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Dial ‘R’ to Recruit; is phone communication becoming a lost art?

The new Head of Training at Berry Recruitment Group believes talking on the phone is becoming a lost art. Victoria Bari says those entering the industry often prefer emails and messaging, which are less effective than talking to people. She is urging the newer consultants at Berry Recruitment Group – which is headquartered in St...
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Jennie’s unstoppable rise

Award-winning Jennie Hallsworth has been promoted at Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth. Almost 20 years after walking into a recruitment branch looking for a job with responsibility, Jennie Hallsworth is now running it. In 2006 she visited Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth and ended up working there. She took to it like a duck to water and...
An un-FORE-gettable awards evening and conference

Berry Recruitment Group’s annual conference and awards ceremony was held this year at the exclusive Centurion Golf Club in Hertfordshire. Consultants came from across England and Wales to attend the event at which trophies were presented. All brands within BRG were represented: Berry Recruitment, Wild Recruitment, First Recruitment Services and Wild Berry Associates. Managing director...
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Training is more than a one-time event

BRG Training Manager, Victoria Bari, discusses the benefits and importance of consistent training for employees as we celebrate Learning at Work week. The majority of companies have a standard introductory training process for new starters, with additional on-the-job instruction depending on the role. Yet there are clear advantages in going beyond this and encouraging structured...
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Frustrated job seekers flock to fair

Job seekers unable to find work by applying directly to companies swamped a recruitment team at a recent jobs fair in Milton Keynes. Berry Recruitment had to boost its staff at the event to deal with the number of people looking for work. Despite many vacancies in the economy, some people find it hard to...
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Wild promotes Danielle to Manager

Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth has promoted Danielle McNally to Divisional Manager for Driving – ten years after she called the agency about a tele-sales job. Danielle was interviewed for the role she wanted but staff at the branch realised she’d make a better recruitment consultant. So she started work at Wild and has been promoted...
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Wild about meeting people face-to-face

The benefits of face-to-face communication are being undervalued, according to a recruitment leader from Portsmouth. Michelle Merritt believes the lockdown trend of communicating and issuing instructions through messages and notifications is potentially harming the economy. The boss of Wild Recruitment in the city says there is no replacement for seeing people face-to-face, whether in person...
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Berry Recruitment’s East Anglian expansion

A recruitment agency in King’s Lynn has partnered with facilities management organisation EMCOR UK to supply workers across East Anglia. Berry Recruitment anticipates that it will provide many new roles to candidates who will benefit from the relationship. Training on the job, highly competitive salaries and career development opportunities are designed to attract workers to...
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Berry Recruitment turns the dial up to Max

Berry Recruitment has appointed a new Regional Director to run its three branches in Southampton and Gosport – an economy with more vacancies than workers The highly experienced Max Perceau now heads up the Berry Recruitment Southampton offices as well as the branch in Gosport. Having a cluster of branches in the Solent area enables...
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Berry Recruitment wins over Watford

Berry Recruitment has opened a new branch in Watford, Hertfordshire, meaning the company now covers a huge area north of London. The buoyancy of the region, evolving job market and success of its other branches between Oxford and Harlow led the business to its latest expansion. Three experienced consultants have been recruited to the business...
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