Entering the recruitment industry by Lauren Darwin.

Having worked at RKSC for over a year now, this is the first time I’ve really talked about what I do online. This blog is something that we’ve decided to start up together, so we can tell you guys wanting to know about us, exactly what we do and what we’re like. We’re going to keep this updated with anything we find interesting, and we’re not just going to talk about work!

I’m Lauren and I’m the Team Administrator for the branch. This means, probably more than anyone else here, I get to know the guys in the office pretty well.

A couple of years before I undertook this role, straight after uni, I was working as a Resourcer for an IT Recruitment agency. This was to save up for the obligatory post-university travelling that most people do when they’re not sure what else they should be doing. Having been on the other side as a candidate, working there gave me a view of recruitment that I had never seen before and it wasn’t necessarily the best impression. After returning from my travels and undertaking a long run of temp roles, I saw a job as team administrator posted on one of the jobsites to work for a boutique recruitment company. At first I was hesitant to apply as I had had bad experiences working in a similar environment, but after a few grilling interviews and meeting the team, I decided to take up the opportunity. Once here I realised that it was a totally different environment to the one I had previous experience with and any fears I may have had were allayed.  

The team were really friendly and always willing to help me with picking up new systems and new terminologies. The guys have great industry knowledge and I picked up a lot just from sitting with them and listening to their conversations with clients and candidates. Now over a year later I think that the tables have somewhat turned and I’m always trying my best to help out the team, whether it’s with a technical issue, streaming the traffic of the busy phones, simply adding CVs and keeping the database up to date or making copious cups of coffee, it’s a great, enjoyable environment to work in and has showed me that despite what I first thought not all recruiters are the same!