IN THE SPOTLIGHT: RECRUITMENT & HR


IN THE SPOTLIGHT


FINDING NEW OPPORTUNITIES


Going back out into the job market as a result of redundancy can be daunting, and even more so during a pandemic. The career coaching team at


Personal Career Management has many years’ experience helping their clients draw out and evidence their transferable skills to both move forward in the same career or make a change. Jo Thurman, regional director


of Personal Career Management, has seen a marked increase in interest in the firm’s outplacement services since the onset of lockdown. Outplacement is the support that companies can enlist to ensure staff who are facing redundancy can ‘leave well’. As well as their one-to- one coaching, the company has created a series of information packed, practical job search webinars for groups of staff. If you are facing redundancy


and your organisation is not able to fund outplacement support there is still help available. Personal Career Management offer a monthly subscription to icareercoach™ an excellent eLearning app that is packed full of advice, guidance and videos on a wide range of job search topics. Jo said: “Although never an


experience to relish, there is life and indeed new opportunity after redundancy. I have been part of many rewarding client stories where redundancy was the catalyst to take stock and change direction, maybe retrain or upskill, maybe set out on self- employment and ultimately be in a better position than before.” Jo and the team at Personal


Career Management offer advice to anyone facing redundancy and are pleased to offer a free diagnostic conversation to fellow Chamber members.


Visit: www.personalcareer management.com


Ashley Ball swimming the channel


Ashley Ball, co-founder of Addington Ball Recruitment - the finance and accountancy recruitment specialist – successfully completed a Channel Relay Swim in September to fundraise for the charity Aspire who support people with spinal injury. Every four hours someone in the


UK is paralysed by spinal cord injury. It can happen to anyone at any time


and the effects are life changing. Aspire exist because there is currently no cure and they help those affected to live independent and fulfilled lives. Ashley was part of a team of five,


each swimming for an hour at a time, who completed the 22 mile crossing from England to France in 15 hours exactly. Ashley volunteered for the first leg, setting off from a


This issue’s spotlight is on the RECRUITMENT & HR AND LEGAL SERVICES sector in Milton Keynes


RECRUITER COMPLETES CHARITY CHANNEL SWIM


‘ASHLEY


DESCRIBED THE EXPERIENCE AS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST


REWARDING OF HIS LIFE’


beach near Dover at 1:22am. Conditions on the day were as extreme as is allowed with the team having to contend with rough seas, sea sickness, jellyfish and all without the comfort of a wetsuit as this is a key stipulation. The swim was officially invigilated by the Channel Swimming &


Piloting Federation. Ashley described the


experience as one of the toughest


but most exhilarating and rewarding of his life. Support, especially on the day, was inspiring and together they managed to raise close to £15,000. In this especially challenging year, this will help to make a huge and real difference to the amazing work that Aspire do.


For more information on Addington Ball and their recruitment and resourcing services call 01926 290290 or visit: www.addingtonball.com


To support Ashley’s fundraising visit: www.justgiving.com /fundraising/ashley-ball-channel- swim-2020


HR FIRM EXPANDS WITH ACQUISITION


HR Solutions, which provides outsourced HR services to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, is expanding with the acquisition of Crispin Rhodes Limited. This latest acquisition is the company’s second in


Milton Keynes following the successful acquisition of HR Services (UK) in 2017 and shows further investment in the area. Greg Guilford, CEO of HR Solutions, said: “We are


very pleased to announce this latest acquisition as it provides HR Solutions with an ever-increasing footprint in the Midlands and will likely to see additional job roles being created as the combined company continues to grow. We were actively looking to acquire like-minded HR consultancies and, with Crispin Rhodes being such a well-established HR consultancy in Milton Keynes, it made sense for us to make an approach. “I am very excited about this deal and the future


working relationship we will have with Angela Rhodes and the wider team at Crispin Rhodes. We are looking forward to working closely together and continuing to provide great support to their clients.”


16 inbusinessDECEMBER 2020/JANUARY 2021 Clients of Crispin Rhodes will also benefit from a wider


service offering, thanks to the additional services provided by HR Solutions which include payroll, recruitment and health and safety and environmental services.


Visit: www.hrsolutions-uk.com


CEO Greg Guildford with team members at HR Solutions


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