The first three of what will become Macildowie’s16-strong graduate trainee intake over the next 12 months. (L-R) SophieSteenberg, Chris Huffen, RebeccaDownes.
Recruitment specialist Macildowie has announced plans to take on a record number of new graduate trainees.
The company, which operates across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire,Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, will welcome a total of 16 newrecruits to its long-running Talent Pool scheme over the next 12 months – thebiggest intake in Macildowie’s history
Each will receive comprehensive sales training on candidate sourcingand researching markets. They will also get the chance to work with both activeand passive job seekers, before hopefully going on to become a fully fledgedconsultant.
The trainees will join Macildowie, which specialises in HR, financeand procurement and supply chain recruitment, in four groups over the comingmonths.
Amongst the first group is business economics graduate Chris Huffenand former HR and training administrator Sophie Steenberg. They will be joinedby Rebecca Downes, who previously worked as a business payments advisor.
Commenting on the Talent Pool expansion, James Taylor, director atMacildowie, said:
“As a company, we have always been firm believers in investing inyoung talent and helping to develop the next generation of recruitment sectorexperts.
“I’m proud to say that I was the first ever recruit to Macildowie’sTalent Pool back in 1997. In fact, five out of the seven members of ourmanagement team have joined us at trainee level, which shows what the newadditions to the team can go on to achieve.
“We’re upping the number of trainees as an investment to ensure thatwe have the strongest team possible, with an unrivaled skills-set that willhelp us to continue to deliver outstanding recruitment solutions for ourclients.”
“We’ve already started the search for our next four Talent Poolmembers, who will join us in August. Our selection process is thorough, with afocus on attitude and behaviour. These are things that can’t be taught,whereas skills can be honed and developed over time.”
For further information on the Talent Pool scheme and theapplication process, email beastar@macildowie.com. More details on Macildowie can be found at www.macildowie.com.