This week Essential Recruitment launch the newest addition to their branch network in Derby’s city centre. “Acting as a hub for the East Midlands, our Derby branch will work to tie together our branches in Long Eaton, Burton and Ripley to solidify an already successful area for our business” said Emma Coleman – Marketing Co-ordinator….
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Our Fashion Show was last night and we raised an amazing £455 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. Our show was held at Alfreton Community Hall last night. With 70 guests in attendance it was a busy,…
Our Compliance Manager Lisa Sprowell has raised £509 for our charity of the year, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. Lisa participated in the Worksop Half Marathon, a 13 mile race in which almost 2000 took part…
September was an exciting month for three of our temporary workers in Mansfield, as they were taken on permanently by our client Celebrity Motion Furniture after just 3 months. Barbara, Larisa and Gabriela are all working as Upholstery Machinists on a pleasant (and very sociable!) day shift. They also finish just after lunchtime on a Friday –…
Essential Recruitment are due to hold a Fashion Show on the 26th October 2015 in order to raise funds for our Charity of the Year, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. The event will be held at the Alfreton Community Hall – a Central point to our 9 branch network. ‘Colours’ will be providing the entertainment on…
The flexibility & understanding of the Senior Management Team. Unlike large corporate businesses, you will always have a personal relationship with your senior management team – including our MD. You’ll see them often, you’ll know them well, and they’ll not only know your first name, they’ll know your dogs name too. If you have genuine issues affecting…
We’re back from our annual summer teambuilding event in Poole. The annual event, dubbed ‘The summer do’ by Essentialites, is an opportunity for the whole company to meet any new members of the team, let…
Over this last week or so my pride of Essential Recruitment (although hard to get much bigger) has been elevated to astronomical heights and here are a few reasons why….. – Comments from potential clients such as “you are honest and transparent, something that is lacking in your industry in my belief” and “great presentation…
We’re absolutely blown away with the response to our Easter Egg Eggstravagansa. Around 2,000 items have been collected between 5 of our branches, including Easter eggs, chocolates, Easter crafts, soft toys and vouchers. The details are as follows: Chesterfield – Donating to Chesterfield Royal Hospital Donated by: Holdsworth Chocolates, Specsavers, Peak Care, Utopia Tableware, Squadron…
One of our brilliant candidates, Sophia Cox secured a permanent position at Efficiency East Midlands earlier in March after registering with Essential’s Mansfield branch. Managing Director Pete Smith says ‘We are very happy with the calibre of Sophia. She has fit into the business extremely well and we are proud to have her on board’….
We’re always looking for fantastic, hard-working candidates – that’s why we’re holding open days in order to meet new people! Pop along to your nearest branch on the following dates: Ripley 24th March: 9 am -4 pm Chesterfield 25th March: 9 am – 4 pm. Directions: Essential Recruitment Ripley Office Park House, Park Road Ripley,…
Here at Essential we want to show our support to the local children who are ill this Easter. That’s why we are presenting our Essential Easter Eggstravagansa! We will be collecting as many chocolate eggs as possible from local businesses, and then presenting them to local Child supporting organisations such as Sheffield Children’s Hospital. We…
After our previous post 25 Brilliant CV one liners proved to be a big hit, we thought we’d bring you a fresh batch! These are the mad, crazy things candidate’s say on their CV’s… 1. “flexible hours required (as to be honest I am unpredictable” 2 “I cannot dance ;)” 3 This was the…
At Essential, our commission structures couldn’t be simpler. Our staff are motivated with 5 main incentive schemes; each of our schemes are outlined in PDF format and are available on our internal shared network drive. We have made a specific effort to make sure all Essential staff are made aware of: Their eligibility for each…
Advertising our client’s vacancies is a sizable part of what we do here at Essential Recruitment – we need to work hard to attract the candidates, and it’s a full time job! We’ve decided to revamp our job listings in order to make them more attractive, interesting and more visually appealing, by rethinking the application…
One of our Consultants from the Ripley branch, Rob Health, has impressed a candidate so much, they’ve rewarded him with a big fat bar of Dairy Milk! The happy worker said that it was ‘for keeping his word as not many people do anymore!’ Very well done, Rob. This just shows how important it is…
Over the course of the year Essential Recruitment have organised various fundraising days, including dressing up for ‘Beach Day’, Halloween and an ‘Onesie Day’. They’ve ran an office tuck shop, completed a ‘skate-off’, endured the ‘Tough Mudder’ challenge, gambled in Internal World-Cup Sweepstakes and biggest of all, ran their online charity auction. “We’re so…
Our tough mudder duo – Kristyan and Rob – have raised an amazing £316.25 for Ashgate Hospice, our charity of the year. The guys endured some pretty brutal obstacle courses, and of course, got very muddy! Congratulations to the pair, and thanks to everyone to your support. We’re on track for our £2,000 pledge this…
Pictured: Yvonne Watson & Steve Adams This month we’re saying congratulations to Yvonne Watson, a hardworking candidate from Kirkby who has been working for our Mansfield branch. Yvonne’s role has now been made permanent, which means she will be leaving our database and…
Essential Recruitment’s Mansfield branch has worked with Alliance Healthcare supplying temporary to permanent staffing solutions since December 2013. As well as the ongoing, temporary staff that Alliance use to cover their warehouse & distribution operations, they have transferred 16 candidates on to their own books. Essential also supply various other Alliance sites around the UK….
