New to networking? Try these tips! ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know’. This famous saying is popular for a reason. Having good professional contacts can help you a lot throughout your career. Networking events are a great way to make useful contacts. Here...
If it’s your first time entering the doors of a recruitment agency and you don’t know what to expect, that’s perfectly understandable. Let’s map out your journey through our doors when you come and see us at Kiwi. Here is what to expect from us: Whether...
We’ve had to keep this a secret for a while, but we are pleased to finally announce that Kiwi Recruitment will be moving location to accommodate our ever-growing team and the continued demand for our services. Coming out of the covid-19 pandemic and as lockdown restrictions...
The national work-life week is an annual event that encourages companies and employees to discuss workplace well-being. Well-being in the workplace encompasses all aspects of working life, from how employees feel about their jobs, their working environment, the workplace climate, and work structure. The well-being of...
Soft skills are non-technical skills that can have an impact on an employee’s performance in the workplace. Whether a candidate possesses certain soft skills can be the difference between whether you go forward with their application or not. You are likely to have picked up...
As time goes by, we are seeing increased amounts of people taking on more temporary roles to suit around their lives. Due to demand, John Lewis have stated they will be recruiting 7000 temporary workers this Christmas, an increase of 2000 on last year. However,...
We’ve all been there, receiving the dreaded phone call or email telling you that unfortunately you haven’t been successful in your job application process. It’s the last thing that anyone wants to hear and it can often make people doubt their worth, or even make...
Every office worker has, at some point in their career, complained about their life in the office; Whether it's issues with their commute or the monotony that comes with working in an office cubicle or desk. Whatever the reason may be, it can result in...
A long bank holiday weekend is a glorious affair. Three days off instead of two. But what if this became a permanent routine for the working week. This new concept of the four-day working week has been successful in other countries with proven benefits to...
There is no doubt that the pandemic has changed hundreds of businesses workplace models. An analysis by Lancaster University's Work Foundation found that pre-pandemic, just under 6% of employees working remotely or had a hybrid working set-up. This rose to over 30% when the first...