Retail Blog
Retail – Days to Fill Analysis
For the last five years we’ve been tracking the time it takes to fill a vacancy. Specifically, our data looks at the time taken from a job being registered to the successful candidate commencing work. Below is a chart which shows how this metric has changed over this time period. Whether you’re in the market…
Read MoreHow to Avoid Personality Clashes on Your Team
No matter how much you try to promote harmony in the workplace, conflict and personality clashes are a fact of life. So rather than trying to eliminate conflict altogether, it’s a question of working to avoid it where possible and manage it when it erupts. Ongoing conflict and clashes between retail employees makes for a…
Read MoreHow to Tell if Candidates Have Management Potential
Spotting a manager in the making sounds easy, doesn’t it? It’s actually one of the trickiest hiring challenges you can have. Your candidate might have minimal management experience but massive management potential – not always an easy thing to spot or assess. So how do you approach the search for that special manager or supervisor…
Read More4 Ways to Choose Between Retail Job Offers
As an experienced retailer looking for a new opportunity, you may find yourself with two different job offers on the table. Whilst this might seem like a great situation to be in, it can sometimes be a very difficult choice, requiring careful consideration and thought. In some cases it’s a clear, obvious choice between them,…
Read More6 Traits of a Top Sales Assistant
Good sales assistants are worth their weight in gold for the retailers lucky enough to employ them. They are motivated, confident, quick to close sales, in love with their job and able to entice customers into returning to your store – time after time. Sales assistants have traditionally suffered from a bad press, being labelled…
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