Essential Recruitment’s Mansfield branch has made yet another successful temp-to-perm placement, handing over hardworking candidate Graeme Vanderhoven to Harry Yearsley’s Holmewood site. Essential have supplied warehousing staff to 2 of the 13 strategically located sites, since starting their partnership in 2008. In those 6 years Essential have assisted the logistics administration team, in maintaining the…
How to attract the industry’s best talent. The biggest companies work hard to attract and retain the talent they’ve scouted – where should you start as an employer looking to create an awesome workforce? Building the brand The best talent wants to work for the best company. They dream of working for ABC…
Why minimum wage is never enough The recent rise in the minimum wage has seen roughly 3% (1,386,000) of the UK population receive a 19 pence increase in their hourly salary. The issue with minimum wage is in the name – regardless of increases, the rate remains the least amount you can legally pay an…
Minimum Wage comes into force More than one million of Britain’s lowest paid workers will receive an above-inflation increase to their wages following the introduction of the new National Minimum Wage, effective from today. The rate rise to £6.50 per hour, the first real terms cash increase since 2008, follows the recommendations from the independent…
Whilst job-hopping will make you look like an unstable or troublesome candidate, working temporary contracts via a recruitment agency will actually work in your favour. The job market has, and remains to be very tough for the majority of people, so when a candidate can show that they’re willing to work in any environment, for…
We’re feeling all Summery today- even if the weather has let us down slightly! With £5 donated from each employee present, we’ve managed to raise a cool £165 with our dress up/down day! This gives us a total of £670 raised so far in 2014, with our biggest event (Our Grand Charity Auction) still to…
We are guilty of it from time to time as ours is a busy, reactive and pressured environment. The phone will ring and your priorities will change, a colleague will ask a question and your attention is diverted or a client will make a request that changes the course of the day for the whole…
Putting the Recruitment Agency in context. The why, what, where, when, and who of recruitment… Using Google’s predictive ways, we’ve pulled out what we see as the key questions people have regarding recruitment companies… you may notice a spot of repetition – we’ve tried to keep it as simple as possible. Why 1…
Good news May In the three months to the end of March: Unemployment fell by 133,000 to 2.2m The jobless rate is 6.8%, the lowest since 2009. The number of people in work rose to 30.43m, the highest since records began in 1971. The number of vacancies in the economy is at its highest…
Our Chesterfield office has moved… to the bottom floor! Previously the Chesterfield branch and Essential HQ had shared an office, on the top floor of Blenheim Court on Newbold Road in Chesterfield. Due to our ever-growing team, we needed space for the three new members of staff joining both the Chesterfield team (Grace and Curt)…
April Good News We’re here at the end of each month to remind you that it’s not all doom and gloom! Here’s your monthly dose of goodness – enjoy! Another fall in Unemployment Unemployment has dropped below 7% for the first time since the recession and employment has seen the biggest annual jump…
Some say that the CV is the eye to the soul. Some say that you never truly know a man until you’ve read his CV. Some, say the below. We pointed these out to the candidates and had a good laugh about them! We then proceeded to help them rewrite their CV where necessary. Here…
As an ongoing fundraiser, we’ve set up a tuc shop in our HQ/Chesterfield branch! As well as a brilliant excuse to eat (no less than) 5 chocolate bars a day, it has provided a way to raise money without even noticing it has gone. Our first batch of goodies raised us £9 – and we’re…
Hiring new staff is time consuming, tedious and often very frustrating. Hiring CAN be easier! The more vague the job description, the more applicants you’ll get. Advertising for a Customer Service role can result in hundreds of applications from till workers and shelf-stackers, when what you really wanted was an experienced call center worker. Trawling…
Today we attended the Amber Valley jobs fair at Ripley Leisure Center! A very busy day, with lots of candidates with great potential. The day started at 10am when a flurry of eager jobseekers flooded the room and almost cleared us entirely out of our leaflets and contact flyers! A quick dash back to our…
It’s the month’s end again and we’re back with more good news. For those who don’t know, we believe that the amount of negative news in the press is a bit depressing, so at the end of each month we publish a round of the good news that we’ve made in the UK. Here we…
Roller skating fundraising! One of our newer recruits in the Burton branch, Consultant Charlie Wells, has challenged herself to skate 100 miles in 24 hours to raise money for charity! Charlie is raising money for Ashgate Hospice at Rollerworld Derby on the 22nd March, and says “Everyone is more then welcome to come down, bring…
On the 2nd August 2014, five brave members of the Essential team will face this year’s Tough Mudder challenge! “Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile (18-20 km) obstacle course challenges designed to test your all-around strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. With the most innovative obstacles and over one million participants globally to date,…
Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has begun the first phase of its 1,700-job recruitment drive, announced last year. Hiring for the new jobs will be conducted in three phases to support future growth and investment plans on site. The first phase will recruit more than 500 semi-skilled production operator jobs to support the production…
Here is the proposed list of dress up/down days for our 8-branch network for 2014. Beach Day August, Friday 1st Summer fancy dress… strictly no mankinis/bikinis!! Shorts, dresses, sunglasses, sunhats, snorkels, novelty items etc. all acceptable! Halloween – Fri 31st Standard Halloween fancy dress & decorations. Christmas Tue/Wed 23/24th December Standard Christmas fancy…
A fantastic month for Essential Recruitment this month as we discover that this month is our biggest turnover so far. We’re growing fast (more and more birthday cards coming from HQ!) and there is an amazing buzz surrounding the company. Well done everyone, lets keep it up! Percentage growth on last year, September 2012 v…
We held our Macmillan coffee morning last Friday, and thanks to the generosity of our guests, we managed to raise just over £50.00. Not the biggest raise ever, but we’re still happy we got chance to enjoy a drink and some cakes with individuals from local businesses, as well as raise something for much a…
Source: Burton Mail
Chesterfield Office helping to raise over £1000 for this years Comic Relief – Red Nose Day Well done Chessie
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