It’s important to create an engaged and happy workplace. 

There is something that people value more than salary, it’s a work-life balance.

A recent report by Aviva (2022), of over 2,000 people stated that 41% of workers were attracted to their current role for the work-life balance (41%) than the salary (36%). 

We look at the work/life balance as not trying to live two separate lives, but how our work and personal lives can comfortably blend.

This is what we mean.

 

Jason Drinkwater (from an employers perspective):

• As an employer, you have to understand what people want
• It takes time, you can’t get it right straight away ie. when we started Bond Recruit, we wanted people just like us (it doesn’t work that way)
• The team you work with need to feel valued, have security and a place of work where that feels welcoming

 

Jack Bond (from a recruiters perspective):

• if you start work early in the morning and leave late at night, something isn’t right.
• recruiters need to be hungry, they don’t need to be obsessive
• We all want to feel a part of something with others, if that can be installed then you create a sense of togetherness

 

Russell Drinkwater (from a work perspective):

• Recruitment has always been driven by results, if it’s built within a happy environment you can thrive
• Everyone still has to do the job in hand (targets hit, relationships built)
• Balance happens when you feel part of a team, enjoy your work and there is trust all round

 

Finding harmony in the world of recruitment is something that comes with time, but is achievable. It sits alongside the saying, ‘doing what matters when it matters.’ 

According to recent stats, people want to find that enjoyment out of work and out of life. It can be achieved, it’s something we’re all working at.