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Top ten things to do in your first month at work

Your first 30 days at a new job can often be quite nerve-wracking, with all sorts of things being thrown at you. You’ve received the rapid-fire induction conversation which frequently goes in one ...

Career Finance Jersey

Significant challenges and opportunities faced by Jersey employers

Currently, and in times to come, employers in the Jersey financial services sector face notable challenges, but it’s not all doom and gloom because enticing opportunities also beckon. In this ...

Advice Career Guernsey

The evolution of flexible working and its impact on employment benefits

Recently the traditional 9-to-5 workday has undergone a significant change as people became accustomed to working from home. Nowadays, completely remote or a hybrid of remote and in-office workin...

Career News Jersey

The Future of Work in Jersey

The first half of 2024 has been a transformative period for Jersey’s business landscape, particularly within the financial services sector. As the Channel Island focuses on sustainable growth and ...

Graduates Guernsey Career

Build your career with a clear strategy

Sought-after Skills: Highlight any experience or skills which are sought after such as technology, financial services, green technologies, and construction. Volunteer Work: Engage in local voluntee...

Guernsey Jersey Advice

Exploring Alternative Career Paths in Jersey and Guernsey Amid Lower A-level Results

Many Channel Island students find themselves grappling with the harsh reality of not securing a place at their dream university due to the difficult A’Level result standards that were set this yea...

Trust & Fiduciary Fund Management Career

The Jersey job market is still buoyant

The employment market in Jersey has seen a significant shift over the past few years, particularly since the UK left the European Union. Jersey has become a location of choice for UHNW investors. ...

Finance Career Jersey

Positive Job Market continues in Jersey

Jersey is an ideal location if you are looking to advance your career, the wealth management and fintech sectors are definitely worth considering. Both of these industries are growing rapidly and o...

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How Can We Help?

If you are looking to find either a job or staff for your organisation, then you will know that the process can be a difficult and time-consuming from both sides. Did you know that using an ag...

Guernsey Community

AP Personnel donate a bouncy castle to The Croft in Guernsey

Before the autumn winds arrived, The Croft in Guernsey have been able to enjoy a bouncy castle that was donated by AP Personnel earlier in the year. It has been our pleasure to offer some fun to ...

Advice Career Fund Management

Climbing the Funds Ladder

Despite Covid-19 having caused significant disruption across the global economy, the Jersey funds industry weathered the storm and has shown a strong resilience against other wealth management sec...

Career Graduates

6 Top recruitment tips for graduates

1.Searching for roles – As the saying goes, ‘finding a full-time job, is a full-time job’. It can take time before you actually find a role that’s right for you or sometimes even secure yourself a...

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Recruitment - A Licence to Fill?

The lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2021 disrupted local businesses and resulted in many not being able to fully trade. Interestingly the disruption has not hampered the continued ...

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The benefits of recruitment agencies far outweigh the costs

Andrzej Brzezinski, Manager of AP Personnel Jersey explains how the activity of professionally qualified recruiters stimulates the Jersey job market, influences the effective use of human resource...

Advice Career

How to Ask for Feedback after an Interview

Job interviews can be nerve-wracking experiences. There’s plenty of preparation to do before the interview, then when it comes to the crunch, you’re expected to impress, stay calm under scrutiny, ...

Advice Career

When to spot the signs you are in the wrong job?

Astonishingly one in three workers are in a job that is totally unsuited to them according to a recent survey conducted by ONS research.This could be based on experience, competence or qualificati...

Career Advice

Gaps in your CV

Explaining gaps in your CV, what might result in career breaks and what impacts these can have. “Can you tell us what happened between these two jobs, why were you out of work?” At some point in ...

Advice

Mental Health - It's Good To Talk

It is a relief that mental health can be discussed without discrimination now we are in the 21st century. Mental health - these two words are as broad as they are wide. There are so many conceptio...

Advice

How this current pandemic will change the workplace

A large majority of the workforce has had to experience adjusting their working day by operating from home. For a lot of workers, this has been an interesting adaption from a busy office to the co...

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How to stay productive while working at home

Finding yourself working from home for the first time can be a worrying and curious prospect on how you will cope and not go insane.On a positive note, you should find the experience more producti...