0117 4280600 | 
office@isluk.co.uk
If you’re involved in leading a tech scale up, tech SME or multinational; the odds are you’re looking to scale, and key to that is achieving sustainable growth in an ever evolving and highly competitive landscape. At our diversity & inclusion event last week, Toby Mildon, renowned diversity and inclusion architect, explained how he believes
Author and business strategist Jim Collins once said: “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” This seems a particularly pertinent truth for startups and scaleups as these fledgling years of growth depend on human ability and endeavour. The advance of technology has never replaced the need for businesses to find and retain great people. This
We’ve done it again! Absolutely delighted! After our debut on the Best Workplace list last year we’re over the moon to achieve a Great Places To Work award once again. We are now the 4th Best Small Business in the UK. This is a massive testament to the great people that work for ISL, so
Hidden meanings. My goodness… they are a curse. Especially if you’re like me – someone who just wants to know what’s going on, make a useful decision then move to the next thing. Real meanings are hard enough. There are, for example, triangular warning signs beside hilly roads telling me to look out for falling
Glassdoor is a popular jobs site, which has a review function where employees anonymously rate their employers. Its star ratings are an established feature on the recruitment landscape, with candidates often looking first at the score before deciding whether to proceed with a job application. However, as ISL Recruitment Director, Alan Furley tells us, there’s
Everyone gets business advice. But, as ISL recruitment director Alan Furley argues, it only starts to pay when you start listening. If your experience is anything like mine, then listening to good business advice should net you an extra £2 million. It’s important to say at this early point that I didn’t listen to advice,
I’m less than two years away from hitting my 40th birthday. It’s a big one, that, and presents challenges that – for all our sakes – I won’t over-share. But 40 is a big number for recruiters, too. When it comes up, it tends to cause problems. It seems a headcount of 40 is
Cue the fanfare! It’s time to show off about one of my proudest moments in ISL Recruitment’s 10 year history – I can officially say my business is a Great Place to Work, one of only 27 in our category across the whole of the UK, and a winner at the first time of asking.
Big news from ISL Recruitment and something that we really want to shout about. We have officially been announced as a Great Place to Work by Best Workplaces 2017! This is an award that Henry and I are really proud of. It’s a great testament to the team that works for ISL and makes us
A Bristol recruitment firm set up in 2007 by a 30-yr-old who was fed-up with the way the industry treated its workforce has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a record turnover. ISL Recruitment, based in Baldwin Street, was founded by recruiter Henry Keeys and recorded a turnover of £3.1m in 2016-17, along with an increase
