management at Osprey

Read how Ten2Two worked with the successful technical aviation consultancy Osprey, finding professional...

Ten2Two Case Study: Attracting and retaining talent through job share...

Hear how Premier Foods successfully retained a crucial Senior Brand Manager whilst introducing...

Talking SME Podcast: Reconsider how you Hybrid

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Francis Lake, Founder of People Advisory Company, Green...

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Case Study: Ten2Two’s community solve Key Travel's flexible need

Key Travel's CFO, Spence Knudson, faced challenges with business growth and acquisitions, seeking a dynamic...

Growing Your Business Cautiously Using Part-Time Professionals

In our last blog of the year we’re wondering if the worrying messages from the recent budget statement are...

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Talking SME Podcast: Bringing Tech to your Boardroom

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Jim Simpson, Founder and CEO of Ziptech services. In...

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Recruitment Checklist

You’ve found your perfect new recruit, you just need to get them to say ‘YES’! And then for them to sign on...

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Accessing Hard to Reach Candidates

Scanning the recent employment news, there was an interesting ONS Labour Market Overview last week....

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New Guide to Flexible Working in SMEs

We know, when compared to many of their larger cousins, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) –companies up to...

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Case Study: Henkel find a way to attract the best talent

Henkel UK faced challenges in hiring a professional for their legal team with the right commercial...

Designing a Role and Perfecting a Job Description

It’s clear that businesses often know that they need more resources but often get caught out by designing a...

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Recruitment Times Extending

Recruitment times are extending. Recent research has shown that the average time to hire for Q2 2022 was 6.76...

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Case Study: Home and part-time working at Dataco

DataCo, a rapidly growing business, strategically addressed the need for expertise in HR, finance, and...

10 Reasons Why Flexible Working Is Great For Business

Flexible working is right at the top of almost every employee’s wish list. Many businesses are moving away...

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Finding Recruitment Success in a ‘Candidate Market’

‘For the first time there are ‘fewer unemployed people than job vacancies’ according to the Office for...

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Workplace burnout – and how to avoid it

Workplace burnout was first recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2019 as an ‘occupational...

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Talking SME Podcast: Representing Female Founders

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Souky Arsalane, CEO and Co-founder of newly established ...

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Case Study: Introducing cost-effective strategic expertise at Airkix

Indoor skydiving business Airkix, sought to enhance its national marketing strategy for greater financial and...

Talking SME Podcast: Navigating SME Leadership

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Katherine Rayden, Owner and Founder of Rayden Solicitors...

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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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Talking SME Podcast: The Pulse of Health & Safety

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Louise Hosking of Hosking Associates, IOSH President and...

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Case Study: Young business, Edgeward, uses flexibility to grow

Hear from Edgeward’s founder Matt, who turned to Ten2Two for help in recruiting the perfect candidate to...

Business Resilience and Recruitment

Ten2Two’s MD, Deborah O’Sullivan, recently joined Penny Haslam to participate in a podcast series by the ...

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Talking SME Podcast: Leading like Gareth Southgate

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Adrian Malpass, Executive Coach, Mentor and Board Advisor

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Talking SME Podcast: Being a Female Leader in Technology

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Louise Towler, Founder and Managing Director of Indigo...

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Talking SME Podcast: Tips for Presenting Virtually

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Peter Hopwood, Global Public Speaking & TEDx Coach at ...

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Talking SME Podcast: Top 5 Employment Law Questions for SME Business...

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Kimberley Whalen-Blake, Director at Hughes Paddison...

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Talking SME Podcast: Improving Productivity in the Workplace

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Linda Garcia, owner and founder of Alluxi Consulting Ltd...

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Talking SME Podcast: Cyber Security – why simple anti-virus software...

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Gary Swanwick, Co-founder and Managing Director at Epoq...

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Talking SME Podcast: Foresight Focus – A Must for Business Leaders

Our latest guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Cathryn Barnard, Director at Working the Future. In this...

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Talking SME Podcast: How Does Brexit Affect Your Recruitment...

Kimberley Whalen-Blake, Director at Hughes Paddison Solicitors shares her knowledge and top tips in our...

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Talking SME Podcast: How to Make Hybrid Working Work

Our guest on this episode of Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Sarah Sen, HR Consultant at Sen HR Consulting,...

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Talking SME Podcast: The Impacts of Employee Wellbeing

In this episode of the Ten2Two podcast Talking SME, Jane O’Gorman chats with Polly Collingridge, Wellbeing...

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Talking SME Podcast: Company Structure – Tailor Your Rule Book

Our guest on this episode of our Talking SME podcast is Sarah Liddiard, Associate Solicitor at Machins...

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Talking SME Podcast: Mental Wellbeing, More Important Than Ever

We’re delighted to welcome Kathryn Wellum-Kent to this episode of our Talking SME Podcast. This episode...

