The Power of Self-Promotion
At Ardent Recruitment, we often hear from talented professionals—especially women—who struggle with self-promotion.
Women’s Pension Network Manchester
Director Jane Gaunt and Operations Manager Katherine Jones had the pleasure of presenting to the Women’s Pensions Network (WPN) at Evershed Sutherland’s Manchester office back in February.
Market Overview 2024/2025
Director Jane Gaunt looks at the complexities of the London legal market, the influence of the US firms and looks ahead at likely challenges and strategies for success.
Careers Day 2024
At the end of September the Ardent team spent the day at The Palmer Catholic Academy in Ilford mock interviewing Year 11 students as part of their Futures Day.
New International Recruitment Partnership
We are excited and proud to announce our new international partnership with a specialist recruitment agency based in New Zealand and Australia.
Market Update 2024
The boom experienced in the recruitment market in the two years immediately following the pandemic 2021/2022 were unprecedented and came, rather abruptly, to an end at the start of 2023.
Legal Trailblazers with Gillian Boateng
We are really excited to bring you the first podcast in our Ardent Legal Recruitment Trailblazers series. Director Jane Gaunt speaks to Gillian Boateng, Employment Lawyer, about her career journey to date, her experience of becoming a mother during her training contract and balancing a career with parenthood. Listen Here
Year 11 Futures Day
The Ardent team were honoured to take part in the The Palmer Catholic Academy Year 11 futures day on 14th September.
London Legal Walk
The entire Ardent team took part in the London Legal Walk this week. We were among 16,000 walkers who completed the 10km route raising money for frontline free legal advice agencies. The temptation to stop at a riverside bar was strong (ok we did stop for a quick one) but we made it! [...]
Client cocktail evening
We were absolutely delighted to see so many of our clients ‘in real life’ last week at our cocktails and mocktails evening. We chose the award winning Silverleaf bar at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Bishopsgate as our venue. Guests were welcomed with champagne and served a series of signature cocktails. Having had so [...]
Market update: Steady and Strategic in 2023
Ardent Director Jane Gaunt reflects on the recent ups and downs of the legal recruitment market and makes predictions on recruitment volume, hybrid working and salaries in 2023. What has the recruitment market been doing in the last 2 years? Unprecedented times at a global level caused an unprecedented shift in the legal [...]
Legal Trailblazers: Kaleem Khan, The Legally Blind Guy
As part of our series talking to lawyers who are pushing boundaries in the profession, we interviewed Kaleem Khan, a Senior Tax Associate at Travers Smith.