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- The post-interview checklist
- Umbrella, TUC, AWR, Swedish Derogation and T&S: Temps, know your stuff!
- How to write a cover letter for a Recruitment Consultant role
- 10 worst job application habits…
- I need a job to get a job?
- Attention to detail
- Zero Hours Contracts Vs. Recruitment Agencies
- Interview questions straight from hell.
- First day in the office – your guide.
- 10 reasons you’re still unemployed
- Bag a Grad Job in 3 Easy Steps
- Cover Letters made simple
- Science with Essential: An Anatomy of a Job Advert.
- The best way to write a CV?
- The 7 stages of rejection.
- Do you really know what recruitment agencies are?
- Turning it down without burning it down.
- A day in the life of…
- How to utilise your ‘extra-curricular’ activities for a pay rise
- The 3 ingredients that make a great candidate
- The importance of drawer snacks
- 5 awesome confidence building tips
- A beginners guide to Microsoft Excel.
- What to remove from your CV
- 7 reasons you should take a pay cut.
- What to do when you’ve done it all (and still unemployed!)
- Automatic Enrolment – what is it and how does it affect me?
- Need a job to get experience… or do you?
- How to maximise your work potential
- Jobseekers: Get the most out of your agency
- Sell yourself with a simple CV
- Career advice for a warehouse temp?
- Why that last status could leave you jobless.
- Which recruitment agency is for you?
- The why, what and how of recruitment
- Why haven’t you found me a job yet?
- Why should I work when I’d be no better off than on benefits?
- Skilled, unemployed, and feeling blue?
- Misconceptions of recruitment agencies.
- Why your CV isn’t good enough
- Cover letters – how do you write yours?
- THE advice post.
- Don’t let Monday morning destroy you!
FAQ
- What does my Tax Code mean?
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- How do I book holidays?
- How do I get paid?
- Do you have CV and interview advice?
- I can’t make it to work / I’m unhappy at work – what do I do?
- What benefits do I get working through Essential?
- What ID do I need to register with you for work?
Blog
- Donation for Sheffield Teaching Hospital
- Anti Slavery Day 2019
- A Day In The Life Of – Chloe Kautz
- Barnsley Recruitment Open Day
- A Day In The Life Of – Kayleigh Dodsworth
- Rick Bestwicks Recruitment Open Day – Holmewood – 29th June
- A Day In The Life Of – Grace Hammond
- Ripley Recruitment Open Day – 11th July
- A Day In The Life Of – Rachel Meadows
- Naylor Recruitment Open Day – 12th June
- Schoolblazer Recruitment Open Day – June
- A Day In The Life Of – Lauren Starns
- A Day In The Life Of – Ben Winson
- A day in the life of – Bethany Roberts
- Hydro (Tibshelf) Recruitment Open Day – May 3rd
- A day in the life of – Megan Evans
- A day in the life of – Victoria Willey
- Burton’s Easter Eggstravagansa!
- A day in the life of – Paula Askew
- A day in the life of – Belinda Henshaw
- A day in the life of – Tom Bates
- Hydro (Tibshelf) Recruitment Open Day – March 25th
- A day in the life of – Andrea Tantrum
- A day in the life of – Abigail Dearden
- A day in the life of – Ross Page
- Online Open Day – Rotherham Job Vacancies
- A day in the life of – Charlotte Pilsworth
- A day in the life of – Dana Humphreys
- Online Open Day – Chesterfield Job Vacancies
- A day in the life of – Danielle Berry
- Hydro (Tibshelf) Recruitment Open Day – February 4th
- A day in the life of – Emma Lilley
- A day in the life of – Toni Ross
- Online Open Day – Rotherham Job Vacancies
- SIA Abrafoam Open Day!
