HR recruitment specialist Macildowie is expanding its team to cope with increased activity in the Midlands HR professional recruitment market.
The business, which also specialises in financial recruitment, has established North and South Midlands teams and recruited its third new HR team member this year - HR consultant Haley Belfield for its South Midlands team, which is based in Leicester.
According to Macildowie’s head of HR South, James Stewart, the surge in human resource placements is not surprising as many firms needed HR teams more than ever in the recession.
“The HR recruitment industry saw a decline in appointments at the start of the downturn, but there has been an about turn by businesses and they have increased appointments as a direct result of the recession, with demand higher than at any time in the last three years,” explains James Stewart.
“This increase in HR appointments was not simply to handle team reductions, but also to manage additional training requirements for changing teams and employee engagement programmes to improve staff morale in the downturn.
“We have also seen a significant increase in the recruitment of roles with salaries of over £50,000 p.a., which was a very flat area of the market in 2008/2009.”
From Leicester, new team member Haley joins the business with a specialism in graduate recruitment and over five years industry experience. She will be assisting James and his team who provide HR recruitment services to blue chip and governmental clients across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Milton Keynes.
The role will also see her developing new client relationships and creating links with Macildowie’s financial recruitment team.
Complimenting Macildowie’s HR South team, will be the HR North team, led by James Lawson, which has also recently increased its team strength with the appointment of Chris Francis.