Resources

Secs Life

These days there is a wealth of data on salaries for virtually every category of job. The internet makes these widely available to employees and employers alike.

Within the secretarial and office sector in London however, there has always been a lack of detail regarding not just salaries but employment trends generally.

Employment agencies try to fill this gap by reporting on salary levels for the jobs they work on. Unfortunately this approach, in looking at only a small fraction of the market, gives misleading and often inaccurate data.

So instead, each year for many years Gordon Yates in association with The Guardian has sought to gather and share actual data provided in confidence by employers and employees. Salaries, bonuses, benefits, role change, supply and demand, employee turnover, changes in attitudes and job satisfaction - all these form part of London's longest established, most in-depth study.

Now in its 21st year, Secs Life (as the study is known) is an invaluable tool, widely quoted in the press, shared freely with our clients and providing us with the knowledge to advise with confidence about job market issues.

www.secslife.com

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Downloads

Employer

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  We have always had a small handful of clients who prefer their temps to work online or from GY offices, rather than on site. Over recent months we have seen increasing interest in this, and are now marketing this to clients as ‘Temporary Virtual Assi
• What We Can Do For You
  Our purpose is to help you to resource key staff, quickly and cost-effectively. And thereafter to help you gain the best possible return on your investment via high quality training and development. "What We Can Do For You" explains how we do this.

Employee

• Registering with Gordon Yates
  Gordon Yates is the first name in London for skilled support staff. Established in 1947, we provide temporary, permanent and contract opportunities in high quality organizations across the capital.

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Useful Links

Linked by heart...

www.quotesforkids.net
Help us do something good. The recession has hit us all, but especially youngsters trying to get a start in life. Barnardo's helps children and young people who don’t have the kind of support most of us take for granted. To transform skills training and hundreds of young lives they need £30,000. We've pledged £10,000. Help us raise the rest.

www.plan-international.org.uk
Plan International organises sponsorship of children in the third world, and helps their communities to become independent of aid over time. We started supporting Plan as a company this year, after GY people became enthused.

Links for career builders...

www.learndirect.co.uk
thousands of easy-access courses to strengthen your skills and prospects, check out this online learning centre

multimap.com - handy for finding your way around - postcode map finder and much more besides

www.rec.uk.com
website for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, committed to raising standards in UK recruitment (Gordon Yates has been a member for over 25 years)

www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
home page for Investors in People, the Government-sponsored quality programme for UK business (Gordon Yates has been IIP-accredited since 1997)

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