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With this in mind your candidate attraction process and techniques need to reflect this. By [Mark Woffenden](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/author/mark-woffenden) | Categories: [changing careers](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-careers), [Career Planning](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/career-planning), [what employees look for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-look-for), [employee needs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/employee-needs), [what employees want](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-want), [what to look for when you change jobs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-to-look-for-when-you-change-jobs), [what employees want from their job](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-want-from-their-job), [what to look for in your job](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-to-look-for-in-your-job), [changing jobs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/changing-jobs) | Comments Off [Read More](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-are-looking-for-when-they-change-jobs) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/employees%20in%20the%20north.jpg)](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-in-the-north-are-looking-for) [](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-in-the-north-are-looking-for) #### [What Employees in the North are Looking for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-in-the-north-are-looking-for) [what employees look for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-look-for), [employee needs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/employee-needs) ## [What Employees in the North are Looking for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-in-the-north-are-looking-for) As it’s getting harder to recruit the right employees, your organisation must work even harder to stay attractive to the right kind of talent. This does not mean simply changing your marketing messages or coming up with an arbitrary ‘company values’\[...\] By [Mark Woffenden](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/author/mark-woffenden) | Categories: [what employees look for](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-look-for), [employee needs](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/employee-needs) | Comments Off [Read More](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/what-employees-in-the-north-are-looking-for) - [1](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/tag/what-employees-look-for/page/1) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Subscribetoblog2.jpg)](https://info.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/blog-subscription-page) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Latestsalaryguide.jpg)](https://info.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/salary-analysis-guide-2022) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/Latestmarkettends.jpg)](https://info.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/market-guide-2023) [![](https://blog.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/hubfs/JOBALERTS.jpg)](https://info.lucywalkerrecruitment.com/job-alert-subscription-page) [- Popular - 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