Entries by Highpoint Recruitment

HighPoint Disability Challengers Bike Ride

On Sunday 11th May a team of recruitment consultants from Highpoint in Farnham and two of the consultants children set out on a 14 mile bike ride to raise money for the Surrey based charity, Disability Challengers. Our ride took us through open countryside and up some challenging hills! The team of seven included Ellie […]

Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

With employment figures out and evidence that people over 55 are in the group which are most likely to be unemployed for 12 months or more following redundancy, Rebekah was interviewed by Jenny Murray for Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour Programme during which they discussed the matter of Age Discrimination in the workplace and Rebekah was […]

Developing talent for the future

From the mid nineties until 2008 the UK economy saw year on year growth and from the late 1990’s onwards it became the norm for young people completing their secondary education to go on to University as the number of places and variety of Degree courses expanded dramatically. Many people took a Gap Year before […]

Government unveils plans to reduce employment tribunals

The Government has put forward proposals to improve the way workplace disputes are handled and to reduce the number of cases going to employment tribunals. It says it wants to give businesses the confidence to take on more staff and boost the economy. The key proposals include increasing the qualifying period for employees to be […]

Business Back to School

For the fifth year running Farnham Heath End School requested the support of local business people to support their programme to aid year 10 students in their preparation for future employment. Senior Consultant, Sarah-Jane Pullman Cert RP MIRP joined 30 other professionals on the 18th October for a morning of 1-1 interviews with students. Sarah-Jane […]

New AWR Legislation

The Agency Workers Directive is a piece of EU legislation that will be implemented in the UK by October 2011. The aim of the AWR is to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation and ensure them the same basic employment conditions as their permanent equivalents after 12 weeks of service – mainly the right to the […]