- What got us here may not get us there! [NEWS]
- Our 10th Office Opens in Rotherham
- Hydro (Tibshelf) Recruitment Open Day – January 4th
- A day in the life of – Dani Cross
- A day in the life of – Yasmin Revill
- Temp of the Month – November 2018
- A day in the life of – Marc Orli
- A day in the life of – Shannon Beer
- Northern Engineering get a slice of the action…
- A day in the life of – Bethany Wragg
- A day in the life of – Summer Caunt
- Should you be tailoring your website to Millennial’s?
- Temp to Perm success in Burton!
- Could the future working week become shorter?
- Should companies invest in over 50’s?
- A new career with no experience?
- DMW Treat Lunch
- Temp to Perm’s at for the Long Eaton Branch!
- Are Bitmoji’s the future of Recruitment?
- Does switching jobs get you a higher pay growth?
- Are the best CV’s data based?
- What’s the implication of Google Jobs on the Recruitment Industry?
- The impact of Brexit on the Recruitment Industry
- Temp of the Month – June 2018
- Tom receives promotion to Senior Consultant!
- Chesterfield Late Night Opening
- 3 Unorthodox Recruitment Processes
- Andy Cain Training Day
- Annual Summer Do – Manchester 2018
- Could you be our next Recruiter? [QUIZ]
- 4 reasons why Recruitment Agencies are worth a try
- 2018 Mid Year Growth Review: There’s no stopping Essential now!
- Burton Administrator Passes Probation
- Respect to the Recycling Queen! [Testimonial]
- Temp of the Month – May 2018
- The Hub Grand Opening in Sutton in Ashfield – 6th June 2018 [News]
- The Top 50 SME’s in North Derbyshire 2018 [Official Report]
- What do British workers want?
- The 6 types of people you’ll find working in HR
- Mental Health in the Workplace
- Hobbycraft’s Generous Gesture
- Our Doncaster Branch
- Press Release
- The end of unpaid work trials?
- National Minimum Wage Increases 2018
- Temp of the Month Christmas Special – December 2017
- Considering an apprenticeship? Hear my Story!
- Temp of the Month – September
- This worker runs 17 miles to work each day, so we rewarded him!
- Billy Brewer blesses a bigger and better Burton branch!
- Oaklands Chinese Fundraiser
- Casting for Cancer
- Success for Mansfield Candidate
- Stay safe when applying for jobs online
- Clumber Park 2017
- Derbyshire Growth Barometer 2017
- Charity of the Month – June – Thornberry Animal Sanctuary
- £50m fines for failed Right to Work checks
- How to recruit in a diminishing pool.
- Two more candidates receive permanent contracts
- Temp of the Month – May 2017
- Curt Boxes for Heroes in Charity Boxing Match!
- Long Eaton Temp to Perm Success!
- Essential attend Burton Albion’s business club breakfast meeting.
- Temp to Perm Success in Ripley!
- Belbin Teambuilding Experience April 2017
- Temp of the Month – April 2017
- What rights do Agency Workers have? – QUIZ
- Easter Egg donations from Ripley!
- JDRF ParkRun at Clumber Park
- Chesterfield Give Out Easter Treats!
- Are you aware of your Absenteeism? [News]
- Could you work in Recruitment?
- Temp to Perm Success!
- Mansfield Recruitment Open Day – Thursday 12th January 2017
- Happy Christmas, Bluebell Wood!
- Temp of the Month – November
- Essential Recruitment opens 9th branch in Doncaster
- New Minimum Wage Rate for April 2017
- 5 of the best: HR Resources
- Essential Support Maria Hanson Foundation
- Long Eaton Employee Secures Permanent Role
- Jocelyn’s Permanent Job!
- Essential Recruitment Completes Management Buyout
- National Minimum Wage Increase
- August Temp to Perm Success from Ripley!
- TOTM Special – July
- Essential awards 2016
- Temp to Perm Placement in Derby
- Wales 2016
- Temp to Perms in Barnsley
- Another Temp-to-Perm placement in Derby
- 7 Temp to Perm Success Stories in Ripley!
- Team Derby strike again!
- Temp of the Month – May
- Another Temp-to-Perm for Derby branch!
