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Brittany understood our requirements immediately and within a couple of days I had some excellent candidates, several of whom could have filled the role.

I have rarely found an agency as responsive and helpful as I have found Oakleaf - they certainly understand their specialism, which makes it all the easier for the hiring manager.

I read your first update where you mentioned that given that a number of your Oakleaf colleagues were on furlough, the Oakleaf service may not be as good as it could be.

I wanted to let you know how impressed I've been by Brittany. Really professional and seems to be working all hours to ensure that I (as the candidate) receive a great service.

I feel very supported and she had kept me up to date on all developments.

She is a real asset to the Oakleaf family.

Needle in a haystack springs to mind when I'm looking for my next opportunity.

I'm one candidate of many so how will I get noticed?

Yet with Georgia and the Oakleaf team it feels like a solid partnership. The support is phenonemal. They truly spend time building a relationship with you, returning your calls and emails and even when it's a no from the client it's handled with dignity, respect and openness.

I've been fortunate to have secured a role through the support of the team and I value their honesty, support and guidance. I know they'll keep me in mind for future opportunities as they recognise the value of long term authentic partnership.

Amy has been a breath of fresh air. Having been a bit wary of recruitment consultants in the past, Amy has proven that they are not all alike!

Her easy, friendly but professional attitude coupled with her solid advice, guidance and patience has helped me secure a superb HR position.

I cannot thank her enough and would not hesitate to recommend her to other HR professionals looking for their next move.

I recently had the pleasure of working with Lauren and her colleagues at Oakleaf when I decided to return to work after an eight year career break. Having just completed a 3 month Return to Work plan as my only recent experience, Lauren was quick to champion me as a candidate and helped me appreciate the relevancy and value of my skills.

Within just six weeks, Lauren had identified numerous opportunities, very efficiently arranged insightful briefings, interviews, feedback exchanges and an offer! I was so impressed! What I appreciated most was Lauren's professionalism and genuine commitment to matching her clients and candidates, both technically and culturally.

I have no hesitation in endorsing Lauren and the Oakleaf team and look forward to working with them again in the future.

Yasmin is a committed and capable HR specialist recruiter.

She helped me find a great candidate for La Fosse's first HR Advisor role and it was no easy task. We have demanding stakeholders and a rigorous interview process.

She provided excellent quality candidates and was patient, professional and positive throughout.

I couldn't have asked for better help.

Having taken on a new role I had an urgent need to strengthen the team to meet the demands of an ambitious people agenda. I contacted Richard and the team without hesitation with high confidence they'd meet the brief. Richard assigned Ella Milligan to support the search given her knowledge of the region and strong network. She was a total delight to partner with - professional, knowledgeable, responsive and hard working. One of the roles in particular was a tough brief, but Ella's diligence and expertise delivered. I got strong candidates throughout and found the two senior additions to my team who are both outstanding. Quick, seamless, professional and personal service. Great job. Highly recommend Oakleaf and Ella.

Alice has been extremely helpful and attentive in my job search. She has helped me to find an even better position than I was hoping for and has been in regular contact with me to answer all of my questions or queries! Happy to and have already recommended both Alice and Oakleaf to my friends!

Kimberley Atkinson - Pinnacle

Robyn is an excellent recruitment consultant. She listened to my career objectives and helped to focus my interview preparation in the right areas. She is well informed, professional and committed to providing a first-rate service.

May I take this opportunity to thank you and your team for a truly exceptional experience from Oakleaf during my job search. I've worked with a number of agencies and I can honestly say that the level of service provided by Oakleaf is exemplary. My lead consultant, Georgina Knowles, kept in touch with me regularly, I was always well briefed about potential opportunities and I felt well prepared for interviews. If Georgina was away, her colleagues would contact me so it felt like I had a whole team working with me and supporting me during the process. Many thanks to all of you.

Oakleaf are true experts in the HR market. They take a huge amount of time to understand their clients' needs, culture and their environment, ensuring that they always present relevant candidates that are a true fit for the roles they are working on. Few agencies consider all angles, and this sets Oakleaf apart from their competitors.

I just want to say thank you and again convey how impressed I am with Oakleaf. I've dealt with many recruitment companies in my time and this experience has been, by far, the most positive.  You are all lovely, extremely knowledgeable and dedicated, and seem to fully understand the markets you're working in.

My experience with Oakleaf has been excellent. I've worked with Zoe Bradley and Sarah Alexander, and both are very professional, caring and diligent in the way they work with me and the company I've been interviewing with. Zoe has been relentless in finding me the right role. I also went to a Future Leaders event on 5th July which was excellent. I met a lot of the Oakleaf team, and everyone was very personable and friendly.

I’ve only worked with Rebecca for a short amount of time, but Becky’s professionalism was evident from day one. Becky has made a difficult recruitment process a lot easier with her prompt responses, frequent updates and overall hard work. Becky has maintained a positive, cheerful demeanour throughout the recruitment process. I look forward to working with Becky a lot more in the very near future.

"It is so refreshing to meet a Recruitment Company that places as much importance on candidate management as client management. Oakleaf impressed me from the moment we started talking - Rebecca and Sarah have both taken time to get an accurate understanding of my job search requirements which translates to a more worthwhile exchange when a suitable vacancy arises."

