Summary

Do you put enough spin on your personal talents? In an ever changing world of work it is increasingly essential that we all put a positive spin on our career to ensure we carry on moving up the ladder.

Leading financial recruiter, Sharp Consultancy, is continuing to strengthen its Sheffield office with the appointment of Eleanor Crawford as a consultant.

It’s not just Naomi Campbell’s assistants; everyone seems to have had a difficult boss at sometime and it could be causing serious staff turnover or ‘churn’ according to new research by specialist financial recruiters Sharp Consultancy.

With growing numbers of exam cheat stories hitting the national headlines, ensuring a potential candidates CV is bonafide is key to employing not only the right person for the job, but an individual who is both honest and trustworthy.

Local Yorkshire businessman, Chris Sharp took on a challenge of a life time when he took part in this year’s New York Marathon to help raise money for The Alzheimers Society.

Seventeen of Sheffield’s most prominent businesses came together to take part in leading financial recruiter, Sharp Consultancy’s annual charity bowling tournament to help raise money for the South Yorkshire Flood Disaster Relief Fund.

Specialist financial recruiter Sharp Consultancy is continuing to expand and strengthen its Leeds office with the appointment of Susan Talbot.

Specialist financial recruiter Sharp Consultancy is continuing to strengthen and expand its Leeds office with the appointment of Matthew Saynor.

Leading financial recruiter, Sharp Consultancy has relocated in Doncaster as part of its on going expansion in Yorkshire.

As part of its on going plan for growth, leading financial recruiter Sharp Consultancy welcomes Daniel Statham to its Doncaster office.

Leading financial recruiter, Sharp Consultancy, is celebrating its 15th anniversary and marked the occasion with a champagne reception for clients and staff held at the company’s head office in Sheffield.

It’s all too easy to feel that you’re stuck in a rut with your career, especially if you’ve been with a company for a while and either haven’t been promoted or can’t see it happening in the near future.

Some people seem to be bullet proof and can save their jobs, if not their reputations, after even the worst of mistakes or even after multiple mistakes.

The past decade has seen a rapid growth in demand for recruitment consultancies, reflecting a long-term shift towards outsourcing and more flexible employment practices both in the private and public sectors.

When I think of the word mentor, I think of someone who offers guidance, who teachers, and who counsels when need be. No one has mentored me more throughout my life, than my father, Donald Sharp. An ambitious and respected Scottish born chartered accountant, who in 1964 arrived in Portugal with his wife Pat and a young family, and not even a word of Portuguese.

Lee Sweeney is regional director for Sharp Consultancy, a specialist financial recruiter in Leeds.
For as long as I can remember, I have been a complete car and motor bike nut. I have an almost photographic memory for performance details on cars and a number of my clients think I am a walking encyclopaedia of statistics.

Sending the odd personal email, or surfing the web for the latest deals on summer get aways when you are at work might seem harmless, but a recent study found that we can lose up to two hours of the working day* to interruptions. This means that a staggering 57.5 working days a year are wasted on things that do not fulfil our job descriptions.

Mark Wilson is managing director of Sharp Consultancy, a specialist financial recruiter based in Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster. Mark identifies his top ten tips for getting into recruitment.

Sharp Consultancy has compiled a Top Ten of most annoying office habits, with over 42% of people saying that bad manners was the most annoying gripe.