As a recruitment agency that’s also heavily involved in the community, we can’t stop talking about the many benefits of apprenticeships. These positions give young people and career-changers the opportunity to study for a work-based qualification that is often the first stepping stone in a bright career. Our apprentice, Kyra Wallace, recently completed her time[…..]
Earning a living wage – UK minimum wage
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Our Basingstoke recruitment agency saw our very first Work Experience Student recently, courtesy of Basingstoke Consortium. Â One of the tasks we set him was to research the National Minimum Wage & the Living Wage and to write a blog. Â It’s very insightful for a 15 year old student with little experience of the working world.[…..]
Not so Great Expectations – part 2
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Last week we had a guest blogger – Josh Andrews. Â He was our first work experience student. Â He talked about how daunting it had been, coming to a company and recruitment agency where he knew no-one and didn’t know what to expect. Well, Â let me tell you – we were just as nervous. Â Would we[…..]
Not So Great Expectations – part 1
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Although it was a last minute arrangement, my work experience placement at Wote Street People, a recruitment agency in Basingstoke, has been excellent all round. Not only was I kept busy constantly, which got me doing lots of different things, I was welcomed into the office by the friendly workers present there by all manners[…..]
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