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As we seek to employ the very best consultants and offer the excellent service we’re known for, it’s important that we encourage referrals.

We are launching a new incentive scheme for people who refer consultants to us, who we subsequently employ, of up to £250.

For more information, please contact James Willerton in confidence (james.willerton@rilwood.com), 08712 888 888 or 07581 042 586.

Rilwood offers class-leading training, a fantastic career development programme, and the opportunity to establish or enhance your career in recruitment and enjoy the benefits of success.  Spread the word and receive some cash!

Rilwood has donated three bags full of toys to the Radio Aire Christmas toy appeal.

The appeal distributes gifts to children through many charities and groups including: Barnado’s, Candlelighters, Safe Anchor Trust, Getaway Girls, St Vincent’s, St George’s Crypt, Leeds Social Care, South and West Leeds Family Resource Centre, local refuges, children’s wards at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s Hospital.

We are delighted to support this excellent cause.

On behalf of the owners, directors and staff at Rilwood Associates, we would like to wish all of our candidates, clients and suppliers a very merry Christmas and a profitable New Year.

We are still very busy and looking to grow through next year.  Even in challenging times we are proving that it is possible to thrive by delivering exceptional service and value.

A special thanks to our own consultants and support staff.  Their dedication and willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty keeps Rilwood at the forefront of the industry.

Rilwood, in partnership with Flair Creative and Wonder Media, are proud to announce its new website for 2012.  Operations Manager James Willerton commented: “We wanted something which reflected the professionalism and scale of the business, and which didn’t fall into the usual recruitment clichés of improbable groups of smiling people in suits looking successful.

The new look is fresh.  At Rilwood, we do the basics of recruitment exceptionally well.  We get to the heart of the value-add by finding great recruits for our clients; placing people who make positive impact to business in these challenging times.

I believe our new website shows a modern business with expertise in key vertical markets, and a focus on doing the things which get results.”

The new site goes live as Rilwood looks to build on 8 years of growth.  The business continues to invest in its people and infrastructure as it builds on an enviable track record.

In order to provide an improved environment for staff and visitors, the London office moved to prestigious offices in the City from 1^st December 2011.

Mark Beattie, who runs the office as well as operating as Business Manager over the FMCG division, has had a busy time!

The new office gives bright and modern meeting facilities for clients and candidates, and is situated in a vibrant part of the City, next to the Barbican Centre, two minutes walk from the Barbican tube station.

Given the expansion plans of the business, it was also important to find a new location which gave the room to bring in more consultants, and provides a great place to work or meet.

For more information on our London business, please contact us on the main Rilwood number, or Mark Beattie directly on 0207 826 8518.

I have just been placed by James in the commercial manager role at Mabanaft Ltd (Oil company). I am writing to inform you of the excellent job and service James provided to me.

Not only was the process extremely efficient (two weeks from start to finish), but the preparation James offered me and new ideas to impress the company at interview were just a different class to other agencies that have looked after me.  I have been with most other big agencies in the UK for last two months and they did very little for me.  The fact that James gave me the ideas to take potential contracts ‘in principal’ to the interview and the help of checking my presentation was one of the main reasons for my success. Additionally to place me in a role that meets my salary expectations during the worst economic period in history shows the quality of James.

I am happy for this testimonial to be used on your website and if there is some way to reward James internally please can this be done.  I would be happy to recommend James to anyone for recruiting people and happy to be used as a 3rd party reference if ever required.

Once again thank you to Rilwood & James for giving me such a wonderful career opportunity.

Yours Faithfully

Alex

I would like to thank you and especially John for the professional and efficient way that Rilwood helped me gain the role of Specification Manager.

From the outset John was quick and informative and very thorough. Out of the few companies I have dealt with Rilwood has been the most professional and it was a pleasure to work with you all.

All in all a job well done!

I will call after my first day (22nd July) and catch up with you.  I will also drop in for a coffee when I’m in the area to put some faces to voices and names.

Best Regards

Nick

I wanted to thank you and Rilwood for your assistance in sourcing the sales manager required by our company.

It is difficult to find the right people with the necessary skills set in order for them to be a success in this demanding industry. I know how time consuming it can be searching for and selecting interviewees when doing this yourself, trying to find suitable candidates.  Your professional expertise has made this difficult process straightforward and I would like to thank you for your hard work and effort you have put in, the shortlisted candidates were of good quality enabling us to find the correct person for the vacancy.

You have done a great service to EOGB Energy Products Ltd and when we have any further positions to fill you will be the first person we will contact.

Thanks for all your help.

Yours sincerely

Stewart.

May I take this opportunity to thank you and Rilwood for your assistance in sourcing the sales personnel required by our company.

It is always very difficult to find quality people with the necessary skills required to be a success in this demanding industry. I can understand just how much work and effort you have put into helping us employ the successful candidates, particularly the number of positions we had to fill and the timescale in which we had to complete it.

