The Jenrick Recruitment Group was honoured to sponsor the 2013 Nordkapp Challenge in aid of The Marfan Trust.

On May 5th 2013 Five Morgan Cars left the UK en-route to Nordkapp (Norway), one of the most northern landmarks in Europe, well inside the Arctic Circle.

The objective of the 14-day, 5,000-mile journey, through 9 countries, was to raise awareness for a little known medical condition called ‘Marfan Syndrome.’

The condition currently affects up to 18,000 in the UK, yet only 50% of that number are currently registered with The Marfan Trust and are receiving appropriate medical attention. The UK figures are similarly reflected all over Europe.

Statistics show that if an early diagnosis is not made, up to 1/3 of those with the syndrome will suffer from a fatal heart condition, before reaching their mid-twenties.

Thus, a key objective of the trip was to generate as much media awareness as possible, doing so through harnessing the strength and commitment of the extensive European Morgan owners and dealership community.

Did the Challenge meet its objectives?

This can be answered with a firm YES.

The Challenge has been featured on numerous television and radio news broadcasts, most notably the BBC. After each broadcast, there was a notable spike in online traffic to show the impact the message was making.

Furthermore, an extremely active online community has been developed that has generated a substantial amount of awareness, especially through a very passionate Facebook Group and Talk Morgan (leading UK discussion forum) following.

Both of these groups have driven a substantial amount of traffic to the individual pages of the ‘Driven at Heart’ website, generating several hundred unique visits every day to the site.

In addition, the Challenge has also raised over £50,000, which will be donated directly to the incredible research work of The Marfan Trust to assist them in their plight to find a cure for the condition.

However, the most touching moments have been the numerous emails and messages that have been received from the people (and also from their families) who have Marfan syndrome, thanking the Team for all their efforts to raise awareness for the syndrome.

Can I still get involved?

Another clear YES!

Primarily, please come and learn about the symptoms of Marfan syndrome, and also listen to the incredible story of Lucy Morris, who inspired the team to take on the Challenge.

Furthermore, come and view the Driven at Heart website or the website of The Marfan Trust – both of which will provide you with much more information on Marfan syndrome.

Also, come and LIKE the Driven at Heart Facebook page to ensure you keep up with the additional events that are planned and the launch of the commemorative DVD of the trip.

Thank you for your interest and support!

Communication is an interesting subject and a lot more complex than what people seem to think. Let’s look at this from a different angle so that we can start to understand how communication really takes place.

Within us, we have all our dreams and hopes and fears. We also have our values and beliefs.  We have our past memories, our future memories and what we want to do in this moment.  The only way that we can share any of this internal information with a friend, a colleague, the world, is through the use of language.  So we communicate our inside world by speech to the outside world.  This though alone starts to reflect how complex and how very important communication really is.

So here is what I have observed.  When we speak to someone with a foreign language, we consciously accept that we have a communication barrier. To overcome this barrier, we tend to heighten our listening skills and we start to pay more attention to the things we normally would take for granted.  So we observe their facial expressions, their hand gestures, their tone of their voice.  We listen for words that sound familiar and we mirror back what they have said so that we can be sure that we have correctly understood them.

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The Jenrick Recruitment Group are close to launching their 5th annual Charity Photo Competition, but first need your help on deciding a theme!

Over the last 4 years, The Jenrick Charity Photo Competition has been responsible for donating thousands of pounds to numerous charities and organisations spread throughout the UK and beyond, helping raise the profile of so many lesser-known charitable concerns along the way.

Are you interested in entering our next charity photo competition to have the chance of receiving £100 to donate to a charity of your choice plus have your photo featured in the next edition of the Jenrick Calendar?

If the answer is yes, here’s how you and your business can get involved…

How can YOU and your business get involved?

• Do you enjoy photography? Then this is for you. Why not also spread the word throughout your office and get your co-workers involved too. The more the merrier!
• Do you support a charity? If there is a particular charity that you feel passionate about this is a quick-fire way to raise some extra funds for them.
• What charities does your company support? If your company supports charitable causes, then once again, this an ideal opportunity to raise additional funds for them. Feel free to forward this article to a member of your HR team, or whoever within your organisation you feel would be responsible for promoting this further, in order to take advantage of this superb opportunity!

What theme would you like this year’s photo competition to be?

To kick start the competition we first need a photo theme! Thank you to those of you who have emailed us with your suggestions for a theme.  From that list we’ve come up with a final 5 for you to vote from! Here they are…

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Happy Jenrick Day from all of us at Jenrick Commercial! We hope this brightens up your day!

What’s a ‘Jenrick Day’?

Jenrick Days are an opportunity for the Jenrick Team to connect with our customer base, to (hopefully) bring a smile to your face!

If you have our most recent Jenrick Calendar sitting on your desk then you’ll notice we’ve highlighted a couple of dates, Wednesday 17th April and Wednesday 18th September 2013 – these are ‘Jenrick Days’!

So this is why we’re sending this your way now and you can look forward to another surprise in September…

This whole idea may seem a bit random but it actually stemmed from Jenrick’s key principles;

Be Present, Make Their Day, Play and Choose Your Attitude.

These cornerstones of Jenrick are taken from the widely acclaimed FISH! Management Philosophy – it’s a great book and well worth a read!

Plus, here are some of our internal core values which underpin the unique approach of our team (the 5 P’s!):

• Pride – take a personal pride in your role and the solutions delivered
• Passion – be passionately committed to everything you do
• Potential – maximise your potential and the potential of others
• Positivity – make a positive impact at all times

and most of all . . .

