Testimonials
"It is Coldwater Seafood's first Graduate Training
Opportunity and vital to our longer term development and growth,
earlier in house recruitment for this opportunity had been
disappointing and so we asked Focus Graduate Recruitment to help us
find the right 3 or 4 people.
With guidance on writing the programme and through crucial search
and preselecting we found our short lists strong and although
small in number at assessment days, they were of high calibre and
well matched to the roles.
Now after more than 6 months with those candidates in place we can
report that we have been delighted by the 3 individuals Focus
helped us to find - Well Done!"
- Stephen Tomlinson, Coldwater Seafood
"Just a note to say how impressed I am with your ability to deliver fantastic candidates to us for the recent Technical roles we are recruiting for. The calibre of candidate is at a level of some of best I have interviewed for a good while."
- Technical Director, Vion UK Pork Business Unit Group
"We started working with Focus Management in 1992 and have developed a strong partnership relationship over this time. They are our recruitment partners for all our senior level appointments and a significant number of our senior leadership team were appointed through them. Over 800 people in our business have come through Focus and as a result they have been instrumental in ensuring that we recruit the right people who match our beliefs and values.
Our recruitment process is far more effective when we work together on briefs. They are able to find the candidates, match them to our requirements, select a small number of candidates that meet our requirements and therefore leave us free to focus selecting the right person. This process reduces the management time wasted on assessing unsuitable candidates.
A key strength is their ability to help us solve our problems. Over the years we have had issues in recruiting to certain levels, types of roles etc, and through discussion with Focus they have provided us with proactive solutions. Innovation is another strength. They are at the forefront on new technology in the recruitment arena and this means that as a business we can be confident that we are up to date and ahead of our competition."
- Head of HR, International Food Manufacturer
"My experience of working with FMCL has always been a positive one; they are consistently friendly and aim to get to know your business so that they can act in a truly supportive "partnership" role - they are like an extension to my own HR team! Their network of contacts, insight into their marketplace and knowledge of their candidates is second to none in my experience."
- HR Director, Leading Food Manufacturer
"It is with pleasure that I write to provide testimony on behalf of Focus Management Consultants Ltd. I have worked with the FMCL team since early the early 90s. Why? In summary I view FMCL as a direct extension of my HR function; they are on board as business partners in every sense. Having worked with the team for the past 20 years I would characterise their contribution as:-
- They build genuine, authentic and customer focussed relationships which add value at optimal cost.
- They only employ consultants who share their deeply held passion for "service plus", doing whatever it takes to deliver on promises and results.
- They always add an extra dimension to my thinking be it innovation in resourcing methodology, role and candidate specification, or simply being that point of challenge which internally focussed HR functions so often need.
- There are no surprises - in the event that the assignment isn't progressing according to agreed timescales, or for whatever reason the FMCL team are having difficulty fulfilling the brief, my team are always kept fully informed and involved in resolving such issues.
- Their management of data, market place knowledge and competitor intelligence (yours and theirs) is second to none. Whilst I have primarily involved them in resourcing activity I have also contracted FMCL on behalf of my marketing and business development colleagues for research purposes, particularly during M&A activity.
- They cultivate long term relationships and, unlike many in the market place, adhere rigidly to client exclusivity undertakings.
In summary, in the very early days of our relationship the Directors of FMCL told me that they wanted to be different; they wanted to provide a level of support which others in the resourcing market espoused but rarely delivered. I can say without any reservation that they are indeed different - they deliver."
- HR Director, Food Manufacturing Group
"My first impressions on meeting the Focus Interim were; how little I knew about the Interim market and secondly, how important the relationships were between the Interim client, the consultant and the Industrial customer. My Consultant spent a lot of time getting to understand my background, strengths, weaknesses and aspirations. Additionally, during the initial meeting I was able to obtain a much more detailed understanding of the market and the dynamics affecting this time of placement. This helped to manage my expectations.
Within a few weeks of the initial meeting, my Consultant was able to match my skill sets with a Client's requirements and effect an introduction. Within days of the meeting I was into my first placement. Since then I have not looked back.
During my placement, it was necessary to recruit a number of full time senior managers and Focus Interim was able to match my requirements and brief to source high quality candidates in each instance.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Focus Management Consultants, in both Interim and Permanent projects, I have found them highly professional in their intelligent and prompt uptake of the brief and their skill in matching skills to requirements in a prompt and timely manner."
- Managing Director, Leading Food Business