Reflecting on Four Years at Ardent: Phil Kennedy
Phil Kennedy shared his thoughts on an eventful period in legal recruitment and what he’s learnt about good practice in the industry.
Ardent’s Top Tips for Reducing Stress
Both law and recruitment are considered highly stressful occupations. At the end of Stress Awareness Month, the Ardent team shares top tips for reducing stress at work.
Three Years in Post with Consultant Jon Kennedy
Ardent consultant Jon Kennedy gave his view on the legal recruitment market 3 years after he joined the business.
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 agency reduced in size during the first lockdown. Since then she has been providing a careers advice service for a secondary school. With this new position she is coming back to her recruitment roots.
Consultant Matt Parsons Talks About His First Year at Ardent
Having had just over 9 months out of work, through a combination of gardening leave and Covid, getting back into a regular working pattern was a challenge. I’d compare it to going back to school after the summer holidays – I was exhausted in those first couple of weeks!
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 Health Day we wanted to share our thoughts on mental health in the legal profession in 2021.