- Temp to Perm success in Ripley!
- Recruitment Focus: A look back
- Temp of the Month – April
- Sewing Machinist Open day for Schoolblazer, Mansfield
- Derby’s first Temp to Perm!
- Temp to Perm placements in Long Eaton
- Two Temp to Perm Placements in Ripley
- Temp to Perm success in Mansfield
- Temp to Perm Success in Long Eaton
- Eggcellent Easter Eggstravaganza Event!
- Why use a recruitment agency?
- Local or National support?
- Two Temps Secure Permanent Roles in Mansfield
- Hidden ‘Modern Slavery’!
- Temp-to-Perm success in Mansfield
- What is TUPE?
- Temp-to-Perm success for another Essential Candidate
- Temp of the Month – January 2016
- Mansfield Candidates Secure Permanent Roles with Whitemeadow Furniture!
- You do what…?!
- Essential Recruitment celebrates their 10th anniversary in 2016.
- Live Q&A session for Worksop 27.01.2016
- Essential Software Updates – Our Client Benefits
- Chesterfield Client Congratulates Essential’s Christmas Campaign.
- Happy Christmas Bluebell Wood!
- How NOT to use Social Media for your job search.
- Grateful Temp-to-Perm Candidate thanks Essential
- If your business doesn’t operate from 9 to 5, neither should your agency.
- Word of mouth still most successful referral method for Essential
- Mansfield Candidates secure Temp to Perm roles with Aluminium manufacturer Aluminate
- The Social Job Search
- Essential recruitment opens their 9th branch in Derby, tightening their reign on the East Midlands.
- The Great Halloween Bake Off
- The Great Halloween Bake Off!
- Fashion Show Fundraiser Raises £455
- Lisa Sprowell Raises £509 for Bluebell Wood
- Temp to Perm success at Celebrity Motion Furniture!
- Bluebell Wood Charity Fashion Show
- 10 reasons to work for Essential Recruitment
- Essential Summer Do 2015
- Summer Teambuilding Event 2015
- A message from our Operations Manager
- A perfect match made at Efficiency East Midlands
- Easter Egg Eggstravagansa’s Mindblowing Results
- Derbyshire branches welcome candidates to Open Days
- Essential’s Easter Eggstravagansa
- 15 more shocking CV one-liners!
- Commission structures at Essential Recruitment
- Website revamp proves to be a huge success!
- Ripley Consultant wins over a candidate!
- Essential Recruitment Outshine Fundraising Pledge for Ashgate Hospice in 2014
- 11 Facepalm Inducing Christmas Fails
- Essential’s Tough Mudder raises £316 for Ashgate Hospice !
- Another candidate secures permanent role.
- Celebrating candidate’s consummation at Carwood’s
- Creepy as Hell 1900s Halloween Costumes
- 16 Essential staff go temp to perm at Alliance
- More Permanent Candidate Placements at Harry Yearsleys
- Ashgate Hospice Charity Auction Updates!
- Happy temps in Mansfield
- Should new technology replace current hiring methods?
- How to attract the industry’s best talent.
- Why minimum wage is never enough
- Minimum Wage comes into force
- Job searching with social media
- Pounds & Postcodes infographic
- Truly Tenacious Temps
- Beach Day, Fri 1st Aug!
- Attention to detail
- Putting the Recruitment Agency in context.
- Customer Service Reviews Infographic 2014
- D-Day 2014
- “Do you want some cake?”
- Good News: 1st Quarter Round-Up!
- Our new look Chesterfield branch!
- Success for Essential staff at Bladen Box!
- April’s good news
- 25 brilliant CV one liners
- Mansfield Open Day – 15/04/2014
- The secret to easy hiring
- Tuc shop profits so far…
- The Amber Valley jobs fair ( Ripley leisure center)
- March’s good news!
- Mobile Recruitment Infographic
- Candidate Infographic
- Charlie skates for Ashgate hospice: 100 miles in 24 hours!
