Ardent News

Paying Attention to the Present Moment

A couple of months ago the team at Ardent sat down with James Scholfield, a mindfulness/awareness teacher, to hear his story about how being more mindful helped unveil peace during
Posted on 16/11/2021

Ardent Team welcomes Kat Jones as Operations Manager

Kat has 20 years’ experience in the legal recruitment industry, joining a major firm as a new graduate in 2000 and working up to an associate director role. Kat’s former
Posted on 09/11/2021

Taking a Team Approach to Mental Health Awareness

This year the Ardent team has been focussing on the issue of mental health. Our consultants have been through Mental Health First Aid training as a team. On World Mental
Posted on 11/10/2021

Ardent Supports Building Malawi

A couple of years ago we worked with a candidate who is a trustee of the charity and we were keen to get involved. At that time we contributed to
Posted on 17/09/2021

Ardent Supports Better Mental Health

To mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, Ardent Legal Recruitment has pledged to support better mental health and wellbeing within the within the legal sector.
Posted on 11/05/2021

My Personal Career Journey

Tell us about your current leadership role? I don’t like to define myself as a leader, our business has a very egalitarian ethos. We work in a collaborative way to
Posted on 22/04/2021

Ardent Talks

Supporting Colleagues with Chronic Health Conditions

We regularly speak to candidates who live with long term health conditions and work with firms to ensure they receive reasonable adjustments. We spoke to Rebecca Owen about her experience
Posted on 22/03/2022

How can we Break the Bias in the Legal Profession?

8 March 2022 is International Women’s Day. The theme is break the bias, as we look to live in a world that is inclusive and free from bias.
Posted on 07/03/2022

Inclusivity in the Legal Profession: In Conversation with Rachel Reese

The Ardent team had a training session with Rachel Reese of Global Butterflies to improve our understanding of the LGBT+ trans and non-binary space. Rachel shared her thoughts on how
Posted on 11/02/2022

In Conversation with Sharpe Pritchard

We support better mental health and wellbeing across the legal profession. We spoke to Karen Senior, HR Manager at Sharpe Pritchard about their approach to mental health.
Posted on 26/11/2021

Mental Health in the Legal Profession: In Conversation with Travers Smith

At Ardent Legal Recruitment, we are continuing our pledge to support better mental health and wellbeing across the legal profession. Recently, we had the pleasure to speak to two senior HR professionals
Posted on 29/09/2021

Boosting Mental Health for Legal Professionals Returning to the Office

We are always mindful of the impact stress has on the mental health of those in the legal profession. Over the summer the Ardent team has trained in Mental Health
Posted on 02/09/2021

Market Update

Finding your Next Role

When we tell friends and family that we work in legal recruitment, quite understandably they imagine our working days are spent helping law firms find great candidates for existing vacancies.
Posted on 22/11/2021

MARKET – TRENDS IN 2020

It has now been six months since the national lockdown was announced, during this time the legal recruitment market in London has changed significantly.
Posted on 22/04/2021