OUR SERVICE STARTS WITH YOU
How we can help with your recruitment process
In today’s global marketplace, recruiting high calibre staff is critical to every organisation’s success.
We recruit at all levels for:
- Commercial
- Events
- Industrial
It all started way back in 1985 and we believe our success is down to our common sense approach. We have exclusivity when recruiting for many of our clients and always work closely with both clients and candidates to understand the ethos of a company before we make the perfect match.
Our home is a gorgeous converted barn based in the Mews of St Georges Yard, Castle Street, Farnham, just off the historic Castle Street and we meet our London candidates in the heart of Chelsea. Pop in for a chat or give us a call. We are genuinely here to help.
Our customers really do come first. We will allocate all the time that is necessary for us to have a close working relationship with you so that we become a seamless arm of your recruitment process. We always make sure we can be contacted after hours on our mobiles. We do not believe in promising the world, but do believe in a practical service that works and can assure you that you will be treated as part of our team.
Give us a call or drop us a line. We are here to help.The way we work
- Our consultants are professionals that have worked in the industry for a number of years.
- Wherever possible we like to meet so we can discuss your requirements properly, take a full brief, help you produce a job description and get to know a little more about your organisation.
- A consultant is allocated to you as an Account Manager and will be your first point of contact. We then brief our team on your company and its recruitment requirements. We always work as a team at Profiles.
- We can offer a support service by producing offer letters, interview rooms, salary advice, dealing with induction, briefing on the company and requirements, contracts of employment and also have close links with an employment law specialist if needed.
- We can tailor make a competency based interview to suit the role, helping us to provide a more accurate and suitable shortlist.
- We can develop or administer aptitude/personality tests if required.
- We can respond very quickly to short term, temporary and contract positions as we are recruiting on an ongoing basis.
- We are proud members of the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) and we abide by their high standards.
- We have access to a number of job boards and are members of TEAM which gives us access to 400 recruitment specialists and their candidates helping us to find you the best people along with our own extensive database. We operate referral schemes and regularly use Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin helping us take an intelligent approach to recruiting the best people for you.
- We’re at our best when we work in partnership with you as an extension of your recruitment process.
98% placement rate
500+ jobs in our database
6,000 candidates placedMeet the Team
Our consultants are industry professionals.
Nuala Soutter
Nuala Soutter
Founder & Managing Director
Nuala is the Founder and Managing Director of Profiles Personnel and set the business up in 1986 after a successful career within international Aviation, Promotions & Events Management.
Having worked in the recruitment industry for over 30 years, Nuala has partnered with clients across a broad array of industry sectors and contributed to their growth on both a permanent and contract basis.
Today, Nuala takes a hands-on role within her business, working closely with her talented team to ensure Profiles Personnel continues to deliver results for their clients – some of which she is proud to say have been with her since the start.
Ola Obilana
Ola Obilana
Commercial Manager – Permanent Recruitment
The longest serving employee at Profiles Personnel, Ola is a true expert in her field, having been a Consultant for over 15 years.
With her degree of experience, she has witnessed the highs and lows of the recruitment industry and is very well respected in the local area for her integrity and no nonsense approach to sourcing the best individuals for her clients.
Ola heads up all of our permanent recruitment and works closely with a wide variety of high calibre candidates, across departments such as sales, marketing, HR, administration, IT, pharmaceutical, engineering and finance.
For Ola, she knows she has done her job well when her candidates become her clients.
Michelle Wenman
Michelle Wenman
Commercial & Industrial Manager – Contract Recruitment
Michelle delivers a fast paced recruitment service to her clients that results in weekly, repeat business.
We think this speaks for itself and her dedication to understanding a client’s budget, short timescales and overall recruitment requirements mean she delivers volume staffing solutions to clients across Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire with ease.
Michelle is also particularly passionate about helping smaller, start-up businesses get off the ground too, with the implementation of temporary staff.
She recognises the value of a strong workforce and knows exactly how to attract, retain and grow a business through its most vital asset – its people.
Theo Rushton
Theo Rushton
Office Manager
Theo has a BA Honours degree in Event Management and since graduating, has fast tracked his career at Profiles, progressing from Consultant to Manager in just under two years.
He plays a vital role in running the successful events team at Profiles and takes a strategic view of how to make each and every event a success for our clients.
Theo is an expert in staffing nationwide sporting events, award-winning caterers and high flying VIP venues.
