Today Thomas Williams explained the difference between a PAYE & Umbrella pay slips.

Key takeaways:

• Make sure you ask your umbrella company if there are any deals on or any discounts given for working through a particular recruitment agency. If you don't ask, there is no guarantee the information will be volunteered.
• National minimum wage can have two rate increases both from the changes to the base level but also from the employer contribution post 12 weeks.

A no nonsense guide with Thomas Williams, Key Accounts Director at Giant Group, for anyone who is wanting to understand what is an umbrella company is, what are the advantages of using them and what red flags should you avoid.

Hire-Train-Deploy, is a non traditional recruitment approach that provides equality of opportunity and social mobility in technology. We sat down with Matt Van Rossi, HTR Business Development Director at Page Group, who talked through how candidates and clients can benefit from this approach to recruitment.

It removes barrier to access to IT for candidates and provides an agile solution for clients, which can be turned off as and when business needs require, without affecting the security of employment to the candidate working on the HTR approach.

I have a huge respect for a method, which at its core embraces aptitude and attitude over experience.

A guide for interviewers. Providing advice on how to structure an interview. How to remove unconscious bias from the interview process. How to dress and act to best promote the brand of your company. Finally, how to arrive at an objective and evidence based decision regarding the appointment.

A short guide to support those that have been made redundant. How to increase your chances of securing your next role, in as shorter period of time as possible.

There is no one to write a CV but there are broad rules to follow if you want to optimize your brand in your CV. I have created a template that you can tweak depending on the particular nuisances within your given specialism.