Networking
Networking
03Aug
Embracing a New Challenge: From Childcare to Business Executive at Thompson and Terry Recruitment
Hello, I’m Jessica, and for the past 10 years I’ve been dedicated to working in the childcare industry. Back in 2013, I embarked on a Level 3 Diploma at the City of Oxford College, focusing on ‘Children and Young People’s Workforce’ which led me to join a prominent childcare company, where my determination to advance […]
There’s a Benefit to Being Embarrassed at Work
During university, you would rarely find me putting my hand up or speaking aloud during a lecture because I didn’t want to accidentally embarrass myself. Similarly on social media, I don’t tend to post very much or put myself out there in case I end up looking silly. One thing I have learnt in the […]
28Oct
Balancing Pro-activeness and a Personal Life
With employers becoming worried about their staff ‘quiet-quitting’, it has become more important than ever to show your employer that you’re a pro-active member of the team. However, this should never come at a cost to your work-life balance! Perfecting the work-life balance has been a topic of business conversations in recent years but as […]
30Sep
Why Should You Network Before You Need to?
Unlike many recruitment agencies, here at Thompson & Terry Recruitment, we don’t have personal sales or referral targets to meet – so you might ask why does everybody in our team network! I had heard great things about going to networking events from family members about how it is a great place to meet people […]
15Jan
Build your career through networking
When opening the Thompson & Terry Recruitment doors back in 2014, being totally honest I didn’t really think I had a network (not to mention no recruitment agency experience) therefore I had to really quickly build relationships. I quickly started to attend every networking event I possibly could; the conversation starter was always around setting […]
18Nov
Becoming an Entrepreneur
In light of ‘Global Entrepreneurship Week‘, I caught up with our MD, Ben Thompson, to hear all about his experience of becoming an entrepreneur. What made you want to be an entrepreneur? I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody say they want to become an entrepreneur, but rather they want to own a business. I […]
07Jun
The Linked Inn: An Alternative Way to Find Your Dream Job
Working in recruitment, we understand how stressful it can be to look for a new job. In a survey carried out by Linkedin last year, they established that an astonishing 45% of job seekers found the idea so daunting that they would rather go to the pub than spend time searching for a new role! […]
About Us
Who Are We? Thompson & Terry Recruitment is an independent Abingdon-based recruitment agency with a real difference in that we apply a headhunting approach to typically recruitment agency level vacancies. We are a boutique full-service consultancy, with a key focus on sourcing and placing candidates in Sales Jobs, Marketing Jobs, Office Jobs and Administrative Jobs, […]