With his team by his side, Theo has already successfully supplied high volume, quality staff to events and venues such as Twickenham Stadium, The Rugby World Cup 2015, Wimbledon 2016, Goodwood, Henley Regatta, Harlequins Stadium, Madejski Stadium and Windsor Racecourse.
Besides growing the events division and meeting new businesses within the events sector, Theo is keen Rugby player and can often be found at sporting events.
Fran Dancona
Fran Dancona
Consultant & Operations Manager – Local Events & Hospitality Recruitment
Fran heads up all local events recruitment and is consistently in touch with the finest, leading events and hospitality professionals within the more localised area.
With her background as an Events Coordinator for a leading Catering business, Fran really understands what makes an event a success, not only from a staffing perspective, but through to the structure and procedures involved. She has successfully run a variety of events, including a large number of weddings. Her favourite event was The Conservative Dinner at Northbrook Park for 180 guests including VIP guests.
Frans works closely with award winning caterers and some of the areas’ best venues including Froyle Park, Farnham Castle and local private VIP clients, too.
Along with staffing events daily, Fran also heads up all training for Profiles staff, making sure that both new and experienced events and hospitality staff are performing at their best.
Make sure your special event is in safe hands from start to finish with Fran and her qualified, capable team.
Louise Thomas
Louise Thomas
Recruitment & Business Manager - London
Louise joined the team in 2017, bringing an extensive, successful track record in the hospitality, events and retail sectors, making her the perfect Recruiter to partner with our London based clients and achieve results – fast.
Louise is dedicated to delivering a first-class service within London, in line with the success Profiles Personnel have already achieved in Surrey and is forming relationships with the markets top candidates.
Having graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and the Institute of Culinary Arts with a Culinary diploma, Louise has a broad range of relevant, international industry experience and knowledge.
Not only has Louise worked within large scale events such as the 2010 FIFA World Cup, she has also thrived within smaller, VIP events for private clients.
We feel this combination of both industry experience and passion gives her the edge, understanding and credibility to staff your event, develop your career and make a huge success of the Profiles Personnel London division.
Will Knight
Will Knight
Recruitment Consultant
Will has recently joined our Events & Hospitality team after returning from a year out traveling around Australia. He joined the team with a fresh appetite for a role in recruitment and with his background of Account Management/Client Relations from previous roles as well as his experience looking after a team while working abroad, meant he was perfect for a position within our expanding Event division.
Will’s attention to detail and passion for events helped us quickly realize his potential within the industry and within his first week was given some of our major events to manage. He single handily succeeded in staffing and running Sandown, Newbury and Epsom racecourse events and assisted with the Guards Polo Cartier Cup tournament and Goodwood all within his first month with us.
If you need help with staffing…look no further than Will and get in touch with all your upcoming major events.
Sophie Arnold
Sophie Arnold
Business Development - Events and Hospitality Recruitment
Sophie has spent her career in the events industry in London for over 10 years. Having managed and launched some of London’s most exclusive and large scale events, Sophie understands the industry inside out! With her love for developing and more importantly maintaining relationships she focuses on the growth and development of the business for Profiles.
Sophie’s background of running and organising events, sales, people management and leadership skills make her the perfect person to manage our aspirations to be the best staffing agency.
Jenni Jensen
Jenni Jensen
Payroll
Jenni has recently joined our growing events division having built up a successful career in South Africa and relocated to the UK. Jenni now focusses on building strong relationships with our clients, whilst matching the very best individuals to some of the UK’s largest events on a daily basis.
With a keen eye for detail and a background as a PA to a Marketing team, Jenni is the perfect person to make sure our agency is compliant, our temporary workforce is engaged, well looked after and most importantly that we continue to exceed client expectations.
Carol Berryman
Carol Berryman
Accounts and Payroll Manager
Carol manages our Accounts and Payroll department and has many years’ experience working in busy Accounts and Finance teams.
She has previously worked within international IT, Banking and Law, managing the full accounts process.
Carol is responsible for weekly and monthly payroll, all accounts management and works closely with our Managing Director, to keep the business running smoothly and efficiently at all times.
Join Our Team!
Join Our Team!
Contact us for available vacancies
Want to join a successful recruitment company specialising in Commercial, Hospitality & Events and Industrial roles? We are always on the lookout for motivated, friendly, target driven people who have an ambition to become part of a growing Recruitment Company. We offer training and competitive salaries as well as bonus/commission schemes. Previous experience isn’t essential but if you have worked in the business as a Recruiter, Resourcer or Administrator contact nuala@profiles-personnel.com and attach your current CV.
WHY CHOOSE US?
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