Do One Thing December

As a recruitment company, White Label is all about people. Our teams love to find our clients the best possible people for their organisations, whether that’s in the Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Technical Sales industries.

The hard work and dedication that our people put into their roles means that we care about them and their wellbeing above all else.

This is why we have done so much to try and support our people and their mental wellbeing this year, alongside looking after their physical health as well.

To strengthen White Label’s commitment to improving mental health and passion for our employees’ and customers’ wellbeing, we are relaunching our Christmas Mental Health Campaign, #DoOneThingDecember. 

Inspired by Mind’s World Mental Health Day initiative of #DoOneThing, this campaign is designed to encourage our dedicated recruitment consultants to do something that will ultimately bring on the ‘feel-good’ factor.

This might involve physical exercise, speaking to family, friends and colleagues, doing something creative, having a hot bath at the end of a day, investing in their personal growth or even treating themselves to a nice something to eat. We will be documenting everything our team is doing throughout December via our social media platforms and we are hoping to inspire others in our networks to Do One Thing in December too!

Our ultimate goal is to build a conversation around mental health and wellbeing; how to protect your own and how to look after other people as well. 

EXTRA SUPPORT FOR OUR CLIENTS AND CANDIDATES 

While the White Label team are underway with #DoOneThingDecember, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight what we’ve been up to throughout 2021 to support and inspire our clients and candidates on a range of topics on mental health and wellbeing and beyond, read below!

The Wellbeing Way

As part of our #MakingPeopleBetter promise, we launched ‘The Wellbeing Way’, an informative series centred around mental health and wellbeing in the engineering and manufacturing industries.

Take a look here to discover some key facts and statistics from this series.

Partnership with Kathy Brooke 

We partnered with Personal Development Coach, Kathy Brooke, to lead the change for wellbeing within the recruitment industry and innovate the way we work in the future.

Read more about this partnership here.

Culture Champion

This year, we promoted Christ Harries to Culture Champion. Chris is a trusted recruiter working on the North West Quality Market, and was promoted to Culture Champion to help us to maintain our culture and purpose as we bring in new members of the team and continue to grow and thrive as a business.

Take a look here to read an insightful interview with Chris on the topic of his role as Culture Champion. 

Our Investor in People Accreditation

We care very much about our people and take great care in looking after their careers, health, and general wellbeing. This is why many years ago we sought to gain the ‘We invest in people’ accreditation from Investors in People.

To find out more, read here. 

Inside Wire

Our ‘Inside Wire’ series is specifically tailored to benefit those who are exploring career options in the Design Engineering, Quality Engineering and Technical Sales markets.

Here at White Label, it is our priority not only to find the best talent for our clients and help candidates secure their dream jobs – but also to share the industry knowledge and insight that we pick up along the way.

Read the two-part series below:

Part One: Essential Tips for Design Engineers

Part Two: Expanding Your Skills for Quality Engineers

Building Your Resilience 

In today’s turbulent working world, knowing how to build your resilience in the workplace is more important than ever. Building a resilient mindset has become a key focus point for those seeking to improve their overall job and life satisfaction.

We developed an insightful guide packed full of implementable tips and advice for building your resilience, download for free here.

International Women in Engineering Day

Supporting our clients and understanding their sectors inside out is an integral part of what we do. Naturally, this includes supporting the annual International Women in Engineering Day (INWED). 

We interviewed three of our esteemed client’s female employees to showcase their journey and ‘everyday heroics’.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY 2021 – ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’ PART ONE

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY 2021 – ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’ PART TWO

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY 2021 – ‘EVERYDAY HEROES’ PART THREE

Guide for writing an engineering and manufacturing CV 

When searching for a job, the most logical place is your CV. That’s why we collated our knowledge into a handy guide, packed full of useful tips and advice for writing a top-tier CV. Download for free here. 

FEELING FESTIVE

As part of #DoOneThingDecember, we are raising money for Wood Street Mission.

Wood Street Mission is a Manchester children’s charity that helps children and families living in poverty in Manchester and Salford.

Our target is to work as a team and with our clients to book as many interviews for our Engineering candidates as possible.

Each interview we book will be worth £5, over four weeks we aim to raise £500 from White Label as a business, which totals to 100 interviews. 

If you would like to donate on top of our efforts, you can do so here.

Finally, we would like to say a big thank you to all our clients and candidates who have supported us so much this year. Merry Christmas to all of you and we hope you have a fantastic 2022!

Where to go for extra support

There are a number of excellent organisations and charities out there who are all committed to supporting the mental health of people across the UK. Some of these are listed below – please don’t hesitate to contact them if you or someone you know needs some extra support at the moment.

Anxiety UK

Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
Phone: 03444 775 774 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk

CALM

CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily, 5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net

Mental Health Foundation

Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Mind

Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems.
Phone: 0300 123 3393 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm)
Website: www.mind.org.uk

Samaritans

Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk

Relate

The UK’s largest provider of relationship support.
Website: www.relate.org.uk