- Tough Mudder 2014
- February’s Good News
- Taking employment into their own hands
- Office Event Schedule 2014
- January’s Good News
- Political good news – a summary
- Unemployment like it’s 1997
- Is change coming?
- Interfering Politicians….
- The Debenhams Story
- Where is your workforce?
- BMW give agency workers priority for 1,000 new jobs.
- If the UK is so short on jobs, why aren’t YOU cleaning sewers?
- Pushing forward unproductive staff
- Automatic Enrolment – what is it and how does it affect me?
- Amazon Delivery Drones
- 1,460 jobs lost from power giant Npower.
- Does Amazon employ humans or robots?
- Are your Forkies winter ready?
- Hello Long Eaton!
- Worksop’s ‘new’ official Branch Manager
- Essential’s new Compliance Manager
- Non-work work perks
- Do your shift patterns need reorganising?
- Common misconceptions of recruitment agencies
- Halloween 2013!
- What really matters in the recruitment world?
- Why would you choose another agency?
- Are you a bad boss?
- The benefits debate
- The truth about recruitment agencies
- Facebook Graph Search: Recruitment gold or a step too far?
- Keeping staff loyal
- Old school business ethics, modern day luxuries. What reward incentives really work?
- Essential’s biggest turnover.. ever!!
- The highs and lows of staff management..
- National Minimum Wage
- Help-to-work Scheme Unveiled
- Macmillan Coffee Morning
- Voice Picking
- STOP AND THINK! Gavin Wickham’s ‘Be Safe’ campaign brings PPE to attention.
- Money you can make on the side, today!
- Branston Golf Club raise over £3,000 for breast cancer
- Keeping it consistant
- Grand Theft Auto: Sans Attendus
- Robot-suit development to keep workers fit.
- You ask: So really, why should my business use your agency?
- The pain of zero hour contracts
- Naming and shaming minimum wage dodgers
- Local triumph for 400 Chesterfield workers
- Research from the CBI shows businesses need employee training
- Legitas Group go into administration
- Employment Tribunals Fees 2013
- Manufacturing increase projected
- Quote of the day………
- Who Needs Retention Strategies for Temp Workers?
- Minimum wage to increase to £6.31
- Burton Red Nose Day
- Chesterfield Red Nose Day
- UK unemployment total falls to 2.5m
- RTI –Are we ready?
- Travel & Subsistence Schemes
- Personal Tax Allowances 2013/14
- Final Quarter 43% Sales Growth
- Travel & Subsistance – The Pressure continues!
- UK Growth fastest since 2007
- Travel & Subsistence Schemes under scrutiny
- Record Employment – 30 million in work
- Travel & Subsistence
- Apprenticeship Changes
- Travel & Subsistence Schemes
- Miliband – Get Real!
