Our happy clients say...
As a start up with an aggressive recruitment strategy with rapidly growing numbers of staff, we recognised that we needed to get the right people in place first time, every time. We also recognised that we didn’t have the skills to do that. Ali was a breath of fresh air, highlighting the pitfalls that we had traditionally fallen into, the benefits of designing a consistent and robust recruitment process. The communication throughout our project was clear and at each step explanation was given as to why adjustments were beneficial to us. The training was extremely well delivered and a great balance between theory, practice and role play. We feel far more prepared as a management team in delivering a recruitment process that will save us time on selecting good candidates, and far more confident in using interview techniques to get the best outcomes for candidates and ourselves. I can’t recommend Ali highly enough and thank her for the hard work she has put in to assist us.
Jovan Maric, My New Venture
Jovan Maric, My New Venture
Ali has made recruitment of senior talent much more effective. Previous recruitment activities left us with candidates that felt hit or miss. This wasn’t an option for our latest venture when success depended on an immediate good fit. Not just for the company’s sake, we wanted the right people to feel at home with us straight away too. Working with Ali gave us a clear framework focused on communicating the essence of the company and opportunity accurately and fairly. She provided interview training which grew our confidence in identifying talent, especially from reserved candidates who perhaps needed a bit of support. Asking the right questions has saved us a huge amount of screening time too. Ali is great at communicating and each point is backed up with clear examples. Upskilling with her is comfortable and easy. We would recommend Ali for anyone looking to recruit who hasn't had training before. Businesses are about people so it's important to get the recruitment process right!
Phillipa James, My New Venture
Phillipa James, My New Venture
Working with Ali on our recruitment process was the best thing we could have done. She led us through a really great process, leaving us not only with new skills, but also a clear framework for the future. She understood our situation exactly and gave such clear and tailored advice.
Interviewing with Ali’s designed questions/framework was an absolute dream and gave us a proper basis for decisions. We’ve now hired a new team member and even in her first week, she's been great, displaying all the positive indicators we identified in the interview and fitting so well into the team. We will be using the competency framework for team development too, and we couldn't be more inspired by the insights provided.
Could not recommend highly enough!
Emma Jaques, Onto the Page, Leeds
Interviewing with Ali’s designed questions/framework was an absolute dream and gave us a proper basis for decisions. We’ve now hired a new team member and even in her first week, she's been great, displaying all the positive indicators we identified in the interview and fitting so well into the team. We will be using the competency framework for team development too, and we couldn't be more inspired by the insights provided.
Could not recommend highly enough!
Emma Jaques, Onto the Page, Leeds
On two occasions Ali has designed recruitment processes that really suited our needs as a small organisation, recruiting for roles with wide-ranging job descriptions. Initially, Ali identifies what candidate experience is most important, the competencies required and how to identify them. She then creates a matrix to assess these different elements that is clear and easy to understand. We’ve successfully recruited for two roles recently and Ali has shortlisted applicants, conducted initial telephone interviews and lead virtual interviews with our panel. Both recruits have worked with us extremely well so far, and delivered exactly what we were hoping for. Ali is thorough, open-minded in her approach, and able to spot evidence of a candidate’s potential and relevant personal strengths from diverse scenarios. I would highly recommend her in designing and leading recruitment processes for SMEs where recruiting the right candidate has a significant impact on the success of the organisation.
Maria Reeves, The Horton
Maria Reeves, The Horton
Highly recommended. Ali has a structured approach and spent time understanding my business, the skills and qualities required for the role in question, and my personal values over some hours, which enabled a rigorous process to be put in place ultimately resulting in the appointment of a very high calibre individual, who I believe will be key in taking the business to the next level. Thank you Ali. Great job.
Greg Brown, Home Instead
Greg Brown, Home Instead
Ali provided just the right support for the development of a creative and effective recruitment process for some new roles. Excellent resource creation and insightful discussions throughout the process, and the result was the recruitment of a great team!
Colin Cliff, Whatever It Takes, London
Colin Cliff, Whatever It Takes, London
Ali has an excellent process for managing the recruitment process at small businesses. I have found we have a tendency to miss steps in the recruitment process due to being too busy or thinking we can just rely on gut feel or a quick process. This more often than not ends up with sub standard hires. What I like about Ali is that the process is approachable and thorough but not overly complex. I would highly recommend anyone thinking of hiring someone to at least attend one of her workshops to make sure they are brushed up on how to follow the right process for recruiting.
Ken Gorman, Transworld UK, Surbiton
Ken Gorman, Transworld UK, Surbiton
Ali delivered an interviewing skills workshop for our management team. She made the session extremely interactive and engaging and we all thoroughly enjoyed learning about how to ask the right questions and probe to get detailed answers. The practice interviews were really useful and Ali gave valuable feedback on how we could improve our techniques. I’d highly recommend Ali’s workshop if you’re recruiting staff or management and want to feel confident that you’ll do a good job and make the right decision.
Helen Campbell-Wroe, CEO at Pathways to Independence, Rochester, Kent
Helen Campbell-Wroe, CEO at Pathways to Independence, Rochester, Kent
Ali helped us find out more about 3 candidates we were considering for a role with us. With the use of 2 psychometric tests she gave us detailed information about their strengths, how they like to work, how quickly they learn etc. She then suggested areas to probe further in the second interviews to help us make the right decision. I thoroughly recommend Ali’s friendly and professional services to anyone looking to recruit new team members and wanting to maximise the information they have about each candidate in order to make an informed decision.
