September saw the launch of our New Directions Employee of the Month initiative. As announced last week, the recipient of the award for September was Gareth Pughe from our Cardiff Social Care team. We caught up with Gareth to ask him more about what it meant to win the award.<\/p>\n
1. You have been named \u2018employee of the month\u2019 by your colleagues and peers \u2013 how does that make you feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n It made me immensely proud to be named employee of the month. So much so in fact that I started calling my family members to tell them the big news. My Mum didn\u2019t believe me when I told her because I was \u2018horrifically lazy\u2019 growing up, so I sent her a photo of me with my certificate. Apparently it\u2019s not an endearing quality to boast and my hair is definitely receding.<\/p>\n 2. Tell us a little more about what you do here at New Directions\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n My role at New Directions is a Support Consultant on the Social Care Team! I spend my days filling bookings, building rapport with our candidates and clients and generally apologising. I also make a cracking cup of tea.<\/p>\n 3. How do you think \u2018employee of the month\u2019 might inspire other colleagues?<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s voted for by your colleagues and peers and there\u2019s nothing better than being recognised by people who do the same thing that you do. Similar to a film star getting an Oscar\u2026.. In fact, it\u2019s JUST like an Oscar!!!<\/p>\n 4. What\u2019s your favourite part of your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n My favourite part of my job is working alongside an incredible team. Everyone is extremely focused and hard working but we always have fun. We all laugh so much during the day and everyone supports each other<\/p>\n 5. So, tell us what you might spend your winnings on<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to put it towards my little boy\u2019s Christmas present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September saw the launch of our New Directions Employee of the Month initiative. As announced last week, the recipient of the award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":5485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events"],"yoast_head":"\r\n