New recruits at Cook Recruitment Group get to take two days of paid holiday before they even start to gear them up for their new job.

The Milton Keynes-based medical recruitment agency, which has around 120 staff across three divisions, is no stranger to initiatives that help employees feel their absolute best.

Cook Recruitment Group is always looking to delight and incentivise its employees, from small gestures like new coffee machine flavours to a sun-soaked, all-expenses-paid Caribbean holiday for the company's ‘Elite Club’ star performers.

Many of the ideas come from the staff themselves, such as the newly-introduced emergency 'duvet days', progressive annual leave, increased funding for mental health support and electric car scheme.

The family-run agency, which services more than 200 hospitals across the UK, has one of the highest staff retention rates in the sector. It attributes this to its reward packages, its' work hard, play hard' approach – with quarterly events and themed days, and through living the values of support, care and opportunity.

It prides itself on looking after everyone's wellbeing and supporting them to achieve. It treats all staff, from apprentices to directors, with the same level of respect. And its 'open door' policy means any ideas or concerns are always welcome.