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It’s often difficult to work out how much you should be paid, especially if you’re not the sort of person who discusses salaries with colleagues or friends. That’s why it helps to research job roles and salary brackets before you start applying for positions yourself or with a recruitment agency. You’ll need to take where you live into account too because regional variations can make quite a big difference. We’ve all heard of the...

Imagine you’re heading out into the job market and looking for your dream role. You hear a receptionist job has come up – but you pass on it, because it doesn’t align with your plans. Does this sound familiar? If so, you may have just missed out on the best first opportunity of your career. Receptionist jobs have moved on in leaps and bounds in the last few years. Whereas once it might have only meant answering phones and collecting the po...

Summer is in full swing, your work colleagues are on their holidays and your stuck fanning yourself with a folded promotional leaflet, the temperatures are rising and you may now find the walls of your office have started to close in on you like burning bricks of lava. Fear not, here at Plus One Personnel we have compiled the top 5 methods to stay cool in the office during the heatwave! Read on and feel the breeze!  DRESS CODE ...

Reported by the Banbury Guardian, Banbury has one of the best unemployment rates in the south according to the latest Labour Market Statistics. In May 2016 in Banbury, 284 people were on jobseekers allowance compared to 422 in May last year. Unemployment for Banbury is at 0.6 per cent, compared to one per cent in southern England and 1.8 per cent nationally. In May this year, 155 people were on universal credit, with 128 aged 18 to...

Searching for a new career can be tough. Endlessly searching and applying through online job postings from different sources does not seem to differentiate you enough from other applicants. But did you know that the majority of jobs in the market are not advertised online? To help boost your motivation and push you to achieve, we have here a few fun facts about the job market. The figures definitely look quite interesting! Did you know that&h...