The team we now have is already proving a success and I have great belief in their abilities to take our company forward.

You have done a great service to ITT Goulds and when we have any further positions to fill you will be the first person we will contact.

Thanks for all your help.

Yours sincerely

Geoff.

Many thanks for the excellent service that you have provided us in our search for two new managers.  Despite our geographical distance from Leeds we have felt very much that you are “just round the corner” both in terms of your regular contact and feedback and your understanding of our business, its nuances and the culture here. Not only have we felt that our recruitment drive has been a priority for you, but we have also received excellent feedback from our candidates that mirrors these comments.

Thanks again, and look forward to working with Rilwood in the future.

Yours sincerely

Penny.

May I take this opportunity to thank you for your assistance in sourcing the Project Manager required by our company.  Having had one or two bad experiences of working with recruitment consultants in the past I must admit that I started the whole process with you with a degree of scepticism.

You will no doubt recall my surprise at what I initially thought were not enough prospective candidates to interview, but following your explanation about the pre-screening process I can understand just how much work and effort you have put into helping us employ the successful candidate. All three candidates presented were of an employable calibre, all of which made my decision making much harder, but that is the perfect position to be in I suppose!

As you know Kevin is due to start with us on 20^th September and I have great belief in his ability to take the company forward with me.

You have provided an invaluable service to Delta Bloc UK because finding quality people is not always easy, and I would have no hesitation in working with you and Rilwood again if and when we have any further positions to fill.

Thanks for all your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tony.

John and Rilwood were very professional in their approach to helping us recruit the right person for our role. When we did not succeed the first time, they were not fazed by this.  They revisited the market place and put forward a number of high quality candidates, one of whom we chose to offer the position too.

I would have no hesitation in appointing Rilwood for future recruitment projects when they arise.

David.

Auto Windscreens Ltd used Rilwood Associates to successfully recruit our UK Sales Director in March 09.  We found the level of service Rilwood Associates Ltd and Nicky provided to be very professional.

They fully understood our business requirements, delivering an efficient, effective and successful recruitment process which resulted in Auto Windscreens securing our preferred candidate.  With their professional service I am confident to recommend them to others.

Peter.

I would like to thank you for your assistance is recruiting Stevie as our Industrial Salesman for the Scottish Region.

From start to nearly completion you have acted in an extremely professional and friendly manner, which makes the process that bit smoother.

You questioned us at the start extremely thoroughly (I thought you were interviewing me for a job at one point) to ensure you understood our particular requirements, and the process we were going to use to ensure we found the correct person.

The two candidates you put up met our requirements fully and both came over extremely well.  In fact it was so close that Joe and myself could not really spilt them, therefore we used our HR department’s skills with the psychometric test, which helped us in our final selection.

Stevie joined us yesterday and is out on the road today and I am sure he will bring the business in.

The final bit is that you were flexible with us on the trial period and that helped us with HO.

I said at the start nearly completion and that is how I believe you look at this as well, as the job is not completed until we are both proven correct in our choice and our sales and profit increase and we reach the end of the trial period

Regards

Harry.

Allgood PLC is a circa £18 million business who specialise in providing unique fine design and high performance products within the construction sector.

Allgood Plc financially retained Rilwood Associates in summer 2010 to recruit the position of Sales Manager.  This was the first time that Allgood had worked with Rilwood Associates and at the time we were unsure with regards to working in partnership with a recruitment consultancy on a financially retained basis.

Matthew came to meet with us so that a detailed brief could be taken in person and so that Rilwood could explain their proposed recruitment process.  Following this meeting and the detailed explanation of the retained approach and the rationale for it we were confident to follow Rilwood’s professional advice and financially retained their services

Rilwood Associates provided a strong shortlist of candidates that were an excellent match for the position and following the interview process we were left with 2 candidates both equally able to fulfil the role.  From this position we secured our preferred candidate.  As a result of our satisfaction with both the service and result obtained from the financially retained approach we again retained Rilwood in autumn 2010, this time to recruit a Board Level Executive Director.  This was a critical senior appointment which was integral to succession planning being under taken at that time.

Once again Rilwood sourced candidates through active headhunting, networking and advertising.  From this work they presented a shortlist of 6 candidates. Consultants from Rilwood then attended 1^st stage interviews at our offices to assist in the recruitment process and to enable us to provide detailed feedback on and to the candidates.  Following the 1^st stage 2 candidates were selected for final interviews.  The decision was close as both candidates were of extremely high calibre and provided excellent relevant experience and skills and, importantly, a very close culture fit to our business. From this position we selected, and secured our preferred candidate.

Both candidates secured via Rilwood Associates and the retained approach has proved to be very successful additions to our business.

As such I have no hesitation to recommend Matthew, Rilwood Associates and the retained search and selection approach to any organisation looking to recruit quality candidates into their business.  Rilwood took the time to fully understand what we were looking for and delivered the right result on both occasions.  As a business, we will be using them again in the future

Yours sincerely

Philip.