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Accounting Recruitment: Jobs, M5, M4, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, UK
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“Chris recruited me to Rotork nearly eight years ago and since that time he has helped recruit another five candidates for a variety of finance roles at Rotork. On each occasion Chris has presented a shortlist of candidates we wanted to see who were always relevant to the brief, sometimes having to try a number of routes to get a quality of shortlist he was happy with. By taking time to meet and discuss the role with the candidates before sending them to us for interview, Chris has always ensured that the candidates know enough about the role and Rotork for there to be few surprises – something I appreciated as a candidate. From the employers perspective it also has meant the candidates were always worth seeing and the decision to appoint a tough one. Having worked with Rotork for so many years, Chris now knows many of the characters a new recruit would have to work with and understands the culture of Rotork making the process even more effective for all concerned.”
“I have known Chris for over 19 years and he has helped me recruit for a number of Financial Controller / Management Accountant roles. The key for me is the ability that Chris has to understand the nature of the business and the “fit” required for the candidate to integrate seamlessly into the team. Chris also understands me very well and knows my management style. It is this innate ability that Chris has which means the candidates are normally of the highest order and the process so much the easier for it. The relationship that we have means that when I have a need, Chris is my first call even when the brief is a little unusual! I currently work for a French company and the Group FD asked me to help recruit a French speaking, English qualified accountant to work in Paris, I gave Chris the brief and we were successful. More recently we were looking for an Ex-Pat with a Chemical background and General Management experience to work at our factory in Malaysia and given our success the last time, the Group Supply Chain Director asked for my help again. This – on the face of it – was clearly outside of Chris’s comfort zone but he took it on, and although he collaborated with another specialist, he managed the interface with myself and Paris and we hit gold; the person moved with his family to Malaysia and started work at the beginning of December! I would have no hesitation recommending Chris to anybody – and he can now add Ex-Pat recruitment to his own CV because recruiting a UK Ex-Pat graduate with plastics/rubber experience with a thermoplastic engineering degree and Factory management potential was really pulling the rabbit out of the hat!”
“I can thoroughly recommend Chris, as his style is to get to know people’s needs and target his efforts exactly at those needs, without any bias or alternative agenda. Because of this, I can always be sure that Chris’ advice will be relevant, accurate and reliable. When I was looking for the next move in my career, Chris offered invaluable advice, and continues to be a reference point as a sounding board, both for myself and for my recruiting needs. The simple testament of his worth is this – the quality of his work makes other recruiters look decidely mediocre, not just because he is knowledagble, capable and committed, but because he takes it upon himself not just to meet the expectations you may have begun with, but to surpass those and offer a much broader trusted business adviser service that happens to include recruitment. For me, the experience of using Chris’ services against the backdrop of the usual recruitment process was very much like opening my eyes after having been stumbling around in the dark, and I highly recommend others to enjoy the same quality.”
“Chris sums up everything that employers look for in a recruitment partner; someone who not only understands the brief, but also takes time to understand the character of the organisation. As a consequence, every candidate he recommends is worthy of serious consideration”
“I have enjoyed a good working relationship with Chris over many years. I have experienced his professionalism both from an employer view point and also as a candidate. I can truthfully say that I have found him to have a sincere, open and honest approach to candidate and employer alike; in short, a recruitment agent I can trust.”
I have known Chris since 1996 and during the past 13 years have been placed by Chris, a couple of times and have also sourced staff successfully via him too. I have always found Chris to have a refreshing approach to the recruitment industry and he really understands both the needs of client and candidate. Chris has also been a good sounding board on the recruitment market for the accountancy profession when trying to benchmark my respective finance teams over the years.