Sarah Browne, Go Workhorse, Fetcham, Surrey
Sarah Browne, Go Workhorse, Fetcham, Surrey
Ali offered some advice and expertise on a senior candidate we were recruiting for our company. We were keen to gain a further insight into a particular candidate experience. We conducted a psychometric assessment on the candidate which gave us some clear results on where we could ask probing questions at the next interview stage. These were invaluable for us to have a open and honest discussion with the candidate. This is the first time we have conducted tests like these and I will certainly be looking at this again in the future when taking on senior members of our team. Ali was professional throughout and offered support at several stages of the process. I would be more than happy to recommend Ali to any small or large business going forward.
Giles Thomas, Operations Director at Manor Collection, Surrey
Giles Thomas, Operations Director at Manor Collection, Surrey
Ali did some fantastic work for us at a difficult time. She worked on a restructuring project including design of the recruitment process and materials, training for both management and staff and design of an assessment day. She is a great listener and we felt she had really taken the time to understand us and what we needed. Her calm, friendly and reassuring approach was greatly appreciated, as was her sense of humour. We felt we benefited from Ali’s many years of experience, bringing innovation and a fresh approach was very welcome. No hesitation in recommending Ali for any other such project.
Louise Humphreys, Co-CEO, Pathways to Independence, Rochester, Kent
Louise Humphreys, Co-CEO, Pathways to Independence, Rochester, Kent
We engaged Ali to assist us in auditing and making improvements to our recruitment process, which included introducing psychometric testing. We were all extremely impressed with Ali’s comprehensive knowledge in all things recruitment, she is a delight to work with and delivered on everything she promised. If you need help with your recruitment, Ali will have the answer.
Russ McKenzie, Director, nTrust Systems Ltd, Redhill, Surrey
Russ McKenzie, Director, nTrust Systems Ltd, Redhill, Surrey
Ali's advice on which assessments to use to profile a new CEO for a Trust of 5 schools was perfect. The role was new, we had no measurements and needed profiling that would reassure us on the candidate's ability to learn, assess, judge and make good decisions. Ali was super flexible given our time constraints, very professional and thorough. The final candidate and the interview panel felt well briefed and no stone left unturned as to how the results could be interpreted.
Ali's follow up has been excellent. I highly recommend Ali for any recruitment profiling, leadership development or team building where analysis of skills, styles and personalities are required.
Jo MacDonald, Global Executive Search Specialist - Europe, APAC, US
Ali's follow up has been excellent. I highly recommend Ali for any recruitment profiling, leadership development or team building where analysis of skills, styles and personalities are required.
Jo MacDonald, Global Executive Search Specialist - Europe, APAC, US
Ali has provided extremely valuable recruitment skills training for our managers and senior managers and one to one coaching for our partners. She brings quality, knowledge and expertise and understands our business needs. She has also helped us recruit for our graduate and school leaver programmes for many years, providing a reliable and flexible interviewing and assessing service!
Chloe Ross, Head of Attraction and Operations, Student Recruitment, KPMG, UK
Chloe Ross, Head of Attraction and Operations, Student Recruitment, KPMG, UK
Ali brings enthusiasm and years of valuable recruitment experience as well as practical interviewing and assessing skills. She is reliable, knows the value of a high quality, robust recruitment process and understands how to identify the high calibre of candidates that our business requires.
Shabrina Khan, Student Recruitment Manager, EY
Shabrina Khan, Student Recruitment Manager, EY
Due to urgent client needs, we needed to quickly recruit a large number of experienced people into our data analytics team. Our small pool of experienced and trained interviewers lacked the time to interview the number of candidates required. Ali, who had been recommended to me by a colleague, ran a number of small group training sessions. These included a practice interview for all attendees to ensure they would make competent interviewers. As a result my team of 20 new recruiters conducted professional, competency based interviews and we able to recruit to the level and at the speed required to meet our growing business area.
Julie-Anne Moors, Senior Manager, Forensic Technology, KPMG, UK
Julie-Anne Moors, Senior Manager, Forensic Technology, KPMG, UK
With the use of two psychometric tests, Ali provided some great insights into how well suited the applicants were to the role and also how they might fit into our growing team. I will definitely use Ali's services again when hiring in future.
Alastair Badman, Go Workhorse, Fetcham, Surrey
Alastair Badman, Go Workhorse, Fetcham, Surrey
Ali has done a number of long-term graduate recruitment projects for my clients over the last few years, including telephone interviewing, face-to-face interviewing and assessing at final round. Ali is always professional, knowledgeable, reliable and a great person to have on the team.
Natasha Collett, Director and Graduate Recruitment Consultant, The Project Box Ltd
Natasha Collett, Director and Graduate Recruitment Consultant, The Project Box Ltd
I would highly recommend Ali Waters to anyone who needs help with their recruitment and retention strategy and processes or to anyone who wants to improve their own, or their teams skills, with regard to interview and selection and people management processes. Very professional and concise. Thank you Ali, you provided clarity for me on how to deal with a tricky HR situation.
Greg Brown, Owner of Home Instead franchise for Reigate and Tandridge
Greg Brown, Owner of Home Instead franchise for Reigate and Tandridge
