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Some great feedback for Wallace Hind….

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At Wallace Hind we specialise in placing the right people in the right jobs, helping the employee find a place where they can grow and progress, whilst giving the employer an asset that can help grow their business.

It’s always nice to receive some positive feedback, and we’ve got some great feedback from Matt Irish, who we have worked with in the past and is now the Sales Director of Objectif Lune UK and Nordics.

Matt was responding to the news of our 20th Anniversary celebrations, as April marked two decades of Wallace Hind. He said:

“When we first spoke I was a untried, untested young pup who was looking for his first sales role. You took a punt on me to which I have always been thankful.

Subsequently over the years, your company has helped either in my career or helped me build a team that has made me a successful person and for that reason you and Wallace Hind always hold a very special part of the path that I find myself.

In all honesty, if you had not taken that punt many, many years ago who knows where I would be now, certainly not in the place I find myself now and certainly not as successful.

So, thank you. I raise a glass to your anniversary and look forward to many, many more Wallace Hind moments in my career.”

To see what we can do for you, visit the Wallace Hind website and Like us on Facebook to see all of our latest roles.

The Olympic Torch comes to Northampton

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Finally it’s Northampton’s turn to live the Olympic dream and welcome the Torch through the town on Monday.

Thousands are expected to join in with the celebrations and become part of history as 15 Torchbearers flaunt the flame from one end of the town to the other.

Starting at 10.20am (time subject to change) the Torch will arrive at Weedon Road (near Gambrel Road) before heading to: St James Road, St. Peter’s Way, Bridge Street, Drapery, Market Square, Abington Street, St. Giles Street, Guildhall Road, St. John’s Street and Victoria Promenade before finishing at Becket’s Park.

The Torch is expected to leave Becket’s Park at around 11.10am to continue on its travels to Leicester for day 45.

Councillor David Mackintosh, Leader of Northampton Borough Council, said that he hoped people from across Northampton would line the streets as and welcome the torch as it moves through the town.

He added: “I’m really pleased our town will have the honour of hosting the Olympic Torch. Now that people can see exactly where the Flame will be carried, it will help bring the event to life and encourage people to get involved in this once-in-a-lifetime event.”

On its exciting 70 day journey throughout the UK, the Olympic Torch will come within an hour of 95% of the people in the UK, passing through more than 1,000 town, cities and villages.

An average of 115 Torchbearers a day will carry the Olympic Flame during its 8,000 mile journey ahead of the Olympic Opening Ceremony in London, signifying the official start of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Torch Relay is going to massively increase footfall in the town centre and Wallace Hind are playing their part towards maximising benefits to the local economy. We have been in Northampton for twenty years specialising in recruitment consultancy, and have successfully recruited key personnel for several UK and international organisations.

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All-out attack or playing it safe: Wallace Hind’s Job Interview Tactics

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With the whole country gripped in Euro 2012 fever, we thought we’d take a leaf out of England manager Roy Hodgson’s book and create our own match-winning tactics… for a job interview.

Landing that perfect job is hard, there is no two ways about it. But by following this handy strategy guide, you can help turn the odds in your favour and return home as man of the match. We can’t promise an open-topped bus parade through your local high street, but that winning feeling will be just as good when you triumph in the job stakes.

Goalkeeper:

Safe hands are the order of the day here, and you will need a cool calm and composed manner at all times. You never know when an interviewer will try to hit you with a long ball, so make sure you stay alert and have prepared suitable answers for any tricky questions.

 

Defence:

When it comes to tackling the interviewer, you should do everything you can to keep hold of the ball and avoid any yellow (or worse) red cards. Keep the referee on your side by holding a friendly, talkative manner and speaking clearly and intelligently for the whole 90 minutes.

 

Midfield:

You want to show the other team you have great vision and do not have any trouble passing the ball. Show you are a good team player and demonstrate previous occasions when you have helped your fellow work colleagues out. You interviewer is sure to be impressed by your previous experience.

 

Strikers:

You cannot win a game without scoring the all-important golden goal, and you will need to prove that you are the right person for the job. What is it that your interviewer is looking for in a candidate? Tick the right boxes and prove to them you are the match winner they crave.

Oh, and one last thing, make sure you dress for the occasion. There is nothing worse than turning up for the big match with the wrong kit on! Suited and booted all the way. Make your country proud!

20 Years Young: Wallace Hind Celebrate their 20th Anniversary!

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Wallace Hind began life on April 6th 1992 when the 3 founding partners, Mike Horsley, John Gowen & Gerry Bell decided to set up their own business with the support of a business angel called Alan Hind.

As you can see in the pictures they’re holding, back then they had a little more hair!

Starting off in rented office space at a converted manor house in the village of Moulton they quickly established themselves as the `go to` company for sales recruitment in Northampton.

Having added current partners Tracey FitzGerald & Rod Plowe to the team they moved to new rented offices on Moulton Park in 1994 but rapid growth in turnover and the addition of three more consultants and an administrator forced them to look around for new premises less than 2 years later.

In 1996 they found an ideal base which would allow for future growth which was the Old Vicarage in Duston. They decided to buy the property rather than rent and extensively renovated the inside of the 18th century listed building.

Recruiting more consultants they added marketing to sales as a specialism and continued to flourish hitting £1million turnover for the first time in 1999.

In 2006 the company decided to change the way it worked moving to a retained business model and recruiting outside of sales and marketing. This change added to a new management structure allowed the company to achieve £1.5 million turnover in 2008.

This turnover has been maintained since despite the credit crunch and the company is now set to achieve its long term target of £2 million turnover in the next 2 years.

As it stands Wallace Hind now employs 18 consultants including the 3 original partners (who all still actively recruit) and in its 20 years has produced turnover in excess of £20 million, placing over 4000 candidates at all levels from junior executive to the board room in sales, marketing & non sales roles.

They are able to offer a UK wide & international full recruitment service to FTSE 100 companies and SME`s alike. (In the last 12 months they have successfully worked in France, Germany, Holland, The Middle East & South Africa)

Their strap line is “where experience matters” and in addition to the three founding partners seven of their consultants have become full partners or associate partners.

In total they have in excess of 200 years of accumulated recruitment expertise; hence they really live by their motto ‘where experience matters…’

Check out our Facebook timeline where you can trace back through the company history and see all key milestones and events; or just wish us a happy birthday! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wallace-Hind-Selection-LLP/172866596152517