Shawthorpe Recruitment

BLOG HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW AND LAND YOUR DREAM JOB We’re confident that at some point during your years in education, you will have heard the phrase “Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail” by a flustered teacher trying to get thirty 16-year-olds ready for their final exams. We hate [...]

BLOG LOOKING TO IMPRESS ON A JOB APPLICATION? HERE’S HOW TO STRUCTURE A CV To land your dream job, you first need to secure an interview, and the only way to do that is through your curriculum vitae aka. your CV. While you might ooze charm and charisma in real life, [...]

BLOG THE 10 MOST COMMON INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Hindsight is a wonderful thing, imagine knowing what the hiring manager will ask! Unfortunately we do not have the ability, so we need to plan and plan again prior to an interview! My first recommendation is to research, get to know what the company [...]

BLOG IMPACTFUL CAR SALES INTERVIEW QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ASK Hiring the crème de la crème of car salespeople is more critical in auto sales than most other industries; this is due to the direct impact that a staffs performance has on sales and therefore, dealership profits. Weak hiring processes and [...]

BLOG 6 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR NEW HIRES ENGAGED & KEEP THEM IN YOUR BUSINESS Finding a new hire is a long and expensive process. Losing new hires within the first three months hits not only financials but reputation hard. Why do people leave after only being employed for six months [...]

BLOG TRIAL PROVES BENEFITS TO FOUR-DAY WORKING WEEK, IS IT TIME TO CHANGE? Many of us dream of working four days a week for five days’ pay. The trial ran for a period of eight weeks and involved around 240 staff, who were asked to work a 30-hour week over four [...]

BLOG HOW TO MAKE A GREAT FIRST DAY IMPRESSION Get ready to meet and greet……A LOT! Small talk is a great way of colleagues getting to know you, so be prepared to answer certain questions such as ‘what will you be doing for us’ where have you previously worked’ ‘where do [...]

BLOG USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE REPUTATION Social media is a great way to stay in touch with family friends and even potential employers, we display so much information on the internet, you need to make sure that you are seen in a good light. It has [...]

BLOG RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW DESPITE BREXIT UNCERTAINTY The number of businesses operating in the UK recruitment industry grew by almost ten per cent in the year to March 2018, totalling 30,430, and the industry employed approximately 115,000 people – enough to fill all the seats and the pitch at [...]