On 6th November 1st Choice Recruitment opened its doors in Bedford, in a small upstairs premises, in Midland Road.  Started on the sum of £2000 by Maeve McGill the business soon gathered some real momentum. A thriving second floor office based in Midland Road was very quickly supplying staff to local businesses all over the… Continue Reading

The market is tough; we hear that every day from our teams. With the statistics showing an ongoing decline in candidate availability, combined with the lowest unemployment rate since mid 1970’s not to mention the political landscape – recruiters jobs are tricky to say the least! So begs the question – how to get the… Continue Reading

Plan and Prepare Many people rush at a job search and apply for roles they have little interest in or are unlikely to be shortlisted for as their experience does not match. Not only will this pretty much guarantee rejection, it will knock your confidence and make recruiters take you less seriously.  Similarly, if you… Continue Reading

Gender Pay Gap Report 2018 We are an employer required by law to carry out Gender Pay Reporting under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017.  We are a recruitment agency/business so the statistics report is inclusive of the temporary workers that we supply under contracts for services across many different disciplines… Continue Reading

Health and Happiness in the Workplace If you’re in full time work, you will spend more time at work than anywhere else so creating a happy environment for yourself can be beneficial to your health, just as staying healthy is beneficial to maintaining your happiness. Happiness also promotes productivity, according to positivesharing.com happy people work better with others… Continue Reading