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Skills and the future workforce is something we have talked about a lot in the last 6 months - here are some key resources!Over the past six months, Hewett Recruitment Directors have been heavily i...

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Hewett Recruitment Director named a 'Careers Champion'

On National Careers Week 2021 Hewett Recruitment Director, Ben Mannion was named a Careers & Enterprise Company 'Careers Champion' under the theme of "Leading the Way".The "Leading the way" theme i...

Employment Report 2020-21 reveals challenges facing businesses

Hewett Recruitment in partnership with Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce and EBC Group, has published the Employment Report 2020-21.The report focuses on how businesses have been...

Hewett Recruitment sign Armed Forces Covenant

As a forces-friendly employer, Hewett Recruitment formally pledged their support to the wider armed forces community by signing the Armed Forces Covenant back in November, on Remembrance Day.The Ar...

Hewett Recruitment Director Ben Mannion Donating Cheque To Kidderminster Foodbank

Hewett donate Christmas gift budget to local foodbanks

We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry this Christmas, especially after a year like 2020! Unfortunately, it’s true that this year has proven more difficult than ev...

Hewett Walks Home for Christmas

A team of colleagues from Hewett Recruitment, based in Kidderminster, are walking a collective total of 250 miles between 10-20 December as part of Walking With The Wounded’s national campaign, ‘Wa...

Flexible working: a competitive advantage for businesses?

Ever since the first national lockdown, many employers and employees have been adjusting to a new norm. Working from home has brought both challenges and opportunities. But new research from Direct...

Work life week - Flexibility during a pandemic

The week commencing 12th October marks National Work Life Week, an awareness week encouraging both employers and employees to talk about wellbeing at work and work-life fit. Hewett Recruitment have...

Employment Survey for Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Last year we produced the ‘Salary & Benefits Report 2019/20’ in association with the Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce which allowed local businesses to benchmark remuneration and ...

Hewett Directors "practice what they preach"

Hewett Recruitment Directors opt to “practice what they preach” in light of post lockdowns "new normal" If 2020 has taught us anything, it's the importance of adaptability. The business landscap...

Labour Market Update

Hewett Recruitment Directors Laura Hewett & Ben Mannion recently presented a Labour Market Update webinar, discussing market changes both locally throughout Worcestershire and nationally.This webin...

How lockdown has impacted the jobs market - Aug 2020

A summary of the REC's Report on Jobs August 2020, detailing the impact lockdown has had on the jobs marketWhile permanent placements still decreased last month, the pace of decline has slowed huge...

Making Connections - Hiring during COVID 19

As part of the Making Connections series, Director Ben Mannion joined The Worcestershire LEP, speaking with a business panel around the recent special episode with MP Robin Walker, highlighting t...

Manufacturing: Return to Work safely during COVID 19

What measures should factories, warehouses and plants put in place to ensure employee safety during the COVID 19 pandemic? Based on Official Government Document Evaluate the risk Initially...

Back to Business

Many of us will be beginning to prepare to go back to our place of work. We will be waiting with interest for Sunday’s briefing. In preparation we can learn something of the reality of working safe...

3 trends candidates expect from employers in 2020

In order to attract and retain top talent, employers must show potential employees they are a company ‘worth’ working for. In such a competitive market, future candidates expect to be treated in a ...

Top Tips for a Design Engineer Interview

Top Tips to ensure you smash your Design Engineer interview. Due to the varied nature of Design Engineering in the current market, it is important to identify and demonstrate your transferable ...

What are the most desirable skills employers seek?

When hiring for a new position, there are numerous traits and skills that employers and hiring managers will seek from their candidates, from soft skills such as communication and time-keeping to s...

2019’s High Demand Jobs

Are your skills in demand? A 2 minute read. Our consultants offered their predications regarding the 2019 jobs landscape, highlighting the roles they believe with be in high demand throughout th...

Meet Dom - Hewett Consultant Takeover

Prior to our ‘Hewett Consultant Takeovers’ featuring LIVE Q&A sessions on Instagram & Facebook, we’d like to give you a bit of background into each of our specialist consultants. Dominic Aston, ...

Meet Steven - Hewett Consultant Takeover

Prior to our ‘Hewett Consultant Takeovers’ featuring LIVE Q&A sessions on Instagram & Facebook, we’d like to give you a bit of background into each of our specialist consultants. Steven Harris, ...

STOP doing these things during your interview

Are you guilty of any of these common interview mistakes?Read our Directors advice on what you should and shouldn’t do during an interview.Not doing your researchThe biggest interview mistake highl...

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2018 Hewett Staff Awards

At Hewett Recruitment we are proud of our dedicated and professional staff. Therefore we host annual ‘Company Awards’ which takes place on our ‘family fun day’ at West Midlands Safari Park. The awa...

Hewett's shortlisted for Security Recruitment Company of the Year

Hewett Recruitment are extremely proud to announce that following the nominations for the 2018 Computing Security Awards, we have become a finalist in the Security Recruitment Company of the Year c...

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Record Demand for Technical Staff

Hewett Recruitment have welcomed two new Trainee Recruiters to their expanding Technical Division. James Riach is a recent graduate from University of Worcester and Steven Harris has taken the move...

Conference Highlights Lack of UK Graduates

This years’ Collaborate to Innovate Conference was hosted at the MTC in Coventry and I was in attendance to further my knowledge of the engineering market and what 2018 had to offer from some of th...