Autumn retail networking event
About Handle and Penelope Chilvers are delighted to invite you to our latest evening event. To celebrate their AW15 collection launch, please join us for food, drinks, conversation and an exclusive 20% discount. It is Penelope's vision to create a specialist environment for her collection, designed as an escape from the urban planet around us- 'Back to slow'. Expect a welcome sense of coming home each and every time you step off the street and into the store... For further detail...
An evening of VR immersion
About An Evening of Immersion #handletechVR Did you know that you can already Ascend The Wall from Game of Thrones, meet Monty the Penguin in John Lewis stores or trial your Hawaiian holiday without leaving the country? Here at Handle Recruitment, we’re keenly aware that Virtual Reality has come out of hibernation and it’s going to affect everything that we do. Handle brought together business leaders from some of the foremost media companies in London for the first time recently to dis...
Mental health & wellbeing in the workplace
Stress, burnout, increasing absence problems? In this 24/7 working world, our staff’s mental health and physical wellbeing should be top of the HR agenda. Hear from a panel of experts on how to identify the signs and avoid the triggers. Join Handle recruitment in conjuction with JourneyHR and Sheridans to explore how we can build mental resilience within our organisations. Guest Speakers: Emma Mamo - Head of Workplace Wellbeing at Mind Aliya Vigor-Robertson - Founding Partner at Jo...
Are you ready for the Apprenticeship Levy?
So the Apprenticeship Levy is now live, but have you made any firm decisions about how you will use the levy and how it should shape your recruitment and training strategy? How do you access the funds and what can they be used for? How can you convince the board that apprenticeships are a valid channel to resource and develop all levels of staff? Hear from expert speaker Arit Eminue, Director of DiVA who is working with ambitious London employers, training young peopl...
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Programming Diversity into the Tech Industry
Tackling inequality and underrepresentation in tech is a constant challenge facing the industry today, and something tech businesses of all shapes and sizes have at the top of their agenda. Handle Recruitment and Kobalt Music are pleased to be hosting a meet-up in which a varied panel of experts will discuss their own experiences and expertise from varying perspectives.How have organisations tackled creating a welcoming culture & a genuine sense of belonging?What challenges have they face...
Brexit - Can you Handle it?
Join us for breakfast and a fantastic opportunity to get first-hand advice, straight from Deloitte’s Brexit team - find out how companies are preparing for Brexit.The event will cover the following;How will data flow between borders?Access to talent, once we leave the EUIndividual Sector Information (supply change legislative changes)Latest news on negotiationsThere will be plenty of time for a Q&A session, so please come ready with all your questions, we want to make sure we are able to ...
Positivity & Purpose in the Music Industry
Coping with physical and mental illness, redundancy, business relationships going awry or commercial problems can be tough, and also very common.Come along and hear from our inspirational panel of speakers who have been there and done it! Gain an insight into how our panel have survived the setbacks of the music industry and continued to build their careers with positivity and purpose. James Endeacott - A&R/Manager, 1965 Records/Soho RadioInfecta - Artist/Songwriter, FAAM - I&ICatrio...
Building your resilience
Are you an HR or L&D professional with an interest in health and wellbeing? We are the busiest, most connected and over stimulated generation of all time. Pressures are coming from all around us with 74% of people reporting being so stressed in the last year that they were overwhelmed and unable to cope and the UK Health & Safety Executive finding that stress now accounts for a shocking 57% of absences at work. Handle Recruitment are pleased to host this practical and informa...
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Blockchain - how will it change the face of Finance?
Join us for breakfast and a fantastic opportunity to gain insight and advice on how Blockchain will change the face of finance. The event will cover the following; Networking Blockchain explained How Blockchain is used in a finance function (in retail/tech/media) Trends -how it has already had an impact There will be plenty of time for a Q&A session, so please come ready with all your questions, we want to make sure we are able to offer you as much information as poss...
Psychological Trust - the key to creativity and innovation within your business
What is Psychological Trust? - The belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Do you want to encourage fresh ideas within your business? Are your staff holding back? Are you struggling to collaborate to be most effective? “In Google’s fast-paced, highly demanding environment, our success hinges on the ability to take risks and be vulnerable in front of peers.” - Paul Santagata – Head of Industry at Google. Do you want to create an environment within your business...
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How to Stop Holding Yourself Back - shaking off self-limiting beliefs
How to Stop Holding Yourself Back'Don't limit yourself...You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve'- Mary Kay Ash What beliefs do you have about yourself and your abilities and how might these be stopping you from achieving what you want? How do these beliefs affect your behaviours and what other people think you can do? More importantly, what can you do about it? Are you an HR professional working within the creative industry sector? In this inter...
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Handle Recruitment's CV Clinic at BBC Introducing Live
Come along to the Quayside Tavern and attend one of our 3 CV Clinics, for some help on how to pull together a great CV, interview tips from insiders and advice on steering your career in the music industry. You’ll have the opportunity to meet with one of our consultants for a 20 minute 1 to 1 and ask any questions you have around industry jobs and how to advance your career. Please note, the CV clinics are free to attend, however you will need to have purchased a ticket to BBC Introdu...
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Handle IR35 - A Breakfast Briefing
Handle IR35 The government will be introducing important changes to IR35 legislation from April 2020. These changes will, among other things, move the responsibility for determining whether a contract is inside or outside of IR35 to you – the end-client, rather than the contractor. Come and join Handle and our expert speaker Susan Ball, Tax Partner, Employer Solutions, RSM UK to gain valuable insight and up to date advice on how to prepare and plan for the upcoming private sector IR35 ...
Elevate Your Personal Brand and Become More Memorable
Elevate Your Personal Brand and Become More Memorable Ever wondered why some people are more memorable than others or why some people seem to grab all the attention in a room? Join us and Business Psychologist, Lucy Cleveley, in this session as we explore the skills and techniques you can develop to make a bigger impact and be memorable. This exclusive event is by invitation only and has been designed for Senior Talent and People professionals working within the creative industries. If...
Building your Resilience (WEBINAR)
We are the busiest, most connected and over-stimulated generation of all time. According to Bupa over 11 million working days are lost each year because of work-related stress. This is supported by the UK Health & Safety Executive who found that stress now accounts for a shocking 57% of absences at work. Join us and Lara Cullen of The People Person, as we explore what it means to be resilient and how you can make simple changes that will support you in work and in life, enriching your per...
Minding your Mental Wellbeing
Join Lara Cullen of The People Person, as we explore what mental health is, why this period of crisis can be particularly challenging for our mental health, and the signs you can spot that someone is struggling to cope. There will be opportunity for people to share strategies to support their own mental health and that of others and a framework for having supportive mental health conversations. If you would like to express your interest in this webinar, please share your details here....
YES, YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME?
NAVIGATING FROM LOCKDOWN TO ‘THE NEW NORMAL’ Led by Paul Marsh, this interactive and lively 60 minute session will focus on the immediate challenge of navigating businesses from lockdown life to ‘the new normal’. What can we do to ensure visibility and manage the productivity of remote workers in the best way possible? From the legal stuff to the practicalities you may not even have thought about, this webinar will provide useful takeaways to help you prepare for the next phase of worki...
Maintaining Innovation in Isolation
Join us for a conversation with Pete May, Head of HR at Universal Music and Lucy Cleveley, Business Psychologist. With traditional office-based work culture rapidly becoming a distant memory, we’ll be exploring how businesses like Universal Music are encouraging creative thinking. What do we need to do to maintain innovation? And how can we harness different personality types & neurodiversity to stimulate creativity. Register here - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuc-iur...