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Candidate References – what a waste of time!
Blog from Alan Clark, Senior Recruitment Consultant at The Urquhart Partnership. I have recently been following the coverage of the Fatal Accident Inquiry following the tragic bin lorry crash in Glasgow in December last year and as part of the inquiry, the issue of references taken by the Council on the driver has come to […]
The Group Outplacement Model: Top 3 Benefits
Blog from our Senior Recruitment / Outplacement Consultant, Alan Clark. With redundancies prevalent across the North Sea oil and gas industry, there has been a huge increase in the demand for bespoke outplacement services in recent months. With over 15 years of experience in outplacement support, The Urquhart Partnership has been delivering assistance to many organisations […]
Weathering the Storm; Keeping focused on what is important
Our water-cooler and cocktail bar conversations over the last few months have focussed on the current economic climate, the price of oil and a worry about the here and now. It’s clear that the global economic factors which are at play can mean that all our emotional energy goes into worrying about the immediate, the […]
Adding Value Through Salary Surveys
Our latest blog from Sarah MacFarlane, Senior HR Consultant about the value that can be added through salary surveys. According to Aberdeen City Council the oil industry in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire employs 137,300, directly and through the supply chain. That’s a lot of people and families relying on income and financial security generated through the […]
What are we doing about the “Survivors”?
The first blog from Muir Urquhart, our recently appointed Director of Consultancy Services… The current crisis facing the oil and gas sector is one of the worst to affect us since the inception of North Sea Oil back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Fact. The dramatic and sustained collapse of the oil price […]
Excellence in HR, Training and Recruitment celebrated at the cHeRries Awards 2015.
The winners of the annual cHeRries Awards, recognising excellence in human resources, recruitment and training in north east Scotland, were announced on Thursday, 4 June. Twenty-six companies and individuals were shortlisted for nine awards that were presented at a ceremony at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in front of an audience of around 500 industry […]
A world gone mad…
Our latest blog from Julie McDonald, Director of Assessment and Development. In discussion with some of our clients recently, several have said they had all witnessed interesting patterns of behaviour emerging. These testing times seem to bring out both the best and the worst of human behaviours. As the novelist Samuel Richardson wrote in the […]
Hugh Dennis to host cHeRries Awards 2015
TV star Hugh Dennis has been announced as the host of this year’s prestigious cHeRries Awards Ceremony which takes place at the AECC on Thursday 4th June. The multi-talented funny man has starred in several hit TV programmes, writes and presents for national Radio and is a panel show regular. He has built up an […]
Urquhart Partnership announce 2 new Board appointments
We are delighted to announce the appointments to the Board of Muir Urquhart and Julie McDonald. Congratulations to Julie on her promotion and welcome back Muir! Copy of the press release announcement below. Aberdeen-based HR, training and recruitment consultancy the Urquhart Partnership today announces the appointment of two new board members, as part of the company’s growth plans. […]
Cost Reduction v Redundancy dilemma….and how we can help.
As anyone remotely connected with the Oil and Gas industry knows, we are facing some challenging times ahead. Oil price has more that halved over the last few months, and some of the best economic minds are unable to accurately predict where it may be in 12 months time, such is the uncertainty in the market […]
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