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Talking SME Podcast: Businesses Connecting with Local Community Reap...

We’re very happy to welcome Cindy Withey to our Talking SME Podcast. This episode is ‘Businesses Connecting...

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Increased productivity from homeworking new CIPD research finds

CIPD stresses the need for employers to make hybrid working a success. Rather than rushing to return...

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Talking SME Podcast: Thinking Local, Being Human

Our guest on Ten2Two’s Talking SME podcast is Caroline Bevan, Senior Partner at PwC Watford. In this episode,...

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Talking SME Podcast: Don’t Blame it on the Tech

Our guest on this episode, Richard McBarnet, CEO of IT company Lumina Technologies and also Chair of Herts IoD

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Talking SME Podcast: Passion and Purpose

We’re delighted to welcome Vida Barr-Jones to our new episode of...

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Talking SME Podcast: Cash is King

We’re delighted to welcome Shaun Brownsmith to our new episode of Talking...

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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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Recruiting in Challenging Times

We all thought January would be different, but it wasn’t to be and it’s looking like lockdown could be with...

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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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Value of Part-Time Employees – More Relevant Than Ever

Without doubt, businesses have faced huge challenges adapting and continuing to adapt to the “new normal”....

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Recruiting in a Recession – 7 Top Tips for Success

Recruiting in a Recession – 7 Top Tips for Success. In the current pandemic situation recruitment can feel...

How to Lead and Manage a Remote Team

Ten2Two has been active in the remote working sector since 2007, when remote leadership was used in...

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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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Remote Working – 6 Business Benefits for Employers

For many businesses who don’t already implement remote working strategies, the current situation may prove...

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Flexible working helps women in the workplace

This International Women’s Day, (Sunday 8th March 2020) many companies will be keen to find ways to better...

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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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Why businesses should consider a four-day working week

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the four-day week with everyone from the Labour party to Microsoft...

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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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Christmas Gifts for Employees

Christmas is the ideal time to reward staff for doing a great job. But what are the best gifts for employees?...

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How employers can support carers’ rights at work

It’s Carers’ Rights Day on 21^st November 2019. As a flexible and part-time recruiter, we know that carers...

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Does your business have a gender pay gap?

Employers can actively help to close the gender pay gap by hiring flexibly. There are many professional women...

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Employers: Why Work with a Recruitment Consultant?

If you’re wondering why you should use a recruitment consultant or if it’s worth the investment, we’re happy...

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How to Promote Good Mental Health in the Workplace

This World Mental Health Day, many employers will be considering employee wellbeing and what they can do to...

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Helping New Mums Returning To Work – Top 10 Tips For Employers

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Bank Holiday Entitlement for Part-time Employees

As a part-time recruitment consultancy, we’re often asked by our client companies about ways to calculate and...

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10 Reasons Your Business Should Be Employing Part-time Staff

It pays to hire part-time staff. As well as being a cost-effective way to gain skills for your business,...

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How to Hire Part-time Staff For Your Business

When seeking to hire a new staff member, it can be a daunting process at first. Particularly if you’re a...

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Flexible Working Jobs For All

Flexible working jobs should be the default position for all employees, rather than it being up to...

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Top 5 ways to manage an annual leave request

Many employers are inundated with annual leave and holiday requests over the summer. After all, the summer is...

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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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Working from home – why it makes business sense

Many employees find there are lots of benefits to working from home. But while these roles can be difficult...

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Flexible working essential for employee wellbeing

We proudly sponsored ‘Citywork London‘, an insightful, energetic and motivating event around future proofing...

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Full-time staff member leaving? Think part-time replacement.

When an employee hands in their notice and you can’t find a replacement, it could be time to think about...

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How to begin the recruitment process?

It’s true that designing a fresh job description is an important part of the recruitment process. When an...

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Flexibility focuses on outcome not hours

As a flexible working recruitment agency, we often hear that it’s a focus on outcome not hours that leads to...

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When you need to employ ‘grown ups’ to get results

A key frustration for managers and employers is often their difficulty in attracting staff who are, in their...

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The over 50s workforce – too old to work?

As a recruitment specialist, I look for skills and proven experience. I try to meet with all my candidates, I...

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Flexibility in the workplace needs the right technology

Our Flexible & Proud Report led to us speaking to lots of our clients and partners in greater depth about how...

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Engage and retain employees with flexible working

If you’re dealing with employee churn and are worried about retaining top talent within your business,...

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Stand out employers offer flexibility in the workplace

When you are a flexible employer and offer flexibility in the workplace as a worker’s right, rather than a...

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Flexible Working offers a cost-effective route to growth

We have lots of flexible working examples of businesses demonstrating how flexibility can help to facilitate...

