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Photo by Olu Eletu on Unsplash As an agency with a primary focus on fashion retail, but also providing customer service roles in hospitality, health & fitness and events & hosting, it’s common for the Directory team to have screenings with a variety of individuals. This blog is going to focus on those who are coming in for service roles that don’t directly align with the vac...

Photo of David Beckham via Pinterest Last week London showed menswear collections for London Fashion Week Men’s. A highlight of that week was the Kent and Curwen collection in partnership with David Beckham. Arguably the most famous and widely accepted tattooed man on the planet currently. Once the sign of a fringe demographic and then rebellion, tattoos are the new normal. ...

Photo: Brooke Lark via Unsplash A recurring topic of conversation between retail clients and Directory agency founders Javid Pathan and Younus Desai is the changing landscape of the relationship with brands and their employees. Whether it be placing candidates into permanent, fixed term contract or temp positions, candidates today are more vocal about what they want and what...

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...

Image: Neil Hall/Reuters With our news feeds flooded with Royal Wedding pics this week, it seemed timely to write about wedding style. I tapped one stylish newlywed from the Directory team for her insider tips on what brides are always hoping for from their guests but don’t always say. Summertime always comes with a heavy social calendar. In between weekend city break getawa...

Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash As you can imagine, recruitment agencies receive A LOT of online applications. However, personalisation still wins. As candidates apply for jobs online and are filling out pre-formatted forms there are a few tips to increase your chances of getting noticed and standing out from the hundreds of online applications. Most notably, follow up and s...

Image Credit: Getty Images This year’s Met Gala theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination brought out both spectacular and spectacle making headpieces. Has there ever been a Met Gala where an accessory has been such an integral part of the dress code? And while some seemed to be reaching for the heavens with their sky-high halos and headdresses, some opted ...

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 ...

Photo by Royal Anwar from Pexels Here is a common scenario experienced at Directory. Students meet the team at career fairs, talks given by Younus at various colleges and universities and emails that come in via the website. The candidate needs temp work, is in school, but isn’t necessarily keen on working retail, but also doesn’t want to work late night shifts in a bar or r...

Image via Bruce Mars from Pexels Did you know most Londoner’s who live and work in the city commute an average of one hour to work from their home? And that is when there are no delays on London Underground & diversions of bus routes. Driving means becoming good friends with gridlock. Also known as, going nowhere really fast. Retail workers are often on shift work. Hours can...