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Why we only work exclusively with clients

Before I joined Thompson & Terry Recruitment, I’d already worked in recruitment. I arrived thinking I knew the job. You build a database, you register CVs, and when a role comes in, you see who you already have.  That isn’t what I found here. If I’m honest, it felt strange at first. There was no […]

Reflections on Recruitment, Four Months After my Exit

Almost four months ago, I left the Thompson & Terry Recruitment office for the last time, having launched, grown and ultimately exited a business that had been such a big part of my life for 12 years. Aoife recently asked me to write a guest blog reflecting on recruitment with the benefit of a little […]

Why Company Culture Matters

Introduction Company culture is becoming an increasingly important factor for candidates when considering a new role. While salary and benefits remain important, professionals care a lot about company values, career development, support, flexibility and overall company culture. Whether the culture has been carefully curated, or has developed naturally over time, understanding how your business makes […]

Does Overexplaining a Role, Including the Good, Bad and Ugly, Put Candidates Off?

In short, no. In today’s competitive hiring landscape, transparency has become a core principle in attracting the right talent. Our MD, Ben, identified a gap in the market and created Thompson & Terry recruitment with our mission statement to be transparent, honest and ethical; 3 simple concepts that the world of recruitment typically isn’t. Something I learned very quickly after joining Thompson & […]

Should I Still Hire in December?

Should I Still Hire in December? As the year draws to an end, many businesses start thinking ahead to January as the “real” time to refocus on recruitment, and it can feel natural to wait until the new year to pick hiring back up. It’s common to assume that candidates won’t be active and that […]

How to Write a CV That’s Both AI and Human Friendly

One of the biggest frustrations I hear from candidates is: “I keep applying for roles, but I’m not hearing anything back.” More often than not, it’s not the candidate’s experience or ability holding them back: it’s their CV. In our modern world, it’s not just hiring managers that your CV must impress, it also needs to […]

Still Struggling to Hire for a Junior Role? Here’s the Graduate Programme designed for SMEs that’s Working – 110 Times and Counting!

Back in 2018, I wrote a blog titled “How all small businesses can offer graduate schemes that are often better than the big boys”. That blog told the story of how our tiny recruitment agency launched a graduate programme because I was frustrated with the lack of local options for talented graduates in Oxfordshire. We […]

Why Even Small SMEs Need a Recruitment Strategy

Why Even Small SMEs Need a Recruitment Strategy As a recruitment agency, many of our clients are SMEs. Often, they first come to us when something breaks; a staff member leaves, they unexpectedly win a new client, or the business suddenly grows. And I totally get it. When you’ve got a small team, hiring can […]

Writing Job Descriptions that Attract the Best Talent! 

With today’s job market becoming increasingly more competitive, the quality of a job description (and advert!) can be the difference between attracting top talent or being left with a pile of unqualified applications.   But what is the difference between a job description and a job advert? A well written job description doesn’t just outline the […]

Guest Blog – What Should I do to Prepare for Maternity Leave?

This week, Rebecca Thompson, local Recruitment Manager, has kindly put together this brilliant blog outlining how she prepared for maternity leave! “When I was in my early pregnancy and getting close to informing my employer that I was pregnant, my main thought was “how on earth do I prepare for going on maternity leave and […]