Why Recruitment?
- July 7th, 2021
- 4 Minute Read
If you’ve chosen a career in recruitment, the question of ‘why?’ won’t be uncommon to you. My team and I get asked on a monthly if not weekly basis – what made us choose a career in the recruitment industry. Ultimately working in recruitment is working in a high-pressured sales environment, but if you thrive […]
Meet the Athona Team – Geri
- May 21st, 2021
- 2 Minute Read
We have a wonderful bunch of employees here at Athona, so throughout 2021 we will be shining the spotlight on a different employee each month to find out more about their job role and how they are Affecting Futures. From Recruitment Consultant’s to our support functions, there are lots of people doing great work every […]
Meet the Athona Team – Lauren
- April 23rd, 2021
- 3 Minute Read
We have a wonderful bunch of employees here at Athona, so throughout 2021 we will be shining the spotlight on a different employee each month to find out more about their job role and how they are Affecting Futures. From Recruitment Consultant’s to our support functions, there are lots of people doing great work every […]
Meet the Athona Team – Harry
- March 19th, 2021
- 3 Minute Read
We have a wonderful bunch of employees here at Athona, so throughout 2021 we will be shining the spotlight on a different employee each month to find out more about their job role and how they are Affecting Futures. From Recruitment Consultant’s to our support functions, there are lots of people doing great work every […]
From Resourcer to Recruiter: 18 months on catching up with Paige
- March 12th, 2021
- 2 Minute Read
Back in August 2019 we first spoke to Paige and Lewis who had quickly made the step-up from resourcer to recruiter in six short months. Fast-forward 18 months, both Paige and Lewis have gone from strength-to-strength and are now running successful desks as part of our psychiatry division. Catching up with Paige we asked her […]
Meet the Athona Team – Aron
- February 19th, 2021
- 2 Minute Read
We have a wonderful bunch of employees here at Athona, so throughout 2021 we will be shining the spotlight on a different employee each month to find out more about their job role and how they are Affecting Futures. From Recruitment Consultant’s to our support functions, there are lots of people doing great work every […]
Meet the Athona Team – Martyn
- January 22nd, 2021
- 3 Minute Read
We have a wonderful bunch of employees here at Athona, so throughout 2021 we will be shining the spotlight on a different employee each month to find out more about their job role and how they are Affecting Futures. From Recruitment Consultant’s to our support functions, there are lots of people doing great work every […]
Catching up with Gemma: One year on
- August 21st, 2020
- 1 Minute Read
We can’t believe it’s been a year since Gemma graduated from Athona’s apprenticeship scheme. We briefly caught up with Gemma to see how she’s been getting on in her role as a resourcer for our Permanent Psychiatry team and how she found the assessment process. Since you graduated from Athona’s apprenticeship scheme last August, what […]
#AskAnApprentice at Athona
- February 5th, 2020
- 2 Minute Read
As we continue to celebrate #NationalApprenticeshipWeek, and join in with #AskAnApprentice, we spoke to Amy and Raphael, two of Athona’s newest apprentices, to find out how they’ve found their first few months at Athona. Amy works in our compliance team supporting our healthcare divisions, here’s what she had to say: What is the best […]
Meet Gemma, our most recent graduate apprentice
- August 27th, 2019
- 3 Minute Read
We’re incredibly proud of the apprentices that have joined Athona in the past few years and that have gone on to graduate from our successful apprenticeship scheme. Gemma, Resourcer Apprentice for our Psychiatry division, is our most recent graduate who has secured a full-time job continuing in her role on the permanent psychiatry team. We […]
Meet our 51st recruit for 2019
- August 14th, 2019
- 2 Minute Read
This July, Athona celebrated recruiting a mammoth 50 new employees since we moved into our brand new head office by Brentwood station at the end of last year, below we meet our 51st recruit for 2019. Here’s how they got on with their first week: Stanley, Business Development Manager, for our acute division. Where were […]
From resourcer to recruiter in just six months
- August 7th, 2019
- 4 Minute Read
Starting out in the world of recruitment when you have no prior sales experience can seem a daunting prospect at first. That’s why at Athona you have the opportunity to experience and grow your knowledge of recruitment as a Resourcer, before becoming a Recruitment Consultant. Two employees, Paige and Lewis, members of Athona’s market-leading Psychiatry […]