We have seen a big shift in what is now accepted as business attire / workplace dress code. Many organisations had a more formal dress code for employees who worked within their offices, however, as a result of the pandemic and everyone working from home, we all got...
Yesterdays budget went some way to support our recovery with green shoots appearing for the future. We have welcomed the national living wage increase to £9.50 as this will support those working in the local area on lower wages and unskilled jobs, however the...
In the wake of the pandemic, we have seen that the traditional job market has changed. Most of the candidates we are speaking to are rethinking their career goals and what is important to them. With an abundance of job vacancies at the moment, it’s a buyers’ market...
When preparing for your next interview, you may want to consider thinking about how you will answer these 5 questions as they are the most common ones we come across that many people get stumped on. What are your weaknesses? Tell me about yourself? Why do you want the...
Your happy in your current job and you were not even looking for a new job, but then, almost out of nowhere, you’ve received a message on LinkedIn from a recruiter saying that they want to have a discussion with you about a job opportunity. What do you do? This isn’t...
Cathy Wood from KD Recruitment is aiming to raise £1000 for MNDa (Motor Neuron Disease Association) by riding 1000 miles on a bike throughout the month of August. She is hoping to raise as much money as she can for the charities Mission 5000 fundraising event this...
KD Recruitment is delighted to announce it has joined organisations such as the City of York Council, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Askew Brook and Clipper Logistics in signing up to the Good Business Charter (GBC), an accreditation that seeks to raise the bar on...
If you are always predictable in your career choices and career path, then you won’t necessarily get to where you want to be. However, where your career is concerned, sometimes taking risks can seem stupid. After all, you’ve spent years building your career and you...
The pandemic forced organisations to shift to a work-from-home model. If ever there was a question as to whether or not businesses and their employees could stay productive with a majority or all of their staffers working remotely, the pandemic put that theory to the...
You can pretty much guarantee that at some point in the interview process recruiting managers will ask you the traditional question that interviewers have asked job-seekers since the beginning of time. “Talk me through your CV…….” When you are asked this questions,...
The jobs market continues to recover in very surprising ways as Lockdown measures ease, KD Recruitment in Scarborough can reveal. As one of Yorkshire’s leading recruitment agencies, KD Recruitment can reveal the latest findings from KPMG and REC (Recruitment and...
When you start your new job, there is a lot to take in from inductions and training, to learning all about your new colleagues and the business you are now working for. Don’t push yourself too hard, make sure you get that all important “work / life” balance just...
Over my whole recruitment career I have seen diversity and inclusion become more and more important when organisations are looking to hire and retain their workforce. However, despite mine and so many organisations best efforts, unconscious bias is still present...
Most businesses have had to alter their way of recruiting and interviewing over the last 12 months because of the pandemic and it has made everyone look at how they prefer to interview and what they will do in the future when we are all working in our 'NEW NORMAL'...
Wow what a week it has been! With the pandemic, lockdown and government restrictions still at the forefront of everyone's minds, no one knew if we would be able to do anything for International Women's Day in 2021. This time last year, myself and the other 'Inspiring...
KD Recruitment have compiled the most in-depth report yet about the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Yorkshire-based businesses and it has now been published. Covid-19: Effects of the Global Pandemic on the Yorkshire and Humber Business Sector is a 17-page document...
When the pandemic hit, we quickly shifted from working in office building to our homes and have been adjusting ever since. 90% of employees believe that flexible working arrangements will increase morale, and 67% would consider leaving their jobs if their work...
Remote onboarding should follow the same process as office-based onboarding, except your new starters will be learning about your business, connecting with new colleagues and performing their role remotely. Onboarding is essentially about giving a new starter all of...
"We may not all be in the same boat, but we are all in the same storm." As we near the end of this turbulent year, I wanted to reflect on everything that has happened within the economy, the jobs market and our amazing community all over North and East Yorkshire. For...