- UK unemployment falls by 51,000
- UK inflation rate drops to 2.8% in May
- Cautious Employers remain to hire
- UK unemployment falls
- RIDDOR changes
- Employer Confidence Rises
- Sports Relief 2012
- PAYE Changes 6 April 2012
- The National Minimum Wage will rise by 11p to £6.19
- Employment Law Changes
- Statutory Payments increase in April
- Women director percentage ‘rises to record high’
- HMRC alters stance on employee smartphones
- Pension Auto-enrolment dates confirmed
- Employment law shake up
- 3rd Quarter Financial Analysis
- Industrial Tribunal Rules Change
- Temporary workers hit 1.6 million
- Positive Job Survey
- HMRC comment on Travel & Subsistance Schemes
- Bribery Act 2010 in force from today
- Mansfield Temp of the Month
- Agency Workers Regulations
- “essential relationship”
- Temp of the Month – April 2011
- Record Revenue Increase
- Recruiting staff costly and time intensive for firms
Vacancies
- Twilight Pickers, South Normanton
- Order Pickers, South Normanton
- Tacker, Long Eaton
- Repair Operatives, Marchington
- FLT Driver, Goldthorpe
- Foam Operative, Wirksworth
- Meat Operative, Mexborough
- Warehouse Operative, Burton On Trent
- Production Operatives, Doncaster
- Manual Miller / Turner, Rotherham
- Washplant Operatives, Marchington
- Warehouse Administrator, Swadlincote
- Marketing Assistant, Rotherham
- Packing Operative, Barnsley
- Packing Operative, Barnsley
- Hygiene Operative, Barnsley
- Warehouse Operatives, Doncaster
- Production Operative, Barnsley
- Manufacturing Operative, Barnsley
- Transport Planner, Harworth
- Factory Operative, Wirksworth
- Broadband IT Technical Support Engineer, Ripley
- Warehouse Operative With FLT, Barnsley
- Trainee Spray Painter, Mansfield
- Trainee Paint Sprayer, Mansfield
- FLT Counterbalance Driver / Yardman, Kirkby in Ashfield
- Assembly Operative, Dinnington
- Multi Skilled Engineer, Gainsborough
- Administrator, Swadlincote
- Tray Wash Operatives (Weekends), Barnsley
- Tray Wash Operatives (Weekdays), Barnsley
- Production Operative (Weekends), Barnsley
- Production Operative (Weekdays), Barnsley
- Counterbalance / Warehouse Operative, Castle Donington
- Reach Truck Drivers, Bilsthorpe
- Administrator / Warehouse Operative, Chesterfield
- Industrial Labourers, Worksop
- Casual Handballer, Barnsley
- Production Operative, Shirebrook
- Mixing Operative, Shirebrook
- Food Processing Operative, Shirebrook
- Food Operative, Shirebrook
- Baking Operative, Tuxford
- Packers, Tuxford
- Refractory Manufacturing Operatives, Barnsley
- Refractory Manufacturing Operatives, Dewsbury
- Marketing Executive, Ripley
- Experienced Administrator, Doncaster
- Assembly Operative, Codnor
- Warehouse Administrator, Doncaster
- Packing Operative, Swadlincote
- Warehouse Operative, Rotherham
- Panel Wireman, Burton On Trent
- Production Operative, Ilkeston
- Production Operative, Swadlincote
- Packing Operatives, Worksop
- Line Operative, Denby
- Machine Operative, Barnsley
- Production Operatives, Chesterfield
- General Operative, Doncaster
- Assistant Call Centre Manager, Sheffield
- Upholsterers, Ilkeston
- Financial Controller, Rotherham
- Warehouse Operative, Barnsley
- Packing Operative, Worksop
- Tacker, Ilkeston
- Packing Operative, Barnsley
- FLT Driver / Telehandler, Mansfield
- Online Marketplace Assistant, Rotherham
- Production Operatives, Doncaster
- Warehouse Operative, Castle Donington
- Sewing Machinist, Penistone
- Wood Machinist, Long Eaton
- Labourers, Worksop
- Packing Operatives, Chesterfield
- Calendar/Miller, Swadlincote
- Warehouse Operative, Barnsley
- Machine Operative, Penistone
- Administrator, Mansfield
- Forklift Driver / Warehouse Operative, Shirebrook
- Manufacturing Specialist, Barnsley
- Night Operative, Holmewood
- Production Operative, Holmewood
- Reach, Counter balance and PPT drivers, Holmewood
- Cold storage operatives, Holmewood
- Pickers / Packers, Chesterfield
- Recycling Operatives, Chesterfield
- Production Operative, Wombwell
