Howardforster, Author at Howard James Recruitment

Monday Morning Candidate Calls

Monday Morning Candidate Calls Monday mornings always start the same way for me. The kettle goes on, the computer boots up and before I’ve even looked at my emails, I’m already thinking about which candidates I need to speak to. Some recruiters spend Monday chasing paperwork. I prefer spending it talking to people. It’s amazing…

Helping Employers Hire Faster

Helping Employers Hire Faster One of the questions I’m asked most often is, “How quickly can you find someone?” My answer is always the same… As quickly as possible, but never at the expense of quality. Over the years I’ve seen businesses lose excellent candidates simply because the recruitment process took too long. An interview…

Handling Multiple Client Calls

Handling Multiple Client Calls (Without Losing Your Mind or Your Voice) There’s a particular kind of chaos that only recruiters truly understand. It’s 10:43 on a Tuesday, you’ve got one client on the desk phone wanting an update on a finance candidate, your mobile is buzzing with a hiring manager who needs to “talk urgently,”…

Office Support Recruitment in the North West | Howard James

HF Howard Forster Founder · Howard James Recruitment · North West A Day in the Life Recruiting for Office Support Roles Office support is one of those areas people underestimate — right up until the person doing it leaves. I’ve recruited a lot of these roles over the years. Office managers, administrators, receptionists, PAs, coordinators.…

A Day in the Life of a Recruiter: Finding the Right Senior Business Development Manager

A Day in the Life of a Recruiter: Finding the Right Senior Business Development Manager Every so often, a vacancy lands on my desk that immediately grabs my attention. Not because of the salary. Not because of the job title. But because it’s genuinely different from almost everything else currently on the market. Today was…

Preparing Candidates for Interview

Preparing Candidates for Interview One of the most rewarding parts of recruitment isn’t filling vacancies. It’s helping candidates walk into interviews feeling confident, prepared and ready to showcase the very best version of themselves. Today was heavily focused on interview preparation. Across Northwich, Winsford and Knutsford, I spent much of the day speaking with candidates…

Post Bank Holiday Blues and Recruitment

Post Bank Holiday Blues and Recruitment There’s always a very particular atmosphere the morning after a bank holiday weekend. The roads are busier. Coffee queues are longer. Inboxes are overflowing. And by about 9:15am, people start questioning whether they really want to be back at work at all. In recruitment, you notice it immediately. Today…

A Glorious Friday Before the Bank Holiday Filling Urgent Office Support Vacancies

A Glorious Friday Before the Bank Holiday Filling Urgent Office Support Vacancies There’s always a slightly different atmosphere on the Friday before a bank holiday weekend. The weather improves, people start mentally checking out by lunchtime, and suddenly employers realise they urgently need staff sorted before everyone disappears for three days. Today was exactly that…

Helping Candidates Prepare for Interviews

Helping Candidates Prepare for Interviews One of the biggest misconceptions about recruitment is that our job ends once we arrange an interview. In reality, that’s often where the real work starts. Today was heavily focused on candidate interview preparation across several different roles in Cheshire, and it reminded me how much confidence, communication and preparation…

A Busy Day Recruiting for Finance Roles in Cheshire

A Busy Day Recruiting for Finance Roles in Cheshire Some recruitment days are nicely organised. Others feel like controlled chaos from the minute the phone starts ringing. Today definitely fell into the second category. By 8:15am, I’d already had calls from two Cheshire businesses needing urgent finance recruitment support, several candidate emails waiting for replies…