Some people know very early on what their calling in life is. They have a dream from a young age of what they want to be when they grow up and they’re eager to fulfil it. Others have that lightbulb moment, suddenly everything makes sense, and it all falls into place. On the contrary, there […]

The leaves are turning, jumpers are out, and hot teas and coffees were essential at our latest IC Leaders’ Breakfast. Hosted at our offices in Southwark, we brought together internal communicators from across sector (and geographies!) to discuss the hot topics and pressing challenges in IC. Our theme was ‘Developing a culture for success’ – […]

Last week, 106 were invited to Communicate Magazine’s Employer Brand Management Live event for 2024, bringing together the latest and greatest in the employer branding sector. We take any opportunity to see how people are moving the needle in creating vibrant company cultures and this event was no different. Hosted masterfully by Andrew Thomas, we […]

In Conversation with Emma Moore, Head of University Partnerships, Gradconsult and ex-Director of Careers and Employability at the University of Liverpool and some fantastic Peer Career Coaches from the University of Liverpool. Jayne Cullen, 106 Communications Early Careers Consultant, recently attended the ISE webinar on Peers in Careers where Emma was joined by Jane Campbell, […]

Welcome to “The Communicators’ Corner” – a series where we ask senior IC leaders the questions that you’ve always wanted answers to. We’re delving into challenges they encounter, the strategies they employ to surmount them, and the inspiration that drives them as communicators. This is a platform for collective learning, from each other’s wins (and […]

Back in the days before TikTok and Soya Chai Lattes, I worked with a copywriter who reckoned that most employer brand campaigns were generated by taking two or more of the following words ‘Difference, Together, Make, Better, You’ and creating a strapline. Or, as he also said, just put ‘together’ at the beginning or end […]

Rob Fryer is the current Director of Recruitment for Now Teach, a charity that finds and supports career changers into secondary teaching. Rob has seen the full 360 of the Early Careers market, having headed up student recruitment for Deloitte for over 6 years before moving into the world of Higher Education, starting off as […]

The apprenticeship system dates back to the 16th Century as a means to provide technical training to young people starting out. In the modern employer market, apprenticeships look very different and can be a career starter in everything from HR, to consulting to a legal career. The times have changed – now our mindsets need […]

Recently on the tablet of wisdom that is LinkedIn, a coach/consultant asked the people of LinkedIn to vote on whether managers should be rewarded for retaining staff. The people responded – by not voting!  Probably taken aback at being asked to consider whether managers would have it in their power to do this. Because retention […]