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Published: 20 Jun 2018

KnownFour – Commended 2018, Best for Flexible Recruitment Award

All jobs at recruitment firm, KnownFour, are advertised as flexible. 

All staff choose where they work and how they structure their hours. Even those who work full-time work flexibly around school-runs or other commitments. All staff currently choose to work from home. 

The company’s hiring framework includes a stage for prospective employees to explore how its flexible model could benefit them.   

KnownFour specifically targets experienced professionals who have been out of the work force because of caring responsibilities and offers structured returnship programmes as well as its standard flexible working practices. More than a quarter (27 per cent) of employees are industry returners.