The Sentinel

Vacancies are up for grabs if you take Smarter way to find work

- By LAURA WATSON Business Editor

ANORTH Staffordsh­ire recruitmen­t company is ready to get people back into work after undergoing a full rebrand. Smarter Recruitmen­t Services Ltd has launched under a new name and from new offices in Queens Parade, Newcastle.

Now the company’s seven-strong team is looking for job-seekers to fill a range of vacancies at some of Staffordsh­ire’s biggest employers.

Recruitmen­t consultant Paul Smith said: “It’s quite an exciting time for us. We’ve hit the reset button and now we want to get the Smarter Recruitmen­t name out there.

“It’s been a slow and certain transition but we are ready for a fresh start with a new team, a new dynamism and new, innovative ideas.”

Led by directors Mark and Sarah Heath, the Smarter Recruitmen­t team has a more than 60 years’ combined experience in recruitmen­t.

The company helps to fill a variety of roles – including temporary, permanent and fixed-term contracts – across a host of sectors such as road and rail, industrial, IT and commercial.

It also has a care division – called Smarter Care – which specifical­ly works to fill roles in the care sector, such as support workers, care assistants and management.

As well as traditiona­l recruitmen­t services, Smarter Recruitmen­t offers Covid-friendly training, CV support and online interview preparatio­n.

Paul said: “Our new brand will allow us to confidentl­y approach some huge clients and have the bravery to take on the big boys in a saturated market.

“Our bread and butter is always going to be Stoke-ontrent and North Staffordsh­ire, but there’s nothing to stop us from reaching out and covering the West Midlands and further afield.”

Paul added:

“The pandemic has made things a million times worse in terms of people having to potentiall­y change what they would normally do for work, so people who might have worked in the entertainm­ent industry, for example, are asking themselves ‘what can I do now?’ “Some people are in a bit of a rut and that can spiral into things like mental health problems, so we want to be a beacon of hope for people and help them to get back into work. There’s a job out there for everyone.” As well as looking to fill roles – such as warehouse staff, lithograph­ers, skilled pottery workers and customer service assistants – for its clients, Smarter Recruitmen­t is looking to grow its own team with the recruitmen­t of new consultant­s and a sales manager.

For more informatio­n, or to view the current vacancies, visit www. srsrecruit.com.

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