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​There’s a lot of focus on retraining into digital fields at the moment, but ask your average person what a Front-End Developer does and very few people could tell you – despite these Developers having designed and built the websites, apps, programmes, and much more that we all rely on daily.

Recruiters are up there with car salesmen and estate agents. We’re all liars and would sell our grandma if it boosted our figures. Or at least, that’s what LinkedIn would have you believe. As part of our Day In The Life of Series, we thought we’d let you in on an insider secret … what do recruiters REALLY do?!

If you are a senior HR professional, you may have started thinking about the next step in your career. Becoming a HR Director can often seem like the icing on top of a brilliant career cake, but are you really Director material? Being a HR Director can often be stressful and face-paced, but it can also be incredibly rewarding knowing that your actions could have a meaningful affect on the lives of workers.

​"None of us is as smart as all of us."   - Ken Blanchard 

Our bright and brilliant Principle Consultant, Lorna Meredith, celebrated her 10 year anniversary at Adam last year, a fantastic achievement. In this blog, she reflects on her incredible journey since joining us and how moving from a huge corporate firm to a tight-knit team has benefited her.  

In this post, our co-founder and Director, Leon Milns shares how he built the Adam London branch from scratch, the challenges this entailed and how the experience impacted his personal growth.

​Every employee interacts with your organisation on a cyclical basis. From the time they’re looking for a new employer to when they become an employee to their exit. Or as some say, from hire to inspire to retire.

​Leanne Scaletta has had an incredible journey with Adam over the past few years, working her way up from an admin assistant to Operations Manager. She shares her rollercoaster experiences and the valuable lessons she’s learnt along the way.

​Adam Director, Peter Baker, takes stock of the past ten years working at Adam and how his experiences during this time have shaped him.

A meritocracy is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as ‘a society governed by people selected according to merit.’ The example sentence given is this: ‘Britain is a meritocracy, and everyone with skill and imagination may aspire to reach the highest level’.

Jayne Pugh has achieved spectacular feats in her marketing career so far, and the Adam team has had the privilege to support her along the way through expert recruitment consultancy and talent acquisition.

Our CEO, Richard Gahagan, reflects on a tumultuous and transformative decade at We Are Adam.

Bhavna Mistry has been working for Brady, a global leader in safety, identification, and compliance solutions, for eleven years. She’s the director of product and multi-channel marketing and is responsible for the business’ direct marketing in the UK and various European projects.

How can we plan and prepare for the future when facing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA)?

So you’re looking to progress to marketing director. An extremely rewarding, high-octane and meaningful career lies ahead. But are you MD material?

What’s in it for me? It’s the question at the forefront of most candidates’ minds. Without an Employer Value Proposition (EVP), your business will find it difficult to clearly communicate your answer.

Wherever you look, digital products are popping up: banks, universities, retailers, gyms; everyone’s got one. And that’s thanks, in part, to the product owner role that takes digital items from user requirement to end product via a load of technical decision making.

BIMA is Britain’s digital community. It hosts thought leadership events to bring thousands of professionals together, helping them forge invaluable connections in their industries.

It’s not easy to make the leap from HR Business Partner to Head of HR. In the past, career ladders gave HR professionals the opportunity to advance their careers by taking smaller, more manageable steps. But the flatter organisational structures so popular today have made the transition from operational partner to strategic board member far more difficult.

Colin Dean is Business Development Manager at Bermans Solicitors, a niche full service commercial law practice with offices in Manchester and Liverpool. Market leaders in Assert Finance and Invoice Finance, Bermans’ team of highly experienced lawyers provide specialists advise on a comprehensive range of legal issues including employment, corporate and commercial property to name but a few.