Half of the regional workforce will need to reskill in the next five years, one of Yorkshire’s leading recruitment agencies can reveal. KD Recruitment, based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, has accessed the Future of Jobs Report: The Top 10 Job Skills of Tomorrow...
Here is Kelly Dunn, Managing Director of KD Recruitment, reaction to the governments announcement at the weekend. "This second lockdown is going to be a huge challenge to those businesses that were already struggling because of the pandemic. As a region, we need to...
The North of England is bucking a national employment trend, it has been revealed. KD Recruitment, based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, helps compile monthly reports for KPMG and REC, both key players in the recruitment industry. The most recent report entitled: UK...
We leave the EU on 31 December 2020 and this means that from January 2021, free movement will end, and the UK will introduce a points-based immigration system. The new system will introduce job, salary and language requirements that may impact your ability to hire...
During this pandemic your employer brand is critical to staff motivation and customers’ perceptions of your company’s ethics. We have all seen the ‘bad’ media around how the likes of Wetherspoons have treated their staff during lockdown and the negative effect this is...
Award winning KD Recruitment based in Scarborough, have emerged out of the pandemic with an innovative temporary staffing solution to enable them to support businesses and organisations across North and East Yorkshire. In times of uncertainty, temporary work can be a...
Like many business owners, I came into 2020 with a plan of how the year was going to pan out, we had just recruited our third member of the team, Cathy Wood, who would be working with our clients across East Yorkshire. We were working with some fantastic businesses on...
A business built on authentic relationships “My USP is me.” These are the words of Kelly Dunn, Founder and Managing Director of KD Recruitment Limited, who is also a winner of the “Brightest Star” title at the prestigious Star Women in Business Awards. Kelly’s...
After being closed for a number of weeks during lockdown, we have now emerged even stronger as we launch our IT, Construction and Engineering divisions across North and East Yorkshire this month. As specialist recruiters, we have previously recruited for Office...
In these unprecedented days, very few Leaders and Managers have experience of handling such a large crisis.. Not only is there day to day decisions having to be made, and fast, without much time for thinking or planning, there’s also other people to consider, staff,...
Many of you will have seen that we took part in Scarborough's event for International Women's Day on Friday 6th March which saw over 400 people come and visit three inspirational venues; Woodend Creative, Scarborough Art Gallery and Kagyu Samye Dzong the Buddhist...
Its been an amazing two years for KD Recruitment and we are now pleased to announce that we have teamed up with JD HR Consultancy to be able to offer our clients bespoke HR Advice and Guidance as well as supporting them with their training needs. Joanna Dodds, MCIPD...
Its been all over the media over the past week and I wanted to discuss how implementing a four-day working week could impact businesses from a recruitment perspective. There are a large amount of job vacancies out there at the moment that are advertised as full time,...
We organised our first Employment Law Breakfast Seminar in partnership with Harrowells Solicitors on Tuesday this week and what a huge success it was! There was a great turnout of delegates from a number of businesses based in the Scarborough and Ryedale area who all...
“At last we are finally approaching the end of the first stage of the preliminary phase of the opening chapter of part one of Brexit…..” Frankie Boyle So the 31 March came and went and we are no closer to leaving the EU, however, Kelly attended a seminar last week...
We have had a huge amount of success since Kelly started the business back in September 2017, recruiting for small and large businesses along the Yorkshire Coast as well as in York, Harrogate and Hull. We have been nominated for a number of awards in the region and...
We were really excited to have our Managing Director Kelly Dunn, not only nominated for two awards but also winning "Brightest Micro Star" at the Star Women in Business Awards Courtesy of Four Tigers Media on Friday afternoon. This fantastic event celebrating women in...
April may signal the start of the new tax year but it's also when a series of new laws will kick in and we wanted to give you a brief overview. This month a number of announcements that the Chancellor put forward in last year's budget will take effect, these changes...
It is now commonplace for a lot of experienced employees to work remotely from home. It not only enables you to hire exceptional staff from all over the UK, Europe or even the rest of the World, but also enables your business to evolve with your staff and their...