Sarah Fisher, Director MIH Property Management   Having been in the industry for over 20 years and probably sitting through countless numbers of interviews during that time, I considered myself a somewhat seasoned interviewer and someone who can give advice on...

    Whether or not your recruitment agency will headhunt your staff is one of the first questions you should ask before instructing them. If you are to form a strong working relationship with them and my advice is, you should. They...

I love my job. I love helping people make important decisions in their careers, guiding and advising them, helping them to make the right move. The satisfaction of helping someone secure their dream job is why I come to work....

  Life is good, you’re feeling content in your current role and you’re happy coasting along.   But then you look around the office and little kernels of doubt start to bloom in your brain. Your co-worker sitting across from you is...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Emily Orner, Head of Property Management SPL Management Ten years ago I went on a trip to Norway, where romance with my, now, husband, blossomed.  It was September and I was invited to join him and his...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Caroline Coskry, Chief Executive The Oracle Group ‘Reputation is everything’, so the saying goes, although with the proliferation of social media it is becoming more true. Whether your aim is to find new business opportunities, communicate with...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sarah Fisher, Director MIH Property Management When I took my driving test I thought I knew everything about driving, however I was quickly bought back down to earth when I crashed my car on the day I...

  As a relative “newbie” to recruitment in the Block Management industry, the prospect of attending the inaugural ARMA Ace Awards was both exciting and daunting. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to attend as a guest of the Block Recruit team...

      In my career, I’ve conducted hundreds of interviews for Property Managers, and I’ve also been seated on the side-lines as an observer a fair few times. Along the way I’ve picked up some tips that have worked consistently well for...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Susan Mitchener  CIPD  (Linkedin) Head of Human Resources    TUPE stands for ‘Transfer of Undertaking, Protected Employment’. Put simply, an ‘undertaking’ means a business. The TUPE regulations came into force in 2006 and apply at the point where...