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How flexible working leads to happy employees

The Ten2Two Flexible and Proud Report looks at how businesses have been able to improve staff retention and...

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How to attract talent with flexible working

Our Flexible and Proud Report explains how the businesses we work with have adopted forward-thinking...

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When should I recruit flexibly?

Are you uncertain about when to recruit? Business must continue regardless of what the politicians are doing....

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Six ways to revitalise your workplace in 2019

The start of a new year can be a great time to reengage employees and find fresh ways to increase enthusiasm...

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Flexible working requests – what to consider

Whether you’ve had a flexible working request and you’ve just approved it, or whether you’re considering...

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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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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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Six reasons to hire older workers

Everyone wants flexible working these days, we’re told. From millennials with side hustles to parents and...

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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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It’s the final quarter…are you recruitment ready?

With one business quarter of the annual calendar to go, this is the best time to start considering your...

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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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London flexible working opportunities

We’ve been following Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Twitter feed with intent in recent months. He frequently talks about ...

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Is the right person for the job, the right person?

When it comes to hiring, nobody wants to get it wrong. These days, there are all sorts of aspects to...

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Have you considered the true cost of a bad hire?

The job interview process is a chance for employers and candidates to get to know each other and decide...

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5 Tips to Make a Job Share work: Employers

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Why job shares are on the rise

Job shares have always been, in our experience, one of the least preferred options of flexible working...

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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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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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Just add flex to open up the talent pool

A lot of employers come to us and say they simply can’t find the talent they’re looking for to fill roles. If...

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Employers – plan your resourcing now

If you’re planning your new year resource, have you thought about recruiting flexibly?

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Going part-time. The small print.

What’s holding your business back from recruiting? If it’s a matter of investment, keep reading. Businesses...

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Why hire a part-time worker?

If your business is looking for ways to boost productivity in 2018, it could be time to consider flexible and...

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10 ways part-time works

Why aren’t more businesses taking on part-time workers? As productivity becomes more of a concern for UK...

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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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Employers: 10 tips for introducing a flexible worker

Now we’re in our tenth year, it’s safe to say that we’ve amassed vast experience around helping employers to...

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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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Research reveals inconsistencies in flexible working practice

On the tenth anniversary of their launch, white collar flexible working recruitment consultancy Ten2Two asked...

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Employers: flexible job design tips

When you’re planning to recruit a new flexible member of staff, where should you begin? We share our top tips...

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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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Flexible working benefits – local business people tell us their views

To celebrate ten years of Ten2Two, we conducted a Flexible Working Survey to find out how attitudes and...

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Flexible workers. A no-brainer, as our research shows…

Flexible workers? You’d be mad not to hire them. How do we know? Because the benefits to business are huge –...

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Shortage of candidates? Recruit flexibly!

Latest figures suggest employers in the UK are struggling to find candidates to fill roles. Three-quarters of...

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Flexible working in accountancy – a client’s case study

Our flexible and part-time work agency has been at the forefront of one accountancy’s recruitment drive for...

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Returnships – the future of hiring?

The government recently promised a £5 million Returnship Programme to help more women back into work after a...

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How do mums make working, work? – Part Two

Although more dads are entering the school playground doing drop offs and pick-ups, juggling parenting duties...

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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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Should I hire overqualified staff or under qualified?!

When you’re faced with lots of job applications, do...

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The Hidden Brain Drain affecting businesses

The UK is missing out on up to £170bn worth of economic benefits by not having enough women in employment. So...

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Clients are overwhelmed by the Part time Ten2Two community.

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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...

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Should I Hire a Returner?

It seems everyone’s talking about returners. Many large firms are setting up returnships and hardly a day...

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Employee benefits. What are they really worth?

When it comes to recruitment, many employers often list a range of employee benefits to help them attract...

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The Flexible Working ‘Light Bulb Moment’

The path to flexible recruitment doesn’t always start with an employee requesting to work flexibly. It...

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Flexible working rights for employers

Do you know your flexible working rights as an employer? If an employee asks to work flexibly and it’s a new...

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Flexible working formats: freelancing

When we revealed this year’s client and Member research, one of the popular flexible working formats was...

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What can I do about absenteeism?

Absenteeism is a major problem for many companies across the United Kingdom. It costs business a staggering...

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Are flexible workers less committed?

According to a recent survey, almost 60% of dads recently asked don’t have the confidence to ask their boss...

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Preparing for interview: illegal questions

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Preparing for interviewing a flexible worker

Many of our clients come to us for advice on what to ask during an interview – particularly when recruiting a...

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How to perform at interview – when you’re asking the questions

It might sound obvious, but when you’re recruiting for a new position within your company, it’s not just the...

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Women have no egos!

Ten2Two founder Deborah O’Sullivan explains why being ‘overqualified’ is no longer a barrier for businesses.

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