Having worked for 20 plus years in the recruitment sector I still love what I do! I relocated to St Albans from a small town in Scotland to find my fortune as they say and I purely fell into recruitment by chance. I was offered the opportunity to work for the recruitment agency I had approached to find me a job when I moved to St Albans. I quickly progressed through the ranks of this FTSE 100 organisation working across Hertfordshire specialising in Office Support recruitment.
I moved back to Scotland in 2008 and worked for a small boutique agency until 2016 when I decided to venture out and establish my own agency specialising in Office Support and Hospitality recruitment across the East of Scotland, whilst juggling a busy life as a mum of two boys. My approach was simple…I enjoyed what I did and was able to offer an efficient and honest approach to both candidates and clients alike.
Most recently I have worked as the Talent Acquisition Advisor for one of the top Hotel and Golf resorts in Scotland, working as part of an established HR team providing direct recruitment support to a number of stakeholders within the Hotel. This role has allowed me to understand how a busy internal HR function works and compliment my journey to become a better recruitment professional.
I have joined Stangate Recruit with a focus on developing a personal and long term approach to the relationships I look to make with both clients and candidates whilst offering a tenacious yet honest approach to recruitment .
I have to admit Recruitment wasn’t the career path I had planned. So what happened? Well after a first degree in Philosophy and a Masters in HR the plan was a life of academia. But as I gained my CIPD I thought it prudent to work in HR and see outside of a text book. Now, back then, to start a career in HR meant Admin and lots of it. Whereas recruitment was more getting out there meeting new people than paperwork. A better fit for all concerned.
From here, the practical seemed more exciting than the theory and recruitment within gave me a chance to not just understand how one business functioned but several, every week. And for the past 20 years – with the exception of a couple of years travelling and a year in South America –
I have been fortunate to partner with a range of industries in F1, Distribution, Retail, Leisure, Energy.
Having held management positions in FTSE 100 recruitment companies and run specialist agencies the key to success is to offer a transparent service and possess a depth of experience to understand both a clients business and candidate’s motivations. And at Stangate Recruit I can guarantee a truly customer centric long term approach as opposed to a sales or KPI driven environment.