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Recruitment trends 2020

I read an article last week in the Dumfries Courier about changing trends in the job market.

It found that in Scotland, 64% of people agreed that they no longer expected a job for life and only 15% had stayed in a job for 10 years or more. It seems it’s no longer what people strive for.

It also said that 47% of the surveyed group of people had changed careers at some point in their working life with the main reasons for this being to achieve a better work/life balance, to find a more challenging role or for a better salary. The article said there seemed to be a difference between younger and older workers with the average millennial having had as many jobs as someone in their fifties has had their entire life.

The survey found that those working in retail had changed jobs the most followed closely by hospitality. The main reasons for wanting to change jobs was found to be, more money, career progression or to work in another location.

How long have you been in your current job and if you were to change what would be the main reason?

Out and About Friday 24th January 2020

We still have 25 relief chefs out working all over Scotland, this is just 1 down from last year.

A little quieter for jobs coming in this week but this is to be expected for the time of year.

Policy on taking on new relief chefs – we are happy to get new chefs registered but the priority of work goes to the chefs who have worked all season and previous seasons. Relief work picks up from mid-March 2020. Please just email your up to date CV reference details and hygiene certificate.

We will look for ALL relief chefs to have a hygiene certificate and will ask for you all to email these over to me jojo@chefsinscotland.co.uk

You can do this online if you need to here is the link www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/food-hygiene

We have a few chefs booked in to meet in February, there is still some availability if you want to come and have a chat about relief work or permanent just get in touch with Jessica or myself to arrange a date and time.

We still have weekly meetings with Michael to go over how things are going in the CIS office and have been focusing a lot on the property we have making sure all legislations are up to date etc

Michael is kept busy at the Brewery but its good to still have the meeting so we can bounce any ideas off him and to still get direction.

We thank you all for your continued support a patience (at this time of year) we really do appreciate you all 😊

Monday 20th January

As I prepare to go to New York at the end of this week I have been trying to sort out a brief itinerary for the 5 nights that we are there. One of the main sights I am keen on seeing is the 9/11 memorial and the Empire State building. I am a big fan of Friends, so I have always wanted to see the building that they stay in, even though the series was filmed in LA. We are staying just a street away from Times Square, so we are very central to all the sights. Myself and my boyfriend are big foodies so we are very keen to try as many restaurants/ styles of food as we can during our stay. There are two main foods I want to try; one is a proper New York Bagel and the other is a corn dog. I am also very keen to visit China Town to try some authentic cuisine. The weather is very cold now and it has been lightly snowing over the weekend which I am very excited for as I have always wanted to visit New York in the snow. We also plan to either visit Jersey Gardens or Woodbury Commons for a spot of shopping during our stay.

If anyone has any sights or restaurants that they can recommend, then please let me know! We like all types of food. We plan to visit Gallaghers Steakhouse for my birthday which is on Saturday, they have a 3-course lunch time deal which looks really good, so we are excited to try this too, and possibly a few cocktails to celebrate too.

The CIS team all helped me celebrate early on Saturday as I had my 21^st party at Hugo’s here in Moffat. A great night had by all and just the start of the celebrations.

Out and About 17th January

We have had a few more jobs confirmed this week on relief. We still have 26 chefs out working all over Scotland which is the same as last year.

We are happy to meet new relief chefs here in Moffat if you would like to arrange please get in touch to check our availability.

Jessica and Jade have been getting lots of CV’s sent out and interviews arranged which will see lots of permanent placements being made 😊

Here are the chefs we have out working

Alan Macpherson is at Eden Court

Dave McConnachie is at Cuillinhills Hotel

Paul Nisbet is at Eden Court

Ian Godfrey is at Deans of Huntly

Ross Hunter is at Thainstone House

James Avery at Stonefield Castle

John Cameron is at Three Lemons

James Pratt is at Isles Inn

Jason Paxton is at Old Manor Hotel

Andrew Kelso is at The Fat Pheasant

Stuart Sullivan is at Tontine Hotel

Daniel Haig is at Stonefield Castle

Pat Johnstone is at Inveraray Inn

Ally Elder is at Banff Springs Hotel

Bobby Bessant is at Cove Bay Hotel

Stuart Maccoll is at Nethy Bridge Hotel

Michael George is at Townhouse Melrose

Shaun Murray is at Thainstone Events

John Cowie is at The Lerwick Hotel

Jo Anne Fenner is at Comrie Hotel

Peter Pete Hard Core Norrie is at The Kastille

Lee Pattie is at Scalloway Hotel

Roddy Mackinnon is at The County Hotel

Pawel Halicki is at Kinloch Lodge

Dale Paton is at Knockomie Inn

James McPherson is at Isle Ornsay Hotel

Thanks to all our relief chef for your support and hard work