Archive for Ben Thompson

Recruitment Bias

Would you afford a colleague more perks based on their appearance? It is difficult to consider any circumstances that may warrant such behaviours, yet situational factors that have little to do with an applicant’s suitability for a position are more commonly affecting decision makers when it comes to recruiting. Hiring Managers are more commonly basing […]

Social Media Privacy

Social media is an increasingly popular source for recruiters to monitor candidate behaviours. Due to its recent popularisation it presents agencies with a much more efficient practise to discover anything incriminating about candidate activities outside of the workplace. Upon receiving an application I will often ‘Google’, ‘Facebook’ or ‘LinkedIn’ the applicant (or a combination of […]

Graduate Employability

As a business we continue to connect with university students. Maintaining communication over a three-four year period from start until graduation is a strategy that is of foremost importance to me personally. Thompson & Terry seek to develop an unremitting dialogue in a bid to understand candidate hopes and aspirations with a view to graduates eventually […]

What makes a good recruiter?

When I first opened Thompson & Terry’s doors, I was drawn to building a sustainable business organically as a result of retaining clients and developing a philosophy that future partners and recruiters who join Thompson & Terry at any time in the future can service. With this in mind I have recently engaged with local secondary schools […]

Early Entreprenuership

In 2011 I set up my first business with aspirations of world domination. This remains a fairly unprecedented task when you consider the social and monetary factors required to achieve this feat, nonetheless the ambition shown from day one regardless of its viability is still shown today by all members of staff and is still key […]

Graduates – How to find a job

We are constantly told that there are too few jobs and too many university graduates. Worryingly the press might be right. According to a 2013 study by the Office for National Statistics, 47 per cent of employed workers who left university within the last five years were performing roles which do not require higher education qualifications. That’s a […]

Changing Career

Today I have spent a lot of time speaking with graduates. I have always found university graduates to be a bit of a conundrum not too dissimilar from seasoned working professionals who seek a change in direction. Whilst they are normally well-mannered, well-skilled and particularly astute, the CV and salary requirements are often sticking points […]

‘Selfies’

My iPhone contains the following social applications; Whatsapp, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Each application has been designed to validate my life. We are governed by our online behaviours, dictated by trends; the blur between reality and our online lifestyle is now smaller than ever. More recently the art of taking ‘selfies’; a self-taken image […]

Build your brand

I am a believer that success is earned through a combination of hard graft, unsociable working hours and surrounding yourself with people who you consider to be more qualified than you within your industry. Exposing yourself to new territory certainly helps too; after all there is no better way to study your craft than to […]

University Fresher Students

Sometime next week the new intake of university freshers will be discovering who they will be spending the next academic year living with. It is certain to be a significant step for any 18 year old finally leaving home, on the cusp of independence as the stark reality of adult life begins to set in. […]