Social recruiting: January/February 2025

From sponsoring teams to giving kids sweet dreams, you’ve been excelling yourselves in the past year…

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Pertemps sponsors Warwickshire football team

Norton Lindsey Under-16s, who play in Leamington Spa, have been sponsored for the season by recruitment specialists Pertemps Network Group. The additional support enabled the team to get new kits as they continue their push for success in the Mid-Warwickshire Youth Sunday Football League.

 

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Kingston Barnes smashes its 2024 funding target

Bristol-based recruiter Kingston Barnes proudly announced it has exceeded its £10k target for The Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children Appeal for 2024, raising an impressive £13,373.50 by organising three charity events in the last years. These included an 11-hour cycle ride, an epic 28-team five-a-side football tournament, and a fun-filled Christmas Quiz hosted in the heart of Bristol.

 

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The IN Group helps fight food poverty in London

Recruitment firm The IN Group partnered with The Felix Group to package and distribute over 8,000 meals and more than 4 tonnes of food to those in need in the Tower Hamlets community in London. Volunteers from the recruitment firm joined forces at The Felix Project's Poplar site, working across the kitchen and warehouse to prepare ingredients, package meals and organise supplies for local distribution.

 

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Headstar volunteers give kids a bed of their own

Leeds-headquartered finance recruitment consultancy Headstar has partnered with Zarach, a children’s bed charity, to tackle bed poverty by providing vital support to local families in need. As part of its Donate A Day initiative, seven Headstar employees helped Zarach deliver more than 40 beds to children across Leeds and Bradford. Additionally, they assembled over 50 bed bundles, each containing a duvet, pillow, sheet, pyjamas, a Christmas book and a festive selection box.

 

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Pineapple donates advent calendars to local foodbank [pic]

Catering and hospitality recruiter Pineapple Recruitment donated more than 200 advent calendars to a local foodbank to put a smile on children’s faces over Christmas. From Pineapple Recruitment, (l-r) Rob Jones, Steph Harrison, Kasia Krieger and Kat Kantorova.

Recruiters can help Key4Life in finding employment for ex-offenders

Law firm Harbottle & Lewis hosted a panel event at its London office to challenge perceptions around the employment of men with convictions.

New to Market 21 March 2025

Conference warns on lack of ethical recruitment of migrant care workers

Thousands of migrant care workers are being lured to the UK under false pretences, only to be left jobless, homeless and vulnerable to modern slavery.

New to Market 6 March 2025

Social recruiting: March/April 2025

From helping kids in care, currying favour with fellow recruiters to bee-hiving yourselves in the environment, you’ve been busy since the last Recruiter…

Lighter Side 4 March 2025

Migrant Help uses fake recruiter to expose modern slavery in the UK

Charity Migrant Help exposed the reality of modern slavery in the UK by taking part in a popular careers fair under the guise of being a pretend recruitment company.

2 December 2024
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