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Robyn Holmes, our esteemed founder, has recently been presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, alongside nine other distinguished family businesses from across the UK.

Your CV is your first impression on potential employers. It's your chance to showcase your skills, experiences, and qualifications in the best possible light. However, more doesn't always mean better. In fact, cluttering your CV with unnecessary information can do more harm than good. To make your CV stand out, it's essential to trim the fat and focus on what truly matters. Here are 10 things you should consider removing from your CV:

In August 2023, we welcomed Sienna to Prime HQ for some work experience where she joined different departments to get a rounded feel for what it is like to work in an office environment. Sienna worked in Finance & Accounting, Marketing and the Recruitment department with some of our top consultants!

Prime Appointments are proud about how the business has developed and progressed since its formation in 1992. Recognition of this was the recent winning of the People’s Choice Award for the Family Business of the year in East Anglia and being National runners-up in this category.

We are hugely proud to announce that we raised a WHOPPING £78,155 from our recent Alzheimer’s Golf Day. This along with our recent bake sale and the money raised from the Colchester half marathon takes us to an incredible £169,757! With more donations still due to hit our Just Giving page, we continue to rise to our £250,000 target.

Prime took home the title of People's Choice in East & East Anglia at The Family Business of the Year Awards 2023 at a gala awards evening held at The Royal College of Physicians in Regent’s Park in London.

We are looking at more CVs, having more conversations and receiving more feedback as graduate season hits full swing. To get a better perspective of what it is like to look for your first job role after university, we asked our Trainee Recruitment Consultant, Tom Beale about his experience and why he decided to pursue a role in recruitment."Can you tell us how you reached your decision to pursue a career in recruitment?"

The best time to apply for jobs is not, as most people would assume, at the beginning of the year. Although the season of New Year’s resolutions may make it tempting to view January as the best time for a fresh start, recruiters say otherwise. Contrary to popular perception, if you’re looking to increase your odds of securing that all-important interview, the best time to apply for jobs might actually be summer. Yep, you read that right. In this article, we're breaking down four reasons why summer is the best time to apply for jobs and snag that dream position you've been eyeing.1. Less competition