Thompson & Terry Recruitment

15
Nov

Should I work in recruitment after graduating?

Graduating was a complete mix of emotions. My first thought was ‘yes, finally’, but then it dawned on me… it was time to enter the adult world! It was actually a really confusing time, I found it really hard to work out what I wanted to do, as most young people do. I graduated with […]

How to Attract Talent in Oxford’s Competitive Employment Market

As a recruiter, networker, and business owner, I am consistently working with other businesses, large or small, who all seem to share the same difficulties when recruiting talented employees. Although the severity of these difficulties depends on the location, seniority, and sector of the vacancy, the challenge itself always seems to remain. ‘The Digital Age’ […]

How to use Performing Arts to get a job

Whether you played ‘Shepherd number 3’ in the Primary School Christmas Nativity when you were six years old, or have dabbled in multiple acting agencies and performances, participating in performing arts, whether the role was big or small, can play a vital part in the world of careers and, indeed, in our day-to-day lives. Understanding […]

How I built my CV outside of my 9-5 and how you can to!

As a young person myself (well youngish!), I found it tough to separate myself from my peers at the start of my career, as most young people do. Even most ‘entry-level’ jobs will request some form of experience, which seems ironic, how exactly do you get that experience? Throughout school, Rugby was my passion and […]

How all small businesses can offer graduate schemes that are often better than the big boys!

As a recruiter and avid Oxfordshire business supporter, I often find that many Oxfordshire-based businesses, especially the smaller ones, find it challenging to attract fresh, intelligent and hungry talent into their businesses. With our wealth of world-class students, surely this shouldn’t be the case? Based on my research last summer, I found that Oxfordshire offers […]

A Recruiter’s Guide on How to Hire the Best Candidates for your Business

Recruitment can often be the difference between the success or failure of any small or large business, therefore it is vital that you do everything possible to ensure the former and avoid the latter. Although it does seem like common sense to avoid failure, it is often easier said than done. It’s easy to buy […]

In case you’ve missed it: Our MD Ben Thompson is a Finalist in the South & Vale Business Awards 2019

The finals of the South & Vale Business Awards are now quickly approaching, taking place this month on Friday 15th March at the prestigious Williams F1 Conference Centre in Wantage. In case you’ve missed it, carry on reading for some more information on what the SVBAs are, how they could benefit your business, and Ben’s […]

Archie – Our Fave!

Archie joined Thompson & Terry Recruitment at just 8 weeks as an office Labrador puppy in November 2019, having been collected from Tamworth where he was born. Archie brings lots of enthusiasm and appetite to our team, thus already been promoted to ‘Head of Welcome’ and ‘Head of Biscuits’. Outside of work, Archie enjoys chasing […]

21
Oct

Ben – Managing Director

Ben launched Thompson & Terry Recruitment in 2014, with the vision to create a recruitment agency who would only submit a candidate to a client if we’d personally employ them ourselves. We created a strong set of values and mission statement, which we have lived by since the start and Ben is so proud to […]

Clients – What to expect?

Thompson & Terry Recruitment is an independent Abingdon, Oxfordshire based recruitment agency with a real difference in that we apply a headhunting approach to typically recruitment agency level vacancies. Whilst we have some experience of recruiting in almost every sector we mainly recruit candidates for Office Jobs, Administrative Jobs, Customer Service Jobs, Sales Jobs and […]