2020 has been a challenging year for us all but, thankfully, it appears that we are slowly but surely coming out of the eye of the storm and looking ahead to much brighter days.
Jo joined Cathedral Appointments over 25 years ago and now leads the business alongside Clodagh, who joined the company in 2021. Jo is a local employment expert and a former board member of Exeter’s leading business membership organisation, Exeter Chamber. She is also a Fellow of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and has an Associated CIPD membership.
She has a special talent for sourcing expert-level Executive talent and has an amazing knowledge of businesses across the region. Jo mainly works on search projects and has an excellent reputation in identifying key business leaders and board-level talent for her clients. Jo has also garnered a network of connections in both the public and not-for-profit sectors and has developed longstanding relationships with key employers in the area.
Favourite place in the South West: The South West coast path, specifically the rugged north side.
Favourite place to eat: At home with my husband - he is a great cook!
What job would you be terrible at? Anything to do with finance - ask my accountant!
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2020 has been a challenging year for us all but, thankfully, it appears that we are slowly but surely coming out of the eye of the storm and looking ahead to much brighter days.
Putting the brakes on the gender reporting was met with very mixed opinions, some businesses welcomed it with open arms, whilst others felt it was unnecessary and a potential risk to the progress that has been made for the equal treatment of women in the workplace.
For employers, receiving dozens if not hundreds of applications for a single vacancy is a significant logistical challenge. It is overwhelming, and while some hiring managers may be the tempted to abandon their policy of responding to each applicant regardless of whether they are successful or not in a bid to save valuable time, this could be at their detriment.
Cathedral Appointments are very proud to sponsor the 2020 Tech South West Awards celebrating the achievements of local tech firms.
The KPMG & REC UK Report on Jobs data for October shows that permanent placements have increased at the quickest rate since December 2018.
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How to Choose between Junior Talent and More Experienced Candidates. Read more.
It’s been a month since the last Jobs Outlook figures from the REC outlined what we all knew was happening in the market.
In May 2009, Joanne Caine, MD of Cathedral Appointments became involved with the Express & Echo’s “Exeter Bites Back” campaign which highlighted reasons to be positive about the local economy, lessons which are useful for today!
The latest results from the REC’s Jobs Outlook for February 2020. See below for the full article.
Latest results from the KPMG and REC’s report on jobs. Read below to see the full article.
Temporary employment rises, permanent vacancies and placements declines, permanent salaries and temporary wages rise.
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