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One of the greatest privileges I have had in my working career was when I was given the opportunity to judge ‘The Thames Valleys Best Company To Work For’. Over 20 years I must have met over 1000 businesses, so I had concepts of what I thought made a good company, but over the 4 years I was lucky enough to be a judge I was truly inspired by the leaders within businesses that...

Ashley is the sixth to feature in our blog series 'fresh faces'. Ashley has joined Michael in the Data Science division, covering the Business Intelligence side. We now have two Ashley's, two James' and two Chris' at Wade Macdonald! Why did you join? Before joining, I had a good recommendation of Wade Macdonald from another agency, which helped with my final decision, but ul...

As we increasingly recognise the importance of data based decisions, Machine Learning and AI, we decided to survey to a population of Data Science professionals in order to produce a report to help aspiring Data Scientists make sure they pick up the right skills and experiences to excel in their chosen profession. The survey was distributed in May and we now intend to produc...

Since starting my Tax recruitment career back in 2014 one of the most common questions that is posed to me is ‘what are the pros and cons of working In-House versus within Practice?’ The first thing to point out within this argument is that there are less In-House roles across the Thames Valley than there are roles in Practice. So when making the move you may have to be slig...

As a consultant with a strong market focus on payroll within the South of England, I deal with a magnitude of clients, who in turn require different needs within their departments. Whether it be an SME with one Sole Payroll Manager, or a Global Blue-Chip firm backed by a team of 30 Payroll Administrators with an extensive senior management team, there is no set way in which ...

Since starting out in finance recruitment 2 years ago, one of the most common questions I have been asked by the candidates coming to see me is which professional qualification they should embark upon. My personal opinion is that outside of practice it does not necessarily matter whether it is CIMA, ACCA or ACA that you choose to study as all will show future employers that ...

Since starting in recruitment back in 2017, I have often been surprised by the number of people that come in to see us who are immediately available and yet initially do not want to take temporary employment. The main reasons for this are that they perceive employers may then view them as having a lack of stability and therefore that it could hinder their permanent job searc...

Having worked as a specialist recruiting into Finance and Accounting roles for nearly twenty years I have seen a number of changes in practices that have had major impacts on recruitment in the Thames Valley. From the early days where European Shared Services were all the rage, to five years later where they were outsourced to Eastern Europe or India. ERP systems were implem...

Michael is the fifth to feature in our blog series 'fresh faces'. Our Marketing Executive Issi, sat down with Michael to ask him a few questions based on his time at Wade Macdonald so far.. ​ Why did you join? When I first met with Chris and both the Founders, Dominic and Philip, I really bought into the fact that we all seemed to have the same vision for the progression and...

Over the 20 years I have worked in recruitment it has always surprised me how many professionals approach me for career advice directly after their annual appraisal. An appraisal should ideally be a positive experience for both employer and employee where objectives are reviewed and aspirations are discussed, however, it appears that on far too many occasions employers use a...