Mixed Messages for 2011?

As a general statement, I think we would all agree that 2010 was a difficult year for business and employment.  However, as we began 2011 there seemed to me to be very mixed messages from the media and from businesses ……… on the one hand we have the ‘age of austerity’, rising unemployment and VAT increases, and on the other, optimism, the sense that we have hit the bottom and economic forecasts that the private sector will pick up and begin to show real growth in the second half of the year.  The Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation began the year with ‘This is my third New Year message and I am pleased to say it’s also the most optimistic I have sent so far’.  Encouraging to receive on the 4th January!

I’m a positive person and I really do believe that you make things ‘better’ by your own actions.   If you read all the doom and gloom and listen to endless news bulletins all day then that really is a recipe for disaster.  Yes we need to be informed but we also need to get out there and help ourselves.  The White Knight team are all determined and focussed to make it another successful year.

In December we launched our £1000 Permanent Placement scheme; see our website www.whiteknightrecruitment.com – this offer is available until the end of February.  We are now working on a Loyalty scheme for our clients which we will launch in February.   A Loyalty Card is not something you associate with a recruitment agency – but why not?  We all like to feel that we’re getting something extra and that our loyalty and custom is valued.  The scheme will obviously have real cash benefits for our clients and in turn a very positive impact for work seekers with a greater choice and continuity of work placements.  Watch the website for more information.

A month into the year and it does look challenging but it can be positive!

Sandy White
25th January 2011