- Manufacturing Operatives, Thurnscoe
- Counterbalance Driver, Barnsley
- Machine Operatives, Barnsley
- Double Handed FLT Driver, Worksop
- Fabrications Production Operative, Barnsley
- Warehouse Operatives, Rotherham
- Production Operative / Counterbalance Driver, Castle Donington
- Assembly Operative, Worksop
- Packers, Blidworth (days)
- Packers, Blidworth (afters)
- Wood Machinists, Mansfield
- Bench Joiner, Mansfield
- Bench Joiner/Wood Machinist, Mansfield
- Customer Service Administrator/Advisor, Sutton in Ashfield
- Yard Operative, Castle Donington
- Marketing Assistant, Chesterfield
- Manufacturing Supervisor, Rotherham
- Counterbalance Driver, Denaby
- Fabrications Operatives, Worksop
- Production Operative, Worksop
- Machine Operative, Barnsley
- General Warehouse Operatives / FLT drivers, Huddersfield
- General Labourer / FLT Driver, Sheffield
- FLT Drivers, Doncaster
- Machine Operative with FLT, Barnsley
- FLT Driver, Worksop
- Hygiene Operative, Moorgreen
- Industrial Cleaner, Barnsley
- Despatch Operative, Goldthorpe
- Machine Operative, Codnor
- Factory Operative, Ilkeston
- Factory Operative, Ilkeston
- Warehouse Operative, Long Eaton
- Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Ripley
- Recruitment Consultant, Ripley
- Warehouse Operatives, Rotherham
- CNC Programmer / Machinist, Chesterfield
- Counterbalance Driver, Ashby De La Zouch
- Refractory Manufacturing Operatives, Wakefield
- Sales Administrator, Ripley
- Machine Operator, Doncaster
- Administrator, Ripley
- Labourers, Worksop
- Sewing Machinist, Ilkeston
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Rotherham
- Finishing Operative, Sheffield
- Packing / Press Operative, Tibshelf
- Lockstitch Machinist, Ilkeston
- Packing Line Operative, Somercotes
- Reach Truck Driver, Denaby Main
- Warehouse Operative, Barnsley
- MIG and TIG Welder, Burton On Trent
- Production Operative, Rotherham
- Production Operatives, Mansfield
- General Warehouse Operatives, Huddersfield
- Sewing Machinist, Ilkeston
- Manufacturing Operative (Nights), Barnsley
- CNC Operator (Glass), Mansfield
- Experienced Production Operatives, Denby
- Senior Accounts Manager, Rotherham
- QAQC Inspector, Barnsley
- Food Production Operatives, Eastwood
- Machine Minding, Kirkby In Ashfield
- Dispatch Operative, Denaby Main
- Production Operative, Doncaster
- Machine Specialist, Barnsley
- Production Operatives, Worksop
- Experienced Machine Setter, Barnsley
- General Operative With Reach FLT, Barnsley
- Production Operatives, Kirkby In Ashfield
- General Operative, Penistone
- Food Production Operative, Shirebrook
- Manufacturing Operative, Penistone
- Order Picking / Forklift Drivers, Holmewood
- Food Production Operative, Gainsborough
- Recycling Production Operatives, Heanor
- Glass Operatives, Mansfield
- Food Production Operative, Somercotes
- Flexi, Bendi and Aislemaster Truck Driver , Tamworth
- Counterbalance Driver, Fradley Park
- Assembly Operative, Rotherham
- CNC Turner, Hatton
- Assembly Operatives, Somercotes
- Order Pickers, Packers and Dispatchers, Hinkley
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- Temp of the Month – February 2019
- Temp of the Month – December 2018
- Temp of the Month – October 2018
- Temp Of The Month – July 2018
- Temp of the Month – June 2018
- Temp of the Month – April 2018
- Temp Of The Month – January 2018
- Temp of the Month Christmas Special – December 2017
- Temp of the Month – October
- Temp of the Month – September
- Temp of the Month – June 2017
- Temp of the Month – May 2017
- Temp Of The Month – March
- Temp of the Month – February!
- Temp of the Month – January 2017
- Temp of the Month – November
- Temp of the Month – October
- Temp of the Month – September
- Temp of the Month – August
- TOTM Special – July
- Temp of the Month – June
- Temp of the Month – May
- Temp of the Month – April
- Temp of the Month – March
- Temp of the Month – February
- Temp of the Month – January 2016
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