• People – commitment to people is the foundation of our business

Feel free to have look at our meet the team pages and our wellbeing section on the Jenrick Commercial website where you can gain an even better understanding of the core values and initiatives that Jenrick stand for.

Thanks again for watching and have a great day!

GREAT NEWS – the Maximise Potential Podcast has just been crowned ‘European Podcast of the Year.’ 

The awards, in their fourth year, have grown each year and for 2012 were entered by over 2,800 podcasts and voted for by in excess of 2.5million people.

Our podcast won in the ‘Business‘ category of the awards and was judged on the following criteria…

• Overall Podcast Content: is the podcast clear, is the technical production to a high standard, does the host add to the podcast, is there perceived expertise and subject knowledge
• Form & Style of Podcast: is a format / style positive and engaging, is the technical quality (sound / voices) good, is the length appropriate for the content/target audience, does the production demonstrate a high level of sophistication
• Presentation on the Internet & additional resources: is there an associated website & social media presence, what content is available, how does this complement the podcast, is it user-friendly
• Interactivity: does the podcaster more than just publishing podcasts
• Continuity: does the podcast appear on a regular basis, has the podcast been available for more than one year, is a “central theme” maintained in terms of content

After reading this criteria I was very pleased that the judges had felt that we had performed exceptionally well across each of these categories.

To achieve this award is incredible and one that was not anticipated, so thank you so much for voting and supporting us over the last two years!

I’ve included a short article containing a selection of feedback that we’ve received from our audience, so if you have a moment, please take a look (and send us your own!): Maximise Potential Podcast Feedback

More details can be found here at the Official website of the European Podcast Awards: European Podcast of the Year WINNERS

(Reuters) – Britain’s financial services sector took on new staff in the first quarter with more gains expected, a business survey said, signalling that a prolonged period of job losses may be ending.

The survey from the CBI employer’s lobby and consultancy PwC said sentiment in banking improved for a second straight quarter and employment grew by 2,000 in the three months to March.

The same number of new jobs is expected in this quarter.

“The banks’ return to confidence continues, although the improvement is less marked than in the previous quarter,” said Steve Davies, a partner at PwC.

“Business is expected to improve across retail, commercial and financial segments and headcount has begun to grow again,” Davies added.

The Jenrick Recruitment Group, especially the IT and Commercial Divisions, have a strong client base within the Financial Services sector, especially those organisations based within central London, have also seen a similar pattern of employment demand.

“The Financial Services Industry is crucial to the performance of the overall UK economy, so this is excellent news,” quoted Philip Fanthom, Managing Director of Jenrick IT.

More information:

This article source can be found on Reuters, and you can learn more about the recruitment services of Jenrick IT and Jenrick Commercial by clicking on the company names.

Initiated by Jenrick’s Engineering Division, the Group was very pleased to support Jeans for Genes Day, on Friday October 5th.

Jeans for Genes Day raises money for Genetic Disorders UK and aims to change the world for children with genetic disorders.

Individually, genetic disorders are rare but together they affect 1 in 25 children born in the UK – that’s more than 30,000 babies each year. Their associated health problems mean that genetic disorders are the biggest cause of death of children aged 14 years and under.

Jenrick Engineering’s two offices, in Burton on Trent and Crick, were supported in raising awareness for the Day by Jenrick IT and Jenrick Commercial, both of whom are based at the Group’s Head Office in Walton on Thames.

We’re still gathering in all the money that was donated on the day, but so far it looks like the Group has raised a sum of over £100. Good work everyone and thanks for joining in!

While the number of HR professionals employed in the UK has risen by 20% over the last year, vacancies for senior interim staff leaped by a huge 45% during the first nine months of 2012 alone.

According to an analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics undertaken by specialist HR recruitment agency Ortus, more than 22,500 new HR jobs were created last year as some level of business confidence started to return to the market.

The sector still has some way to go to hit the employment highs seen in the second quarter of 2006, however, when there were approximately 160,000 HR professionals in the UK compared with about 137,000 today.

But the figure constitutes a significant bounce-back from the lows experienced during the second quarter of 2011 when numbers fell to only around 114,000. (more…)

In 2011 Jenrick Commercial organised its first annual, all expenses paid, day out to Royal Ascot for a small number of clients. The day far exceeded everyone’s expectations, so it returned to the calendar for Tuesday 19th June 2012, bigger and better.

The event coincides with Jenrick Commercial’s anniversary and 2012 saw the company celebrate its 6th year.

A total of 20 clients enjoyed a Pimm’s Reception, Four Course Lunch and Afternoon Tea in an Exclusive Hospitality Facility with trackside viewing.

With a fully hosted service, complimentary bar and Private Garden Area only reserved for VIP’s (Right by the finish Line), everyone at the event could relax and enjoy a wonderful day of racing.

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The number of Britons in employment hit the highest level in more than three years in April as the private sector created sufficient new jobs to absorb the government’s job cull in the public sector, official data showed Wednesday.

The Office for National Statistics said its internationally comparable measure of unemployment–an International Labor Organisation measure–fell by 51,000 in the three months to April to total 2.61 million. The unemployment rate remained at 8.2%.

The number of employed people rose to 166,000 during the three month period to 29.28 million–the highest level since the three months to January 2009.

The rise in employment was driven by the private sector, where 205,000 additional people were employed in the three months to April. During the same period, 39,000 public sector jobs were lost.

The news will be welcomed by the U.K’s coalition government which wants to see the private sector create enough jobs to employ the 740,000 public sector workers who are expected to lose their jobs by 2017 as part of its austerity measures.

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