It’s becoming an increasingly common storyline: job candidate loses job opportunity because prospective boss finds unflattering information online.

If you think you might be in the job market any time soon, or ever really, be sure that you think twice before you post anything online.

This applies to photos, comments on blogs, tweets — anything that can be linked back to you. (more…)

A young and talented triathlete – Elliott Cole, approached Jenrick asking for support to help him reach his goal of qualifying for the 2011 Triathlon World Championships. From there, he aims to compete in the Hawaii Iron Man Competition and ultimately represent Great Britain at the Olympics.

Elliott works full time but still maintains an energetic and demanding training schedule to improve his fitness levels, with early morning lake swims, 30 km bike rides, 100 lengths in the pool plus hour long runs . . .and this is just in the week!

Then at weekends, he is either participating in local triathlon events or doing (in his words) ‘long’ swims, bike rides and runs. (more…)

The Evening Standard Newspaper recently interviewed a candidate of Jenrick Commercial, Joanne Streatfield, regarding her experience of using recruitment agencies to assist with job hunting.

Here is the full article, which is very complimentary of the service provided by Jenrick Commercial:

CV or not CV?

If they haven’t read yours, rule them out says Joanne Streatfield, 27, from Surrey Surrey, who has used the services of recruitment agencies several times since she left college. (more…)

After launching our Catering Jobs Division at the beginning of the 2009,  Jenrick Commercial has seen the number of jobs develop exceptionally well for the Weybridge, Walton on Thames and Surrey area. (more…)

Staff are relying on bosses to make the right decisions for tougher times, says Senay Boztas of The Sunday Times, at least this was the feedback that came out of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies surveys for 2009, of which Jenrick Recruitment was officially ranked the 6th best SME to work for in the UK. (more…)

Here is the link to the official page of Jenrick on the Sunday Times website:

Sunday Times 100 Best Companies 2009 - Jenrick placed 6th

Jenrick followed up its two previous years of success within the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, by reaching 6th position in the 2009 awards – the company’s highest finish so far.

What makes the accolade particularly special is that the ranking is based purely on the confidential surveys completed by every member of Jenrick, with the result clearly displaying Jenrick’s continued commitment to providing the very best working environment within the UK. (more…)

Jenrick Commercial now offer a range of career advice and coaching services for jobseekers, designed to help maximise their ability to find the position they are seeking.

Jenrick Commercial offer three tiers for career advice and coaching, all of which are delivered by our experienced team of recruitment consultants from our Walton on Thames Office. (more…)

Jenrick Commercial has introduced a Contractor Payroll service from it’s Walton on Thames office, Surrey. Both current and new clients are able to use this facility, offering them substantial savings on their existing payroll costs.

The service was introduced due to specific requests from the existing clientbase wishing to use a payroll function for their contract, interim or temporary staff and is now available to new clients. (more…)

In the 2009 Best Companies Awards Jenrick competed against 795 other companies, of all sizes and spanning an array of industry sectors, to achieve this award, with just 55 achieving the top accolade of 3 Stars.

As we have briefly mentioned, what is quite unique about the accreditation is that the ratings have been compiled in a way which enables all companies, regardless of size, to compete on a level plain-field. Therefore, the final scores truly reflect which companies are the very best to work for. (more…)