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Mentoring in the Charity sector
In the charity sector, where budgets are often tight and resources limited, well-honed skills and effective leadership can make all the difference to the success of a charity in achieving their…
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Building successful relationships between Marketing and Fundraising teams - Key Insights
Yesterday, we at Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, hosted our ‘Building successful relationships between Marketing and Fundraising teams’ event, looking into how to drive collaboration between these two teams. As a recruitment…
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Top Tips for Creating a Job Description
Let’s be real—writing a job description (JD) is no walk in the park. It’s tempting to dig out the same old template, but a fresh, well-crafted JD can mean the…
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The Power of Two: Job sharing in Senior Communications roles
Introduction In today’s increasingly busy and demanding work environment, balancing the responsibilities of a senior job role with your personal life can be challenging. Job sharing offers an excellent solution…
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Navigating the Charity Sector Recruitment Landscape: Key Trends and Insights
The charity sector recruitment market is undergoing notable changes following the post pandemic candidate-driven landscape. Here is an overview of the current trends and insights which we have witnessed over…
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Temporary staff in the charity sector
The Benefits of Recruiting Temporary Staff In the ever-evolving charity sector, organisations and teams often face various challenges, from fluctuating funding to seasonal demands. These factors can make staffing particularly…
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What is it REALLY like working with ADHD in the charity sector?
I’m writing this to share my personal experience of working with ADHD but of course, everyone’s experience is unique; ADHD and other neuro-diversities aren’t as simple as a list of…
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Inclusive Content Matters
Ten tips to make your social media accessible and inclusive I recently attended Charity Digital’s inaugural Digital Inclusion Summit, a day filled with online talks and webinars designed to…
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Embracing diversity: unlocking the power of inclusive hiring
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment, a recruitment agency specialising in marketing jobs in the charity sector, work tirelessly to help a diverse pool of candidates secure marketing jobs in the charity sector.…
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Is 12% of Anything Ever Enough?
Parental leave in the charity sector isn’t as transparent as we’d like. Imagine achieving just 12% of your fundraising target. Your organisation would likely be disappointed. Similarly, if you consumed…
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AI, the journey so far
Our first in-person event of the year, held on 21st May 2024, featured insights from sector leaders Stuart Wilson and Arran Sanderson from WaterAid. They shared their experiences in adopting…
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Navigating the Transition between the commercial sector to the charity sector.
Recently, more data professionals from the commercial sector have contemplated the idea of making a meaningful shift into the charity sector. While the transition might seem challenging, it offers a…
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Menopause awareness at work and in recruitment
With such a lovely response to my last blog about my recent (successful!) career change, I couldn’t help but be inspired to share more in the hope of helping others…
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Returning to work from maternity leave
Becoming a parent is most certainly one of life’s most transformative experiences. The joy that comes with welcoming a new life into the world is unparalleled. However, as many new…
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Building and Retaining Successful Teams
Last week we hosted an event on building and retaining successful teams, one of the core challenges to any leader in our sector at the moment. Antonia Newman shared her…
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Getting started in the charity sector
Six months into my second career shift and I am very happy I made the change and joined Ashby Jenkins Recruitment. I love working with passionate candidates and wonderful hiring…
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New to the office environment?
New to the office environment? After a focus on working from home for the last few years more and more organisations are returning to the office and we wanted to…
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Benefits most desired by Candidates
As a Hiring Manager or Decision maker struggling with high staff turnover, have you ever wondered how to increase retention rates and what will motivate your employees? I recently attended…
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Scottish Fundraising Conference
As part of the Scottish Fundraising Conference, I was asked this question and more and more of our charity clients are facing difficulties recruiting and retaining staff. You can watch…
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Are you really thinking through your next career move?
Jobs aren’t for Christmas….they are for life and when you are thinking about making the move, it’s an important decision that you really need to think through.Perhaps you’re at the…
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