Here at HRS we have a sole focus on helping to change lives. To do so we support people with their careers in the life sciences where they will support the creation of living-saving medicines and life-changing technologies. However it is not only about changing lives via what we do every day in recruitment, it is also about how we support others in and outside of work! This can be down to the small things are staff do helping out in local elderly homes, with local schools but also via our three coporate charities who we proudly raise money for. These are:

• Genes for Jeans
• Alzheimer's Society
• Mind

All have a personal plan in the hearts of our life-changers and in support of this we run a whole host of events across the years which vary from an annual 11 aside football fundraiser, to "Gene Pool" tournaments in the office, to red nose day, honest box (we have a drink's fridge where we ask for a 20p donation which all goes monthly to a local charity). Our MD Ricky Martin is even an ambassador for both Genes for Jeans and Alzheimer's who regularly spends his weekends supporting "Memory Walks" and give back days!

So if you are thinking about a career at HRS, we would love to hear what charities are close to your heart, and which we could therefore help you with support them.

Here at Hyper Recruitment Solutions we are very proud to be able to be able to be called “multi award winning” recruitment consultancy. This is something we are proud of not just because our industry recognise us as being best in class, but it is testament and a huge well done to all of the hard work and dedication each and every one of our life-changers (recruiters) and life-supporters (support operations) put in to their roles every single day here at HRS. Something we hope everybody that joins our company would want to be part of and recognised for being “best in class”.

Our recent accolades include:

• March 2020: HRS included for the second consecutive year in the FT 1000 (Financial Times) list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies
• November 2019: HRS named "Best Company to Work for (up to 50 employees)" at the IRP Awards 2019
• June 2019: HRS named "Best Small Recruitment Business" at the Global Recruiter Awards 2019
• May 2019: HRS named "Recruitment Agency of the Year" at the 2019 Recruiter Awards
• March 2019: HRS include in the FT 1000 list of Europe's fastest-growing companies
• November 2018: HRS named "Best Company to Work for (up to 50 employees) at the IRP Awards 2018

We are also delighted to advise that it is not just the company who have been recognised for being best in class, so have our talented life-changers!. At the 2019 IPR Awards (November) one of our academy trained recruiters (Georgia Walden) scooped two big prizes also:

• Best Permanent Consultant of the Year
• Recruiter of The Year

Georgia is an exemplary recruiter, and these aren't the first awards she's won in 2019 either. Back in May, we held our own internal awards 2019 HRS Awards, where Georgia was named Consultant of the Year. Here's what Managing Director Ricky Martin had to say about Georgia's latest win:

"Georgia joined HRS as an enthusiastic science graduate with a passion for helping scientists to do great things. Georgia has progressed through our training academy and gone above and beyond to become not only an expert in science recruitment but also a true professional who's making a difference. Well done Georgia, and well done to the rest of the HRS team!"

We are delighted to announce that we've been awarded a Gold Accreditation from We Invest in People! The accreditation was proudly confirmed on March 3rd 2020.

Achieving gold accreditation means that everyone working for HRS, whether it's our Managing Director or the newest member of staff, work together to bring our policies and place of work to life! This makes our business one which is not only a fun and engaging one to work in, but also one which is commitment to the continually develop of our life-changers (recruiters).

Only 17% of organisations that work with "We Invest in People" achieve the Gold standard - so this is really exciting news for us!

Paul Devoy, CEO of Investors in People, said: “We’d like to congratulate Hyper Recruitment Solutions. Gold accreditation on We invest in people is a fantastic effort for any organisation, and places Hyper Recruitment Solutions in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”

Our results!

The Investors in People team gave the HRS workforce a survey to find out how they really feel about their working life. After getting to know our staff for a number of months, it's amazing to see that...

• 97% of people think they're encouraged to use their initiative in their roles at HRS

• 94% of people agree that they are encouraged to improve the way they do things

Alongside these encouraging statistics, we've also had some really lovely feedback from our wonderful HRS teams such as...

"I feel it's a very transparent place to work. We all know how the business is performing against the objective and Ricky won't hide things when things aren't going to plan".

"My manager helps me work out what my objectives should be, but they are not all dictated. I like the fact that I'm supported when things are going well, but also not shot down if I have had a bad month".

"I love the fact that we are a forward-thinking company. We are expected to work hard, but this is well recognised and I can see a future with HRS".

The overwhelmingly positive feedback that our staff members gave contributed to us achieving our Gold accreditation. We're so pleased that our workers feel that they're challenged but cared for when they come to work here at HRS.

As part of our commitment to helping to change lives, late 2019 HRS launched the Recruiter Ricky "How To Get Hired Podcast". This is a podcast series where our Managing Director Ricky Martin interviews a number of influential guests from a variety of industries. The idea behind this is that if we can speak to people who have been instrumental in the recruitment process for major businesses we should be able to unearth some easy to digest and useful tips to help more people to get hired! These tips could be when reviewing a CV, when interviewing or even when going through the first few months of starting a new job.

Making a difference is more than just commercial gain, and this is why this podcast is not a "Life Sciences" or "Recruitment" podcast, it is one focus on general employability.

Throughout the series a number of recognisable guests, and leaders from household brands, are interviewed by Ricky and support his mission of helping more people to get hired. This includes:

- Claude Litner - BBC The Apprentice Interviewer and aid to Lord Sugar

- Piers Linney - Former Dragon from BBC's Dragon's Den

- Mike Soutar - CEO of The London Evening Standard

- Craig Fenton - CSO from Google

- Julie Deane - CEO of the Cambridge Satchel Company

- James Reed - Chairman of the Reed Group

- Neil Carberry - CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation

On it's launch the ‘Recruiter Ricky – How to Get Hired’ podcast became a top 20 global business podcast and is a must listen for anybody looking to get a new job, or for recruiters who want to provide useful information to their jobseekers to help them to get hired!