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Ellwood Atfield becomes employee-owned ahead of growth acceleration plans

Move follows leadership promotions across the business Ellwood Atfield – Europe’s largest team of specialist head-hunters and experts in communications and advocacy hiring – has become fully employee owned, a strategic decision to support future sustainable growth plans. In an announcement the brand revealed that it had finalised the ...more

Navigating inflation: what next for UK wages

Being a headhunter at Ellwood Atfield, I am uniquely placed to hear from candidates from a myriad of sectors, across all levels within corporate ...more

Written by Joshua Gray

Bridging Politics and Recruitment at Ellwood Atfield

I’m Josh, the newest addition to the Ellwood Atfield Talent Delivery Team. The opportunity to study Politics at Royal Holloway University allowed...more

Written by Joshua Hill

Pharma on a precipice: what does AI mean for industry and corporate affairs

“With AI set to remain, and become more important in the drug discovery process, how will it affect corporate affairs professionals?” Debates ...more

Written by Joshua Gray

How to keep your job search hot this summer

With the arrival of summer it’s common for the market to settle down and for job seekers to feel that there are fewer opportunities out there. With ...more

Written by Catherine Almond

Labour Market: could the tide slowly be turning.

The country has been warned for months of a perilous economic outlook, a further squeeze on living standards, fewer jobs, and lower wages. But the ...more

Written by Joshua Gray

Navigating Mental Health Challenges as Job Seekers: Reflections during Mental Health Awareness Week

Introduction: In today’s competitive job market, searching for your next position can be both a challenging and demanding process. From writing ...more

Written by Rebecca Kwan

How to make yourself more visible on LinkedIn for the role you want.

For recruiters, LinkedIn has become an excellent tool to discover new talent for a role, but I appreciate for many people it can be frustrating being ...more

Written by Florence Goddard

How best to prepare for an interim interview?

When hiring interim support, employers often want someone to solve an urgent problem – either an upcoming ‘person’ or ‘skills’ gap within ...more

Written by Florence Goddard

Women in Public Affairs 2022 Survey Launch event

Last week I was delighted to be invited to join the Women in Public Affairs 2022 Survey launch event. I was asked to contribute my thoughts on the ...more

Written by Catherine Almond

Ellwood Atfield supports ‘I Have a Voice’

We are delighted to support 'I Have a Voice'. I have a voice (IHAV) works with hundreds of young people, each year, to increase their political ...more

Jo Miller joins Ellwood Atfield

Ellwood Atfield, the leading communications, and advocacy headhunter, is delighted to announce that Jo Miller has joined the company in the newly ...more

The benefits of working in a smaller company and other insights from our Consultants

In week 3 of our internal recruitment blog series, we hear from two colleagues who have both been with Ellwood Atfield a number of years. If you are ...more

Why choose us?

In week 2 of our internal recruitment blog series, we hear from two colleagues who have both been with Ellwood Atfield a number of years. If you are ...more

Why do you choose to work at EA?

Ellwood Atfield has had a busy start to the New Year and due to our recent successes, is looking to expand our team with a number of key hires that ...more

Interim breakfast with IPSE

Last week we were delighted to host a Q&A session for senior interim communications managers with Andy Chamberlain, Director of Policy for ...more

Written by Rachel Smith

Joshua Gray Joins Ellwood Atfield

Joshua started his career working in parliament as a researcher before working at Media Brief and most recently as a Public Affairs Executive at the ...more

Salaries in Trade Associations – Survey Open

In partnership with the Trade Association Forum we are pleased to be conducting the 2021 trade association salary and benefits survey. This ...more

Written by Gavin Ellwood

Insight into the world of contracting as we emerge from the pandemic: Q&A with Andrew Chamberlain, Director of Policy at IPSE

After a very turbulent 18 months through the changes brought about by a number of things including IR35 and Covid 19, I sat down with Andrew ...more

Written by Catherine Almond

“IT’S THE ECONOMIST, STUPID!”

One of the best things about being a Headhunter is the opportunity to engage with many people across your industry and take a holistic view of ...more

Written by Alec Zetter