Jaws: Hiring Edition

Jaws: Hiring Edition

Jaws: Hiring EditionPhillipa Nicholson
Published on: 29/08/2026

You're gonna need a bigger recruiter. One bad hire in a small sales or hospitality team isn't a small problem, it's a great white circling the boat, and pretending a slightly bigger boat will do is how businesses end up going under.

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The Sunday Dread Audit

The Sunday Dread Audit

The Sunday Dread AuditPhillipa Nicholson
Published on: 22/08/2026

There's a specific feeling. Sunday, about 6pm, the sun's still out, and your stomach drops because tomorrow is Monday. If your best people are getting that feeling every single week, you don't have a Monday problem, you have a culture problem

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Ghosted: Why Candidates Do It Too (And How We Stop It)

Ghosted: Why Candidates Do It Too (And How We Stop It)

Ghosted: Why Candidates Do It Too (And How We Stop It)Phillipa Nicholson
Published on: 01/08/2026

Everyone loves banging on about employers who ghost candidates, it happens far too often and it's rubbish behaviour. But let's have the conversation nobody in recruitment wants to have out loud. Candidates ghost too. A lot.

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