I had a fantastic experience working with Naomi Barton after relocating to the UK from Australia. Naomi provided me with candidate feedback and support in identifying suitable roles in which I could deliver value to employers. I found Naomi’s approach to be highly reliable, honest and friendly. Naomi kept in touch during each stage of the recruitment process and provided support from a ‘local’ to help me relocate to the UK and get settled. Even more impressive was the post-placement support from Naomi to check in on how I was doing. It has been by far one of the best candidate experiences I have had and would have no hesitation in recommending Naomi and Oakleaf.

Service oriented, honest, and highly competent: Gareth Evans epitomises the characteristics of a true professional in the recruitment space. I had the pleasure of working with Gareth as he represented me in my first job search in London. He spent time understanding my value proposition to employers and utilised the skill of his team to think more broadly about roles that might be of interest. I was particularly impressed with Gareth’s commitment to keeping in touch to provide feedback at each stage of the process, to ensure both cultural and skill fit. Gareth comes with my heartfelt recommendation and I wish him every success in his new Associate Partner role – well deserved!

I feel very thankful to have found my way to Oakleaf, I've had one of the best experiences I've had with a recruiter and really enjoyed working with Zoe and her colleague Gareth. I will certainly recommend Oakleaf Partnership to my growing HR network in the UK from now on.

Oakleaf are a great agency to work with, they have made the entire process fluid from start to finish. Alice Hamp has been incredible, from the initial contact of informing me of a job role, throughout the interview process, up until today. Alice put me at ease through the recruitment process, understanding my recruitment needs, and sourcing the right position for me. It doesn't at all feel like a business transaction, and more like a professional relationship. Thank you Alice!

I worked with Jessica on a recent placement and I found her to be a very professional individual who is able to understand the requirements of both the candidate and the company for which she is recruiting. Jessica is an excellent communicator, giving regular updates and offering assistance at each stage of the process. I would recommend Jessica and Oakleaf Partnership to anyone who is currently searching or recruiting for a new role.

I cannot thank Oakleaf enough for their support on this opportunity - they were thorough, responsive and provided honest feedback and great guidance throughout.

Oakleaf are a friendly group of professionals who take a personal interest in helping you to find the right work to match your skills and experience. I have found them to be very proactive when contacting me about potential roles, which has been really helpful as a HR professional just starting out looking for my first contract role. In addition to this I have received support with CV writing, which has been invaluable to enable me to correctly brand myself. I fully recommend Oakleaf as a recruitment agency.

Having recently set out on the path to finding a new role, I feel I've encountered the full spectrum of customer service from external recruitment firms and, for me, the Midlands team at Oakleaf are up there with the best of them.

The always friendly and helpful team remained in frequent contact with me throughout my search, even if only to tell me they were still looking or I'd been unsuccessful in my applications; an often overlooked level of honesty I truly appreciated and commonly found wanting from others.

Unlike so many others it seems, these guys really do see the value in building lasting relationships with job seekers which I believe sets them apart in the current market.

Oakleaf is in my experience from both a personal and company perspective the best HR recruitment company in London. The consultants get to know their clients so that they have a good understanding of their requirements and they deliver.

Jess assisted me earlier in the year when I was recruiting for an HR Advisor. She really understood the brief and as a result the candidates that she presented were a good match. Jess kept me fully informed throughout the process and provided a very good service.

Faye is incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about what she does, she invests time to understand the business she is recruiting for and importantly the candidates values, strengths and motivations. Faye is very professional and genuinely strives to match the right candidate with the right business!

Firstly I want to let you know that I have had some recent interaction with several agencies who in my opinion have made things more difficult for me while looking for a new role. They have not come back to me and I have really struggled to them at all which as you can imagine is incredibly frustrating.

Emily has been completely different and has been really delightful to deal with through a stressful time for me. Emily contacted me about a role (that has subsequently been filled) however has maintained regular contact with me via emails and calls. She has been brilliant and with our regular catch ups she has not over exceeded my expectations at any point which the other agencies have done so. She has really made me feel like she cares about me and my situation and overall has made me not feel like another 'number'.

I am not sure if you do any staff rewards or recommendation programmes but I would like to nominate Emily. I will make sure to use your recruitment agency in the future over anyone else.

I have worked with Becky in my current and previous company, she is incredibly knowledgeable about the HR market and offers a professional and personalised service to her clients.

Most recently I asked her to conduct a purely speculative search with a tough brief and found that, with her team she delivered a quality shortlist of candidates quickly and seamlessly despite knowing the role may not come to fruition in the short term. It is this level of service that sets her apart from others!

From junior to senior level briefs, I have no hesitation in recommending Becky a ‘recruitment’ partner.

I have known Sarah Evans for over 15 years and have sought her services both as a HR professional seeking a job move as well as using her consultancy services to find new HR professionals for my own team.

Despite the many HR recruitment consultants available, I have followed Sarah to different agencies over the years as she advanced her own career. Sarah is one of those rare finds in the world of recruiters. Her communication style is efficient – in consideration of the frantic world of her HR clients and she swiftly grasps the needs of the assignments she is given both in terms of role responsibilities and cultural fit. She knows her market at both the mid-tier and senior levels and adheres to the agreed timescales when presenting a shortlist. Having been a candidate of Sarah’s I am also familiar with the trusted relationships she develops from the other side and the briefings that she provides on job roles. I am therefore assured that candidates she presents to me as an employer are fully briefed and are definite potentials for the vacancy.

Working with Sarah is a pleasure and I would strongly recommend her services to anyone seeking to recruit HR professionals!