
With a career in recruitment that now spans 18 years, Senior Business Development Manager, Michael, began his career managing both temporary and permanent recruitment teams. For the past four years, he has focused on business development, drawing on that frontline experience when advising businesses on their talent acquisition processes, strategies, and future needs.
That operational grounding gives Michael a genuine understanding of what it takes to place the right people within an organisation. He uses this insight to build fit-for-purpose delivery models, tailored to each organisation and structured on commercially beneficial terms for both parties. Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all service, he shapes each solution around the specific challenge in front of him.
Over the years, Michael has honed the skills that underpin his success: questioning, listening, understanding the brief, and offering a solution that meets the criteria. He takes real enjoyment in establishing and building relationships with new and existing clients, and in seeing his delivery solve a challenge or requirement they've been grappling with. For him, the satisfaction lies in turning an organisation’s problem into a practical, workable outcome.
Michael is passionate about what he does, because ultimately the work puts people into employment and often changes their lives for the better. He revels in the challenge of finding a solution a business couldn't uncover themselves, and in helping to steer an organisation's growth by fulfilling its need for headcount.
Every business he works with is different, with its own perspectives, requirements, and challenges, whether that's volume hiring, setting up a new location, or handling last-minute urgent needs prompted by a sudden change in circumstances. Michael treats each of his clients accordingly, maintaining a consistently high level of professionalism, integrity, and accountability throughout.
The skills I learn in my role, I take elsewhere in life, communicating with individuals in a more professional manner and understanding business from a commercial perspective. And I am passionate about what I do, as ultimately, we put people into work, changing their lives for the better.
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