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Image: Brooke Cagle via Unsplash We’ve all heard friends and colleagues refer to fellow colleagues as their “work wife” or “work husband”. Beyond an endearing way of referring to your favorite person at work, studies show having deep and meaningful work friendships are an integral part of employee retention. Having a work spouse increases overall employee happiness and it do...

Photo by Loïc Fürhoff on Unsplash As we head into the second week of 2019 and juggling our post-holiday blues becomes easier, and the motivation of “New Year, New Me!” which was all over the internet last week already begins to wane, how are we to make positive changes that stick? Needless to say, we’ve all seen the countless articles and posts about why resolutions don’t wo...

Riverdale’s Serpents Image via: Zimbio Halloween has become big business for retailers in the UK. In 2017, UK sales from Halloween grew to £320 million. Up from 2016 figures of £310 million according to a study by Mintel. Forward-thinking retailers are capitalising on this money making festive day by embracing the “experiential retail” aspect of it. As more and more consumer...

Image Credit: @rawpixels The Directory team participates annually in a handful of career days which focus on giving opportunities to those starting out their career and bringing fresh talent to our talent pool. As the new academic year is in full swing - the team has been reaching out and building their community with a core group of schools. This is ideal for students who a...

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash As the job market, especially for new graduates, becomes a highly saturated and highly competitive landscape, it’s crucial for recruiters to look beyond what’s on paper. One of the advantages of working with a boutique recruitment agency like Directory is the application process goes beyond a CV to in-depth in-person interviews. Agency founders ...

As luxury brands release the ‘It’ bag and ‘It’ shoe each season, what is their internal ‘It’ must-have to win at the high stakes game to grab consumer dollars at check out? Not surprising at all, it’s not an ‘It’ anything but a ‘Who’. That who is the experienced, customer service-centric Mandarin-speaking sales associate. A 2015 study conducted by Bain & Company reported Chi...

Photo Credit: Photo by Zhou Yu on Unsplash There’s no doubt about it, Fashion Marketing is one of the top career goals for every fashion graduate who comes into Directory. New graduates are eager to get their academic career behind them and start gaining some real-life experience. But with graduate level roles in fashion marketing being rare and hard to come by, what are the...

Image Credit: @belart84 via Unsplash As the academic year winds down students are excited about some well deserved time off from having their head down in books, projects and final exams. Whilst its natural to dream of wearing cute summer rompers and sitting on sandy beaches watching the waves roll in, the reality is, many students need summer work. If you’re one of the hund...

Photo by Eutah Mizushima on Unsplash What are the lessons to be learned with this years much talked about Destiny’s Child reunion at Coachella? The most important one, when it comes to your career… leave on good terms. You never know what the future holds. We all know at one time Destiny’s Child was a 4 woman show. However, jealousy, politics and in-fighting saw two members ...

According to Real Business, the retail and customer service sector pull the most sick days with 6.4 and 6.2 days over a 12 month period. This kind of coverage turns into a juggling nightmare for managers and recruiters alike, especially over peak trading at Christmas. Here are some really easy health hacks for you to stay on your game, enjoy your work and remain healthy, so ...