Recruitment

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A personal, straight-talking recruitment business connecting local employers with the people who make them tick.

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Viva means life. It's what most recruitment is missing, and it's exactly what we bring to yours.

No call centres. No CV churn. No being passed around a team.

Viva Recruitment is run by Hayley Mitchell, and when you work with Viva you work with Hayley. One recruiter who takes the time to understand your business, or your next move, from first call to first day.

Your details stay with one person too, not a database team. That's how recruitment should feel.

Hayley Mitchell, founder of Viva Recruitment

Meet Hayley

Founder of Viva Recruitment

Hi, I'm Hayley, founder of Viva Recruitment. With 15 years of experience in the recruitment industry, I've had the opportunity to support businesses and candidates across the UK, working across both temporary and permanent recruitment within Industrial and Commercial sectors.

Throughout my career, I've seen first-hand that recruitment is about so much more than simply filling a vacancy or finding a job. It's about people.

For candidates, searching for a new role can often feel stressful, time-consuming and overwhelming. For businesses, recruitment can be equally challenging, taking valuable time away from the day-to-day running of your organisation.

That's why I decided to create Viva Recruitment.

Recruitment with people at the forefront

I wanted to build a recruitment agency with a genuinely people-first approach, one where candidates and clients feel supported, listened to and valued throughout the entire recruitment journey. At Viva Recruitment, our aim is to take the pressure out of recruitment.

For candidates, that means getting to know you, understanding what you're looking for and helping you find the right opportunity, rather than simply putting you forward for any available role. We're here to guide you through the process, keep you informed and make your job search as straightforward and positive as possible.

For our clients, we become an extension of your business. We take the time to understand your company, your culture and exactly what you're looking for, so that we can introduce candidates who are the right fit, not just for the role, but for your business.

Why Viva?

After 15 years in recruitment, I know that the best results come from building strong, honest and long-lasting relationships.

I believe recruitment should be personal. You should be able to pick up the phone, speak to someone who knows you and feel confident that they genuinely have your best interests at heart. That's the kind of recruitment experience I wanted to create with Viva Recruitment.

Whether you're a candidate looking for your next opportunity or a business looking for the right person to join your team, we're here to make the process easier, more personal and less stressful.

Because ultimately, recruitment is about people. And at Viva, people are at the heart of everything we do.

What we stand for

Five things we hold ourselves to on every placement, with every client and every candidate.

Integrity

Transparency in everything we do. Staying true to our company ethos and valuing our clients and candidates.

Customer focused

We always strive to deliver exceptional service to our clients, candidates and prospect businesses.

Honesty

We treat others as we wish to be treated, and we will never over promise and under deliver.

If we cannot support you or your business, for whatever reason, we will be direct and honest with you.

People

People are the most important part of our business. Without people, we have no business.

We create, build and maintain meaningful relationships with our clients, candidates and prospect businesses, and we do it without judgement or discrimination.

Ambition

We never lose sight of our ambition. We engage challenges proactively and support each other, with the aim of realising our full potential in a diverse, inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

Reasons we are different

From other agencies

  1. Personalised approach

    We take the time to really understand you, your skills and your goals.

  2. Quality over quantity

    We focus on the right opportunities, not just any vacancies.

  3. Built on trust

    Honest advice, open communication and relationships that last.

  4. Candidate care comes first

    We support you every step of the way, not just until you get the job.

  5. Passionate about people

    We genuinely care about helping you find the right role and thrive.

Ready to find your perfect role?

Email your CV to hayley@vivarecruitment.co.uk

Let's build your future, together.

For employers

Hiring is too important to hand to a CV factory. Viva works closely with local businesses to find people who fit, first time.

Talk to us about hiring

For candidates

You're a person, not a profile. Tell us what you're good at and where you want to go, and we'll be honest about how we can help.

Send us your CV

Say hello

Whether you're hiring, job hunting or just want an honest opinion on the market, Hayley would love to hear from you.

hayley@vivarecruitment.co.uk

We aim to reply to every enquiry, usually the same working day.

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Privacy policy

Personal data obtained from the data subject

Viva Recruitment is a recruitment business which provides work-finding services to its clients and work-seekers. The Company must process personal data (including sensitive personal data) so that it can provide these services. In doing so, the Company acts as a data controller.

Hayley Mitchell is self employed as the recruiter within the business and is deemed the only employee of Viva Recruitment to have access to your details.

You may give your personal details to the Company directly, such as on an application or registration form or via our website, or we may collect them from another source such as a job board.

The Company must have a legal basis for processing your personal data. For the purposes of providing you with work-finding services and/or information relating to roles relevant to you, we will only use your personal data in accordance with the terms of the following statement.

Purpose of processing and legal basis

The Company will collect your personal data (which may include sensitive personal data) and will process your personal data for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. The legal bases we rely upon to offer these services to you are:

Legitimate interest

Where the Company has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data, our legitimate interests are as follows:

Recipients of data

The Company will process your personal data and/or sensitive personal data with local businesses, in the form of a CV or personal information being sent via email to a client once a job offer has been made.

Statutory/contractual requirement

Your personal data is not required as part of a statutory and/or contractual requirement, and/or a requirement necessary to enter a contract.

Data retention

The Company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary. Different laws require us to keep different data for different periods of time.

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 require us to keep work-seeker records for at least one year from (a) the date of their creation or (b) after the date on which we last provide you with work-finding services.

We must also keep your payroll records, holiday pay, sick pay and pensions auto-enrolment records for as long as is legally required by HMRC and associated national minimum wage, social security and tax legislation.

Where the Company has obtained your consent to process your personal and sensitive personal data, we will do so in line with our retention policy.

Personal data obtained from a third party

You may give your personal details to the Company directly, or we may collect them from another source such as a job board. Viva Recruitment sources data for the purposes of recruitment from various online platforms, typically job boards.

Categories of data

The Company will collect the following personal data on you:

Dependent on the information available, we may also have collected the following sensitive personal data:

Upon expiry of the retention period, the Company will seek further consent from you. Where consent is not granted, the Company will cease to process your personal data and sensitive personal data.

Your rights

Please be aware that you have the following data protection rights:

Where you have consented to the Company processing your personal data and sensitive personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting Hayley Mitchell at hayley@vivarecruitment.co.uk.

Updating your details

You have the right to request and correct any personal information we may hold about you in our databases. We reserve the right to charge an administrative fee in respect of such requests, which should be marked for the attention of "The Data Protection Officer" and sent to hayley@vivarecruitment.co.uk.