Skills Employers Are Prioritising Right Now
When you’re looking for a new job, it’s easy to focus on whether you have the right experience or qualifications. But employers are increasingly looking beyond job titles and career history and paying closer attention to the skills candidates can actually bring to their business. Recent UK employment trends show a growing focus on both […]
How to Explain Career Gaps With Confidence
Career gaps are much more common than they used to be. Whether you’ve taken time out to raise a family, travel, study, care for a loved one, focus on your health, or simply reassess your career, a gap on your CV doesn’t automatically put employers off. In fact, many employers understand that careers aren’t always […]
Our Recruitment Process: How We Help You Find the Right People
Hiring the right person can transform a business. Hiring the wrong person can cost valuable time and money. That’s why we believe recruitment should be about finding someone who not only has the right skills but also fits your team, your culture and your long-term goals. At Journey Recruitment, we’ve built our recruitment process around […]
Going On Holiday During A Job Search? Here’s How To Manage It
Summer is here, holidays are booked, and for many people, job searching gets put on hold until September. But the truth is, it doesn’t have to. A common misconception is that you have to choose between enjoying a well-deserved break and progressing your career. In reality, with a little planning and communication, you can absolutely […]
Q3 Hiring: Why Summer Is The Perfect Time To Get Ahead
When summer arrives, many businesses naturally slow down. Annual leave is booked, diaries become quieter and recruitment often gets pushed down the priority list until September. But here’s something we see year after year: the businesses that are most successful at hiring in autumn are usually the ones that started planning during summer. While everyone […]
How to Know When You Could Benefit From a Hiring Partner
Hiring has never been more important – or more challenging. For many businesses, recruitment starts as something manageable in-house. A role becomes available, applications come in, interviews are arranged, and the process moves forward. But as businesses grow, markets shift, and candidate expectations evolve, hiring can quickly become more time-consuming and difficult than expected. Working […]
International Happiness Day: Why Being Happy at Work Matters
This week marks International Day of Happiness – a reminder that happiness isn’t just something we look for outside of work. For many of us, work makes up a huge part of our lives, which means the way we feel in our jobs plays a big role in our overall wellbeing. But happiness at work […]
So You Need to Hire Fast. Here’s What to Do →
We’ve all been there. Someone resigns unexpectedly, a project lands that needs extra resource immediately, or your team is stretched and you needed another pair of hands yesterday. Whatever the reason, you need to hire fast. Fast hiring doesn’t have to mean bad hiring. With the right approach, you can move quickly without compromising on […]
2026 Retention Strategy Checklist: What To Implement This Quarter
Hiring is expensive. Losing people is even more expensive. The cost of replacing an employee isn’t just the recruitment fees – it’s the lost productivity, the knowledge that walks out the door, the impact on team morale and the time spent training someone new. Here’s the reality: retention is cheaper than replacement. Always. After nearly 12 […]
Here’s what to do if job applications are low quality
You’ve posted the role and applications are rolling in. But as you scroll through, your heart sinks. You’re getting generic cover letters, irrelevant experience, CV’s that have been written with ChatGPT and candidates who’ve obviously mass-applied without reading what you’re looking for. After nearly 12 years helping businesses hire, we see this constantly. The good […]
