This is me 21 years ago at the start of my #recruitment journey.From my childhood years spent playing ‘Grown ups’, I’ve always been a people person. So when it came to look for a job, there was no doubt in my mind that working with people had to play a role in my career.I completed a trainee course with John Lewis Brent Cross, where I received my first promotion to Manager, before hitting the ‘big smoke’ &amp; further development.In October 1999 I walked into Parkside Recruitment with no IT skills not knowing what to do next &amp; left with a Permanent Consultant role. This is where I cut my teeth and the world of recruitment became a passion.I moved to Office Angels as a Temporary Consultant in 2002, this was such a dynamic role and I loved every minute, dropping lunch off to my temps &amp; chocolate angels to my clients.After a spell at Select Appointments as both a Temporary Consultant and Manager, I moved to the ManpowerGroup.Here I spent 11 years as Business Manager, involved in various company initiatives as well as a Remote Manager role. Towards the end of my career with Manpower, various company strategies led to a role as Permanent Manager then Regional Manager in Reading.Redundancy gave me to time to reflect on my career and my next move.K&amp; D Recruitment was born.

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This is me 21 years ago at the start of my recruitment journey.

Our recruitment journey

At K&amp;D Recruitment our Values are extremely important to me, they are not just words but are a reflections of what we do and how we challenge ourselves on a daily basisThree of our values are:<ul><li>Honesty</li><li>Respect</li><li>Passion</li></ul>Integrity &amp; trust are crucial to building sustainable healthy relationships it is the foundation in allowing us to build our network of clients.Telling our clients &amp; candidate’s what we can or cannot do upfront allows us to have a working partnership that you can depend on, freeing up your time to focus on other critical business tasks, whilst having confidence in knowing we are working the way we have agreed.We work in an industry where we speak to people who have different levels of abilities, skills, and qualities &amp; qualifications. All positions are equally important for us and you want the reassurance that whatever position we are working on we are doing so with the same level of commitment regardless of salary or status.Whilst we are passionate about what we do, we will never stop learning. We will put our best foot forward and have the desire to do the best that we can do for you.

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Integrity & trust are crucial to building sustainable healthy relationships it is the foundation in allowing us to build our network of clients.

Our Values

As you will always be looking for the very best candidates on the market it is absolutely essential that your job description "sells" your role and business in the very best way possible.It's a very competitive marketplace right now with more jobs than suitable candidates. So how do you make your job stand out from the crowd?Potential applicants will want an insight into your company's mission statement, core values and culture. Your benefits package is also really important. Statistics have shown that over 80% of job seekers look at employee benefits when searching for jobs. If you want to encourage the best candidates to hit the apply button then this information needs to be towards the top of the job advert not at the bottom which you see in a more traditional advert.If you are not attracting the right people take a look at your job description. Is it selling your company in the best way possible?

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Believe it or not how good your job description is will directly affect the quality of your applicants...

A quality job description

My very first day in my very first recruitment job I was late....I hit bad traffic and wanted to turn the car around, go home and hang my head in shame. I was going to make a terrible first impression. But I fought against my natural instinct to flee and I carried on driving. I didn't realise it at the time but this decision defined my career in recruitment.I am proud of the choice I made. When it would have been much easier to turn back I faced forward. There have been many times since that I could have taken the easy route and I chose not to which has made me the recruiter I am today.During the next 12 years I became a reliable trustworthy and ethical consultant, In 2020 I found myself facing redundancy and again made a brave decision to move forward rather than backwards and co-founded my own recruitment business with my partner. I am extremely grateful &amp; proud to start our business, recruiting, authentically, agile and OUR WAY!K&amp;D was born &amp; the new adventure began!!

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My very first day in my very first recruitment job I was late....

My very first day

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