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<p>Get inspired by bringing all your senses into your working from home space. If you are feeling like your WFH environment is impeding on your &lsquo;relaxing-at-home&rsquo; surroundings, there are ways you can create that separation.</p>

<p>2020, a year of the widest recognition for employee engagement. A summary of the accolades and titles won by SF Recruitment this year, marking them as an outstanding employer.</p>

<p>How do we find the right balance between HR and Technology? Technology has certainly transformed a lot within the workplace, and it has certainly changed the way we communicate within an organisation.&nbsp; Technology has helped to make everything a lot slicker, more efficient and faster! it is fair to say that every industry has been transformed in some way because of the use of Technology. So, how do we balance this with HR? This does not mean that Technology should be seen as a replacement for HR but&nbsp; instead to help us advance the way in which we work together and communicate within our organisations.</p>

<p>&lsquo;One thing the crisis has taught us is that we have to care more for those that we live close to and work with.&rsquo;</p> <p>- Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the future.</p>

<p>From the bog-standard to the bonkers there are a wealth of questions that you could ask a potential new recruit during the job interview process. But which questions will really tell you something about the person who wants to come and work for you and which will tell you most about what sort of employee they will be.</p>

<p>Recruiters are used to <a href="/work-for-us/">hiring</a> people across myriad industries and into an array of professions, but how do they go about recruiting a potential new recruiter? Here are five traits that characterise the perfect recruiter:</p>

<p>For most business owners, customer satisfaction is the number one goal &ndash; happy customers are loyal customers, right? Well, in order to make sure that&rsquo;s always the case, you need to keep your employees happy too; after all, they&rsquo;re the ones who sell the products and answer the phone when something&rsquo;s not quite right, unhappiness can be contagious.</p>

<p>They say you should be grateful to receive any response from a job application these days, but when that response is a rejection, it can really dent your confidence. The sight of those simple few words, &#39;We regret to inform you...&#39; can cause a whole load of doubt even for the most confident of job searchers.</p>

<p>Searching for a job is hard work. It can be time-consuming, tiring and frustrating &ndash; even though you&rsquo;re doing it with the best possible intentions. It&rsquo;s also a world filled with misconceptions too; little false truths that can get in the way of your success.</p>

<p>The Birmingham Mail&nbsp;interviews SF Recruitment&#39;s Marketing Director, on the reason the business has adopted Bamboo and banished plastic.</p>