Ever get the feeling the news is always terrible just to keep us all a bit depressed and less likely to go on a rampage of looting and…oh, didn’t work, did it? The economic news is still down there, still threatening a double-dip, but is it the reality? I can tell you with hand on heart I have clients who are doing better this year than last year, and to me that spells G-R-O-W-T-H. It’s certainly not growth at the pace we’d like to see, but some companies are growing their turnover and making a profit, and they are doing that by doing two things. One is sticking to the business model and best practice that worked in the boom times. The other is by hiring people who might not have been available but for the recent economic situation. And that’s called catching the lemons life throws at you and making a big jug of lemonade.
At Harvey Lawrence, we have grown our workforce this year, and we have a small army of freelance candidates working with some of the top names in construction, regionally and nationally. We are also sticking to best practice and interviewing every candidate face to face, referencing them, and ensuring they have the right to work in the UK and the accreditation to work on site. (We stop short of doing random urine tests on our candidates, but only because no-one fancies holding the test tube). We believe that our brand values are permanent, not convenient, and we will adhere to them regardless of market forces. That’s how you know we’re Harvey Lawrence.
