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Hybrid working: How will it impact your career? Totum report 2022
Improved productivity, better work-life balance and improved wellbeing and health… All are benefits of hybrid working according to our latest survey of the changing workplace.

Recognition for Best Business Leaders
Welcome to Totum’s ‘Best Business Leaders’ awards 2022. Over the past two years, professional services firms have faced challenges that have put business services leaders

ESG…and the recruitment struggle
In a piece first published in PMSG’s Centrum magazine, Totum Director Deborah Gray looks at ways in which professional services firms are approaching ESG. How

How businesses can act to retain talent
In a piece first published in Elite Business Totum Director Deborah Gray sheds light on how firms can hold onto talent as staff retention is

Great Resignation can stay Stateside if UK employers focus on employee needs
In a piece on the Great Resignation first published in Global Banking & Finance Review, Totum Director Deborah Gray considers how firms can hold on

The hybrid office: Keeping everyone happy?
In a piece first published in Legal Abacus, Totum Consultant Carolyn Beckford Balogun looks at latest approaches to hybrid working, implications for the finance function, and

Diversity and equality in law firms: A personal journey
Anglo-Australian Legal Services veteran Paul Khan shares his personal experiences of working in the legal sector as a mixed-race professional and how they have impacted

Dancing to a different beat: Succeeding as a woman in business
Totum’s Marketing and Project Manager Sarah Broad provides some personal tips on succeeding as a woman in business. She shares insights on gender equality taken

The rise of business partnering in finance
Totum Consultant Dee Deol considers the rise of business partnering in finance within professional services firms. What does the remit and responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner

Perks of the job? Employee Benefits Survey 2022
Law firms are offering a wide range of generous benefits that make up an increasingly important part of the overall compensation package on offer to

5 mins with HR Recruiter, Briony Jenkins
It has been a while since we have shared a ‘5 mins with…’ but with new team members on board, we thought it was high

How to become a Rising Star Winner: Amanda Birch, BCLP
We talk to Amanda Birch, Legal Marketing & BD Executive and Totum Rising Star Award Winner 2022, about her life and career in law so

Diversity in Recruitment: Totum Report 2022
We are delighted to once again publish Totum’s latest diversity in recruitment statistics (our fifth year of publishing our diversity figures!). We include details of

Webinar: How to Thrive in a Law Firm
Totum Director Rebecca Ellis will be sharing latest news and trends in professional services recruitment at the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Europe’s webinar: How to

Totum Rising Star Award: And the winner is…
We announce the winner of our Totum Rising Star Award, which celebrates the achievements of more junior professionals working in marketing and business development in

Dispelling fear: Zia Chaudhry and the makings of community
Diversity & inclusivity (D&I) can still feel like a tick-box exercise. But Barrister, Speaker and Author Zia Chaudhry inspires a different outlook – one in

Support SEND Kids: Helping the next generation thrive
We take a closer look at one of Totum’s chosen charities in 2022: Support SEND Kids. How does it work with parents to ensure children get

What’s in a Job Title?
What titles make up a law firm marketing and BD team and how do individuals progress up the ranks? Totum’s latest research explores the roles

Don’t rely on lawyers for your firm’s success
We were recently delighted to see our research quoted in a piece in The Lawyer (‘Don’t rely on lawyers for your firm’s success‘, 10 December),

What’s it like to join Totum?
As Totum continues its expansion plans into 2022, we thought it would be helpful to share the perspectives of two of our Consultants who have