Career and Professional Development Insights
What Housing Can Learn From Local Government Reorganisation
21 Oct 2026
After a period in which councils had been preparing for significant structural change, the Government's September decision to review Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) has put plans on hold in many areas. For some lea ...
Why the Researcher’s Call Is Worth Twenty Minutes of Your Time
14 Oct 2026
Most weeks, I speak to senior leaders who tell me they are approached constantly and cannot take every call. A message arrives from a name they do not recognise, about a role they were not looking for, and it sits unansw ...
The Talent Market Is Already Moving. Which Gaps Will Appear First?
13 Oct 2026
The latest pause to Local Government Reorganisation may have changed the immediate timetable, but it hasn’t put the talent market on hold.
Our latest LGR and Devolution research, conducted before the most recent annou ...
Re-entering the Market After Time Out
11 Oct 2026
Taking time away from your career can happen for all sorts of reasons. You may have taken a career break to focus on family, stepped away for personal reasons, taken time to study or simply decided to pause and reassess ...
Why Tile Hill Is Partnering with Brain Tumour Research
09 Oct 2026
In July this year, my family lost someone we loved dearly. My brother-in-law died following a nine-month battle with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. He was many things to many people. A hu ...
Things to Avoid When Looking for Your Next Role
07 Oct 2026
Looking for your next role can be exciting, but it can also be easy to fall into habits that make the process harder than it needs to be. Having worked with candidates throughout their career moves, there are a few commo ...
The Talent Market isn't Waiting for Certainty
01 Oct 2026
The plans may have changed, but the people questions are only becoming more pressing.
That was one of the clearest messages to emerge from our session at the MJ Future Forum Midlands, held against a rapidly changi ...
Tile Hill Wins Best Public/Third Sector Recruitment Agency and Best Candidate Care at the Recruiter Awards
23 Sep 2026
Oh, what a night. Tile Hill picked up three wins and a highly commended at the 2026 Recruiter Awards:
🏆 Best Public/Third Sector Recruitment Agency
🏆 Best Candidate Care
🏆 Recruitment Leader of the Year for Man ...
View from the Hill: When everything looks finished, who asks the difficult questions?
18 Sep 2026
Nobody writes a bad covering letter anymore. Well, that's not quite true, but you will have noticed how much more polished everything has become recently. Role profiles, applications, board papers, presentations. Submiss ...
Why choosing the right recruitment partner matters just as much as the procurement route
16 Sep 2026
Public sector frameworks provide trusted, compliant and straightforward routes to specialist recruitment services. They make it easier for organisations to access established suppliers and procure the support they ne ...
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