Recruitment

Shall I search for a new job in December or leave it until January?

As the year draws to an end, lots of candidates find themselves wondering about a new job to start the new year. However, after a long year, candidates often put off their job search until January with the idea that the new year is a new start, for new beginnings and believe that’s when companies […]

What is the Right Salary to Pay Employees?

Increasingly, I am being asked by Oxfordshire employers questions around the right salary to pay their employees, so in this blog I plan to give insight into this incredibly important topic. It has been highly reported the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on us all and it’s certainly worth remembering that employees on […]

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 […]

CV Writing Template to Make You Stand Out from the Crowd

The purpose of a CV is to demonstrate to potential employers who you are, what skills you have, and why you would be the best fit for their vacancy. However, as a recruitment agency, we review hundreds of CVs every day and often see candidates making the same errors. This blog has been designed to […]

What is a Recruitment Agency?

Whilst out for dinner with a few friends earlier in the week one asked me: “What do you actually do? What is a recruitment agency?” Initially, I thought what a bizarre question… but then I came to realize that before I started looking into recruitment agency vacancies a few months ago I had no idea […]

Getting a Job After Exam Results

Whether you are planning to go to university, looking for a full or part time job to kickstart your career, or seeking an apprenticeship, it is SO important that you plan so you can stand out from your peers. Here are our top tips to consider when looking for the next steps after A-Levels: Explore […]

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The Good, Bad and Ugly of Running your own Business!

As today the team and I head into the 9th year of running our own recruitment business, I reflect back on what has been an exciting, rewarding but sometimes challenging journey that us business owners face all across the country every day. For those who know my story, sorry in advance, but for those who […]

6 Things to Remember Before Starting a New Job

Congratulations! You just got a new job! But what happens now? At Thompson & Terry Recruitment, we understand it can be both exciting and daunting to start a new job whether you’re fresh out of university, progressing in your career, or changing careers. Here are some things to think about after you accept that all […]

Why is it SO important to be nice?

The short answer is that people buy people! I would suggest that being kind and friendly with colleagues and peers is often the simplest thing that gets forgotten in business. In my (albeit short) experience of recruitment, whether it be talking with a candidate on their hunt for that dream job or helping an employer […]

The Best Jobs to Find Post-Graduation

Some people leave school and university knowing exactly where life will go and what they will achieve but so many others get lost and confused because the magical career epiphany hasn’t happened for them! I remember my two years at sixth form being a time of chaos and disorder with teachers constantly asking what I […]