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The Company
Foyne Jones is a specialist recruiter of sales, managerial and executive appointments within the construction supplies and manufacturing sectors. With a background of professional sales within organisations such as Travis Perkins and Jewson, founders Jonathan Foyne and Peter Jones launched the company in 2003 in order to utilise their specialist sector knowledge.
The Challenge
Having recognised there is a lack of females in the construction supplies and merchants industry, Foyne Jones wanted to look at ways of addressing the issue and attracting [...]
Continue Reading →A press release is the most basic and most important tool for communicating with the media. Why? Simply because journalists and editors have become used to them and know how to deal with them or, in the majority of cases, how to delete them from their inbox.
A good press release encapsulates a story to gain media attention – a bit like a good mailshot in the recruitment sector. As with a mailshot it needs to be targeted, be relevant and [...]
Continue Reading →Our own Managing Director, Tracey Dunn, appeared on stage at the Recruitment Agency Expo today to talk to the crowded theatre about the role of PR in building and communicating a brand and its evolving nature. Her points were certainly well received, but for those of you who couldn’t make it, here are a few of her key recommendations when it comes to building your brand profile:
A good brand grows your reputation and trust, making your organisation more attractive to not [...]
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For some recruitment businesses, the decision to undertake PR can be a hard one. Recruitment is hugely result driven and ROI is easily measurable. PR is different, and can take some time to see results. With this in mind, we thought we’d feature a Q&A with a recruiter who uses PR, and why they do so. This edition we speak to Adrian Kinnersley, MD of multi sector professional recruiter Twenty Recruitment Group
Q: Why do you use PR?
A: We use PR to [...]
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I’m not very good at these things, but let me give it a go anyway…
Some of you know and some of you don’t, but tomorrow marks my last day at BlueSky and the end of an era!
Almost four years ago I started my journey at BlueSky HQ as a fresh-faced graduate knowing not very much about the world of recruitment, or PR. Fast forward to 2011 and well, I still look as young as I did back then, but like [...]
Continue Reading →When well-known Gallic philosopher/writer, Jean-Paul Sartre, came up with the phrase, “Hell is other people” , he very likely wasn’t commenting on the problems of talent planning in an SME. Far too busy quaffing red wine, smoking Gauloises and womanising was good old Jean-Paul. But the famous phrase does strike a bit of a chord in sunny Hertfordshire. Here we are in a rapidly growing PR company doing some really good work with great clients, both in the UK and [...]
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I am new to working within the recruitment sector but getting here hasn’t been the best experience, and I have to admit that it left me feeling somewhat negative towards recruitment consultancies. However since working at BlueSky I have met a lot of highly professional individuals within the sector, who are already changing my view that maybe recruiters aren’t all bad.
In my job search experience I have come across some great consultants – they have listened and understood exactly [...]
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Following on from Steph’s post on the changing nature of PR, I began thinking about other ‘myths’ in PR. It’s often something that’s misunderstood, as we have experienced firsthand. So here are my top 5 PR fictions – and the facts:
PR is all parties – If the media was anything to go by, we’d all be sipping cocktails, planning parties and basically be too drunk to do anything else – think Samantha Jones from Sex and the City or Eddie [...]
Continue Reading →You may have seen our recent post on Greg Savage’s ‘The Savage Truth’ blog (click here!) But if you were unlucky enough to miss it, do not fear, here it is:
Investing in PR is key for recruiters who want to boost their brand in the eyes of their clients, candidates and even potential employees for themselves – however that’s really only half the story. What should recruiters do to really leverage that PR coverage and make sure [...]
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